Diablo III Art Director Quits, Game Remains The Same
Date: 08-08-2008 Views:
KeyWord: Diablo, Blizzard, Game
Summary: About one week ago, Blizzard has made a response to the Diablo fans' petition complaining about the Diablo III's art direction. But a few days later folks found that an open position posted on it's website.

About one week ago, Blizzard has made a response to the Diablo fans' petition complaining about the Diablo III's art direction. But a few days later folks found that an open position posted on it's website.

Art Director

Blizzard Entertainment is currently looking for a talented, motivated, and experienced art director to lead the Diablo III art team. For this position, you must be highly organized with outstanding communication skills and proven experience in management. We're looking for a proven track record of shipping AAA products in an art director role. Experience modeling and texturing assets for a diverse visual range of environments and a solid grasp of form, color, and light for both 2D and 3D art assets are also essential. You must be experienced at mentoring a team, able to work well in an environment of artists who are passionate about making great games, skilled in another art task (illustration, modeling, texturing, animation, or concept drawing), and well-versed in related tools (Maya, Photoshop, etc.).

The position posted on the site on Tuesday shows us that the Blizzard is looking for an Art Director who will be leading and mentoring the Diablo III art team. It made many people to conjecture that if something happened to Brian Morrisroe, last art director of Diablo as we know. Before long Kotaku got confirmation from Blizzard Entertainment that Brian Morrisroe, the game's previous Art Director, has indeed left the company, though his leaving had nothing to do with annoying fans or his reactions to them.

Regarding Brian, he recently resigned to form a startup company "outside the game industry", which is why we posted about the open position. That change won't impact the game...we're really pleased with the look and feel that Brian helped create for Diablo III, and the new person we bring aboard will work with other artists on the team to maintain the art style moving forward.

Anyway, I just wish the game remains the same.

Resource: Kotaku

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