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The Art of the Thinglefin |
| Posted on August 1, 2007 |
Hi, my name is Alan Diekfuss and I’m the new art director and concept artist here at the ‘fin.
I first met with the team about a month ago and I was immediately impressed with what they had hidden up their sleeves. Not only did they have a boatload of great ideas, but they knew what steps they needed to take in order to pull them off successfully. Having worked exclusively for the big boys (Nintendo and Sony) for 2 1/2 years, I felt the guys here had a great understanding for what it takes to make exceptional games. In fact, I was so impressed that I decided I had to help them out any way possible. And here I am today.
So what is my role as art director? Well that’s a good question and one that I plan to answer through the coming weeks. Expect to see me posting everything from concept art, illustrations, and designs right here on site. Here at the ‘fin, we believe in interacting with our audience throughout the development process and we feel it’s extremely important to get your feedback before we call it “done”.
Anyways, before I go, I wanted to leave you with a quote that I’ve kept close to my heart throughout all these years.
“The Pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.” - Marty Feldman
Alan;
You do a mother proud. Watching you grow up was an experience that most mothers were not exposed too and thank goodness or they would have lost their sanity. Although you were not a problem child, you were VERY strange in behavior. We lovely called you “our son the bat”. Rarely did we see you during the day only late @ night when it was time for you to feed. Most of your waking hours were spent in the dark damp basement creating things on your computer. Many of the things you created made us wonder if you were mentally disturbed and in need of physiatric help, luckily we could not afford to send you or you would have been committed. Although your father and I questioned your thoughts we always hoped there would be a place that would welcome your weirdness, little did we know that place would be the gaming industry. I’m glad you found yourself, good luck and remember to embrace your weirdness, it helps pay the bills. Love Mom
Oops! psychiatric help not physiatric.
Dude, I was just having dinner with Ryan and it totally clicked …. You are Alan, Nick’s Alan … !!! Holy Schmo!!!
Drop me a line !!!
Yay Alan!
Can’t wait to see what you do!
Wow, Thinglemom Club. I hope they will be invited to the launch party.