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| 0s | do you think Grace or the siren Queen |
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| 3s | would win in a battle oh the siren Queen |
| 6s | great grace is probably a good fighter |
| 8s | but I don't know if she's that good |
| 10s | [Music] |
| 11s | [Applause] |
| 11s | [Music] |
| 16s | welcome to Fortuna tournament where we |
| 18s | talk about All Things New World my name |
| 21s | is Rachel Barnum I'm a game designer on |
| 23s | the social experience team and today we |
| 26s | are talking about some of our awesome |
| 27s | woman characters in eternum with me |
| 30s | today I have a couple of our amazing |
| 32s | concept artists who are going to talk |
| 34s | about our couple of our really cool |
| 36s | characters so we'll get started with |
| 38s | introductions I'm going to start with |
| 39s | yukiyada I'm Kiana Hamm and I am a |
| 43s | concept artist on New World |
| 45s | hi my name is Sujin Wang and I'm on a |
| 48s | social art director but I I started my |
| 51s | career as a concept artist |
| 53s | so like I said I'm I'm not an artist or |
| 57s | definitely not a concept artist what |
| 60s | does a concept artist do concept art to |
| 62s | me is a problem solving and telling |
| 66s | stories through your art and concept |
| 69s | what is visualize ideas for design team |
| 72s | and come up with solutions for modeling |
| 75s | and animation and VFX art what kind of |
| 79s | problem solving are you doing as part of |
| 81s | concept art |
| 83s | um like I when I said problem solving it |
| 86s | can be |
| 89s | um so simple as how how to build this |
| 92s | model or how to navigate |
| 96s | um issues we have the challenges in |
| 100s | designing certain creatures uh yeah so |
| 102s | like sojin was saying there's a lot of |
| 104s | problem solving involved |
| 106s | um and usually we'll run into like a |
| 109s | technical constraint or a narrative |
| 111s | constraint and we have to find kind of a |
| 115s | creative work around for it which I |
| 118s | think can even improve a design |
| 121s | sometimes because we have roadblocks so |
| 124s | we have to find like Creative Solutions |
| 127s | and it kind of helps generate more |
| 129s | interesting ideas if that makes sense |
| 131s | yeah kind of like the creativity with |
| 133s | like within restraints yeah exactly yeah |
| 135s | yeah and I think that's why it's really |
| 138s | important to have |
| 142s | have a lot of involvement in early |
| 144s | stages of development because we have a |
| 148s | lot of |
| 149s | kickoff meetings and starting |
| 151s | communicating starting I started to |
| 154s | communicate with the different |
| 155s | departments and you can ask questions |
| 157s | and based on that questions we will |
| 160s | throw a lot of iteration process yeah |
| 163s | yeah that's where being in a |
| 165s | collaborative environment really comes |
| 166s | in handy because we can just ask |
| 168s | questions and people on the team are |
| 170s | always excited to work together and |
| 172s | collaborate so we can just kind of |
| 175s | message someone and ask them like oh can |
| 178s | we come up with this interesting |
| 180s | solution right and brainstorm and stuff |
| 183s | like that yeah so then as part of that |
| 186s | like talking about that process like |
| 189s | tell me the start of a new character |
| 191s | like how do you start yeah so usually |
| 195s | we'll start with a design brief from the |
| 199s | design team or from narrative which will |
| 202s | come with some you know context about |
| 205s | the character so what role are they |
| 208s | going to have in the story and in the |
| 211s | gameplay are they going to be a boss an |
| 216s | enemy boss that the character has to go |
| 217s | up against like the siren queen or is it |
| 220s | going to be a friendly NPC like Grace |
| 222s | which can have a big impact on how we |
| 225s | actually design the character |
| 228s | um and then additional things like what |
| 231s | is their backstory |
| 233s | um where are they from in the world |
| 235s | because we have characters from all over |
| 237s | the world in eternum what time period |
| 239s | are they from because again we have |
| 241s | characters from different time periods |
| 243s | so that can have a big impact so that'll |
| 246s | give us some kind of historical basis |
| 247s | yeah to pull from |
| 250s | um you know different Fashions and |
| 252s | different accessories right and then |
| 256s | kind of the personality will come into |
| 258s | play |
| 259s | um you know a villain is going to be a |
| 261s | lot different than like a hero character |
| 263s | so right speaking of one of our villains |
| 266s | this iron Queen |
| 268s | um tell me a little bit about the |
| 269s | development process of uh I believe |
| 272s | siren Queen is one of our first female |
| 275s | boss in game in our game um |
| 278s | I remember when |
| 281s | back then design team had slight |
| 284s | different direction for that creature |
| 287s | they wanted a more powerful strong |
