MoC: Dave Greco - Official discussion thread

[Pann 8,055]

The "Bob Ross" of ArtCraft is waiting for your questions and comments

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[davegreco 316]

Thanks everyone for taking a look! I get pretty nervous sitting there and talking about everything! Gibson did a great job on this one. If anyone ever has any questions, feel free to ask!

[VIKINGNAIL 5,680]

Goldeneye tournaments everyday after school.

OMG memphis bleek it's like that.

I have nothing against people in the industry just doing a job, but it's always nice to see people developing a game you like having some real gaming history behind them as well.  It just makes you feel like it is more likely that they want the game to actually be good from a player's POV.

Edited March 23, 2017 by VIKINGNAIL

[coolwaters 4,841]

I looooove Bob Ross.

That guy puts me to sleep - like lights out sleep - in about 30 seconds. 

"A little rock lives here ..." And that awesome hair ...

Dave rocks too

Edited March 23, 2017 by coolwaters

[Weebles 385]

13 minutes ago, davegreco said:

Thanks everyone for taking a look! I get pretty nervous sitting there and talking about everything! Gibson did a great job on this one. If anyone ever has any questions, feel free to ask!

I'm still watching the video but do you have an any art portfolios or previous work (non-crowfall stuff) to share?

[davegreco 316]

theres a ton of work shown in the video

[Caenth 3,893]

Really enjoyed this video Dave! Loving your work. Your art made me fall in love with the game. 

[ZYBAK 2,955]

1 hour ago, VIKINGNAIL said:

I have nothing against people in the industry just doing a job, but it's always nice to see people developing a game you like having some real gaming history behind them as well.  It just makes you feel like it is more likely that they want the game to actually be good from a player's POV.

Yea it is pretty crazy how many people work in the games industry that don't actually play games. Glad to see that ACE has some ex turbo-nerds like Blair on their team who have actually played games and been good at them.

[Jah 6,641]

Wicked cool aht, dude.

[Tinnis 7,827]

Yup the game's art is great at bringing across the spirit of what you guys are going for.

And has also translated well into the actual game too, obviously also important!

Ah the daunting game of looking at life's 'butterfly effect' moments...  

(my own example: four people including myself literally wouldn't exist if my grandmother hadn't fallen off a bicycle once)

Edited March 23, 2017 by Tinnis

[Durenthal 2,150]

@davegreco I have one of your pieces framed (blonde conjuring 3 ships), but I can't remember where I bought it.  Do you have prints of more of your art available for sale?

[davegreco 316]

Just now, durenthal said:

@davegreco I have one of your pieces framed (blonde conjuring 3 ships), but I can't remember where I bought it.  Do you have prints of more of your art available for sale?

I used to sell prints on a store attached to my site.. but no longer sell any. It got hard because the only work I could sell was personal work, and never client work for obvious reasons. And lately is all client based work :/.

if that does change I will be sure to let you know!

[CFC_Shiro 276]

This was one or even the best so far! love the talking and you did a really good job at editing this one. It's getting better and better each time!

[Gradishar 1,064]

Fantastic video guys! Although I have to admit I had to pause the SB screenshot to try and figure out what siege that was and on what server. Any additional background information about Dave's playing of Shadowbane while in college would be greatly appreciated!

[davegreco 316]

2 minutes ago, Gradishar said:

Fantastic video guys! Although I have to admit I had to pause the SB screenshot to try and figure out what siege that was and on what server. Any additional background information about Dave's playing of Shadowbane while in college would be greatly appreciated!

I think that footage was pretty stock footage of shadowbane that Gibson had grabbed. The rest of the games I logged into to get real footage of.

I was a pretty bad shadowbane player myself. I mostly remember re-rolling like 15 times since I kept wanting to try new classes. I didn't even get into siege stuff. I played during a small break in eq and jumped back into eq shortly after anyways.

[Gorwald 643]

1 hour ago, davegreco said:

I used to sell prints on a store attached to my site.. but no longer sell any. It got hard because the only work I could sell was personal work, and never client work for obvious reasons. And lately is all client based work :/.

if that does change I will be sure to let you know!

I'm so one of the lucky one to have one of your art 

Great video and presentation of yours, loved it.

[Nazdar 1,177]

Great video!  Sorry everyone else at ACE, I have a new favorite employee.

[blazzen 3,887]

Your childhood reminded me a lot of mine - Ninja Turtles and Nintendo. Surely you had the Ninja Turtle video games, right? I liked the NES game but my all time favorite was the Turtles in Time Arcade game (which was also on SNES). 

[Holyvigil 171]

I'd like to know more about your job responsibilities:

Do you do 3d rendering or just initial concepts? Are you able to tell other people who work off your art that they haven't got things like the lighting or such right? What about other things that aren't shown visually in a still picture like how a person's gait is who you drew or the diet of the creatures you draw? Does somebody first tell you that kind of stuff or are some of the archetypes and such someone else's design?

Edited March 23, 2017 by Holyvigil

[goqua 57]

How many 21 Jump Street references do you get per hour?