Comments on: Diablo III Art Director Leaves Blizzard - Plus First Look at New Art Direction

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:10:49 +0000

Thanks. We aim to please. :D

By: Meresin

Meresin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:22:23 +0000

“WOW DOZE SCREENZ R SO MUCH BETTAR” - Self-proclaimed Diablo fanboy

Hilarious. ;)

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:50:03 +0000

I’d love to take credit, but the hilarity of which you speak is the work of Mr. Chad Lakkis.

When he showed me the art for the piece I roflcoter’d.

By: Abaddon

Abaddon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:42:29 +0000

Also,brilliant joke Mr.Arnold! :D (no pun intended)

By: Wade

Wade — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:51:38 +0000

“I’d totally hire some fine 2D artists and go much more baroque and gore.”

Sounds good to me. And I agree it looks way too much like wow. It needs its own identity, but it doesn’t need to be pitch black either.

By: Abaddon

Abaddon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:46:43 +0000

I’ve been through this too many times…
I signed the petition,and think is pretty obvious the WoW resemblance and the color palette whorification(clear greens,purples everywhere…),It looks generic & dull.

I’m no pollock,but if I were art director for this…Offspring(sigh)I’d totally hire some fine 2D artists and go much more baroque and gore.

Also,I’m fed up fighting for this,all kind of response I get is “Tweak your monitor” “You are retarded when you tell talented people how to do their jobs” and the last and more dangerous one “They wont listen anyway”.

Good,I’m loading the shotgun in advance for each argument:

1-Not a matter of bright,a matter of color and excessive use of lighting effects.
2-Keep in mind Blizzard North is gone,they are different people now.
3-Developers listen to us more often than we think

Also,I think is merely a matter of opinion,and will try Not to engage in combat with anyone.

This is my opinion,good day. :D

By: Wade

Wade — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:40:37 +0000

lol image = win.

I personally prefer something a little lighter. I mean, I like the dark asthetic, but sometimes its just plain hard to see. I was always cranking the brightness way up just to figure out where the heck i was in some levels.