| 291s | really strong on on that pirate but I |
| 294s | thought maybe we could make it more |
| 297s | interesting and unique by adding some |
| 299s | sort of twist right to it so I started |
| 302s | thinking about siren from Greek |
| 305s | mythology |
| 306s | who lures anyone at Sea with their |
| 310s | beautiful singing |
| 312s | so I thought what if I apply that to |
| 316s | this creature so I brought that idea to |
| 319s | design team and they were more than |
| 321s | happy to have that integrated to their |
| 324s | initial design |
| 326s | so if and they even introduced the |
| 329s | singing to her view so |
| 332s | now when you see her in game |
| 336s | uh it's really cool when you walk into |
| 338s | an arena you start hearing her singing |
| 342s | [Music] |
| 346s | and you don't know what's waiting for |
| 349s | you but you are basically getting into a |
| 352s | battle with her while she's she's |
| 355s | singing entire time it's a really |
| 356s | exciting boss fight it's very haunting |
| 358s | yeah cool |
| 360s | and then like on the other hand we have |
| 363s | our hero you know that you meet at the |
| 365s | beginning of the game now Grace |
| 367s | um how did you find her personality |
| 369s | through concept art yeah so um Grace was |
| 372s | really fun character to design |
| 375s | um I was excited when I got the brief |
| 377s | because she's kind of this pirate |
| 379s | Captain kind of swashbuckling anti-hero |
| 382s | kind of character which is a lot of fun |
| 385s | and uh kind of in the early stages of |
| 389s | Designing her |
| 391s | um we'll start with |
| 393s | different sketches that |
| 396s | kind of exude different personalities |
| 398s | so we can kind of find the character |
| 402s | through the design itself |
| 406s | um so it would she be more of a Regal |
| 408s | like Navy Captain type like a little |
| 412s | more proper or it should be more of a |
| 414s | kind of gorilla fighter that gets down |
| 416s | the dirt and fights yeah |
| 418s | um or would she be more of like a |
| 420s | gunslinger |
| 421s | so that was a really fun part of the |
| 424s | process |
| 425s | um where I could kind of discover who |
| 427s | she was through the process of Designing |
| 429s | her and yeah we landed uh where we did |
| 432s | she's kind of a swashbuckler a fun |
| 435s | character do you think Grace or the |
| 438s | siren Queen would win in a battle oh the |
| 440s | siren Queen great grace is probably a |
| 443s | good fighter but I don't know if she's |
| 444s | that good the siren Queen's like 10 feet |
| 447s | tall |
| 449s | oh that's great |
| 452s | um then what's your favorite part of the |
| 454s | process |
| 455s | yeah |
| 457s | um I really like kind of like I said |
| 459s | with Grace kind of finding the |
| 461s | character's personality through |
| 464s | um different things like the accessories |
| 466s | that they wear the way they style their |
| 468s | clothes and their hair |
| 470s | um but I also like collaborating with |
| 473s | other teams a lot and I think we find a |
| 476s | lot of those details through speaking |
| 477s | with other teams um I'm like bugging the |
| 481s | narrative team for all these like very |
| 484s | obscure details about the character |
| 486s | right |
| 487s | um working with like rigging and |
| 488s | animation |
| 490s | VFX to see what kind of like where we |
| 493s | can push the limits with the characters |
| 496s | um and kind of find unique attributes |
| 500s | and stuff to give them |
| 502s | um and yeah that's really fun people are |
| 505s | always excited to collaborate on the |
| 507s | team and everyone on the team is so |
| 508s | talented so it's a blast nice yeah for |
| 512s | me collaboration is of course really fun |
| 516s | but I love the initial part of it um |
| 520s | when I do research sometimes I do |
| 523s | research and go into this rabbit hole |
| 526s | but it's okay because sometimes I get |
| 529s | happy accident I get inspired something |
| 532s | totally different right that's the fun |
| 534s | part right yeah I love that part |
| 537s | I love that maybe maybe I'll submit some |
| 540s | sketches to y'all |
| 543s | and you can you'll be like thank you |
| 545s | Rachel |
| 545s | [Laughter] |
| 548s | um well I think that brings us to our |
| 551s | community question thank you both so |
| 552s | much for joining me on this this is a |
| 555s | very fun firm like I don't learning |
| 557s | about other teams and yeah you know a |
| 560s | tournament comes to life concept art is |
| 561s | such a big part of that so our community |
| 564s | question of the week is who is your |
| 567s | favorite character in the game |
| 569s | um and of course please like subscribe |
| 571s | share whatever you would like to do and |
| 574s | I will see you in a tournament |
| 580s | sometimes we Face challenges and |
| 582s | sometimes we make mistakes you know end |
| 584s | game MMOs it's fashion this is all about |
| 587s | fashion right Cosmetics yeah |
| 590s | [Music] |
| 591s | [Applause] |
| 597s | [Music] |
| 601s | [Applause] |
