Tera Art Director Speech: New Elements Applied to The Development

Huang Cher Ung, the art director of Tera gave a speech with the theme "The Reality and Future of Art Director" at Players Communication Meeting-Part 2 in Bexco, Korea on November 28th. In that speech, he exchanged experience with players and exposed something that could not be easily heard and seen, such as what role the art director plays for a game, the new elements applied to the developing Tera, the work an art director should do, the future of Korean MMORPG art directors and much more.

Art Director Huang Cher Ung is considered as a legend for he has been engaged in art-related work for 10 years. First he acted as art director of Lineage II in NCsoft for 6 years and made significant contributions to the innovative change from 2D to 3D. It can be said that Lineage II was one of the best graphics games at that time. Then he transferred to Bluehole Studio to partake in the development of Tera. He said it took him nearly one year to endow each race with characteristics. Besides, he stressed that the trailer released at GStar completely made use of the graphics in the real game.

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The skill of Lancer using shackles to catch enemies is made public at GStar for the first time.

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The Game Interface is shown, looking exquisite.

As for game graphics, the art director said the gameplay must be realized via various elements or in the way that artists perform their inherent individuality with visual effects. Graphics have developed fastest among all game elements and have a greater impact on a successful game. Therefore, it is necessary to achieve the first-class graphics in accordance with the market requirement.

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The illustration of each race's feature