Sam "Samwise" Didier is the art director at Blizzard Entertainment. He is responsible for creating much of the artwork for computer games in the Warcraft, StarCraft, and the Diablo series. He is the senior art director on StarCraft II.[2] Among the veteran Blizzard employees, Didier has been a consistent artist for many years, his unique style greatly influencing the game art.[citation needed]
Didier was responsible for the Pandaren, a race regarded by fans - and used by Blizzard - as a "joke race" but still with legitimacy within the lore. Among other things, panda icons also appeared accompanying much of Didier's art, and could be seen in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as the emblem on the Night Elf demon hunter's warblades, a picture in the Paladin's book, and the ashes that form after the usage of the Blood Mage's Flame Strike ability has a pattern of a panda's face.
Cover art
Samwise does the art for HammerFall album covers. He has done the following covers:
- 2002 - Hearts on Fire (EP)
- 2002 - Crimson Thunder
- 2003 - One Crimson Night (Live album & DVD)
- 2005 - Blood Bound (EP)
- 2005 - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
- 2006 - Natural High (EP)
- 2006 - Threshold
- 2009 - No Sacrifice, No Victory
He has also done the cover art for Joacim Cans' (Hammerfall Singer) solo album, Beyond the Gates (2004).
References
External links
- Profile at Sons of the Storm
- Art Gallery
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