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So in 2002-2003, I worked as the concept artist of video game startup Damage Studios along with Tony Guntharp , Chris DiBona , and Greg Kucharo among other great folks. We worked on a MMOG called Rekonstruction and had developed some great cutting edge stuff, but only a fraction of what was produced content-wise was ever released as concept-art/renders to the public.

We developed a rather detailed and conceptually dense idea that incorporated a lot of elements (including a very ornate societal framework), which we figured would have made for a highly customizable world. And this is one of the concept illos from it. Since I had to work quickly, many of the character designs were literally referenced from poses in various fashion magazines, clothing catalogs and personal pictures of friends. If some of the poses repeat or seem oddly familar, that is probably why. Many of the drawings are, as you would imagine concept/storyoard art to be...a bit raw. This one was mostly done, I just added some more color and did some digital tweaking.

I had not really thought about this guy in terms of giving him a name, so I settled on Hipparcos because it sounded good and it keeps with my love of semi-obscure pop culture and high culture references; in this case, a European Space Agency satellite used in astronomical measurement.

This fellow is one of the tribal folken who travel about the countryside making merriment, and merriment in this case involves carrying a belt of toxin-flechette grenades and a knife (at least those are the weapons in plain sight).

Description
So in 2002-2003, I worked as the concept artist of video game startup Damage Studios along with Tony Guntharp , Chris DiBona , and Greg Kucharo among other great folks. We worked on a MMOG called Rekonstruction and had developed some great cutting edge stuff, but only a fraction of what was produced content-wise was ever released as concept-art/renders to the public.

We developed a rather detailed and conceptually dense idea that incorporated a lot of elements (including a very ornate societal framework), which we figured would have made for a highly customizable world. And this is one of the concept illos from it. Since I had to work quickly, many of the character designs were literally referenced from poses in various fashion magazines, clothing catalogs and personal pictures of friends. If some of the poses repeat or seem oddly familar, that is probably why. Many of the drawings are, as you would imagine concept/storyoard art to be...a bit raw. This one was mostly done, I just added some more color and did some digital tweaking.

I had not really thought about this guy in terms of giving him a name, so I settled on Hipparcos because it sounded good and it keeps with my love of semi-obscure pop culture and high culture references; in this case, a European Space Agency satellite used in astronomical measurement.

This fellow is one of the tribal folken who travel about the countryside making merriment, and merriment in this case involves carrying a belt of toxin-flechette grenades and a knife (at least those are the weapons in plain sight).