Darren Watts Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Hey all! As most of you know, Andy Mathews' passing last year left both an enormous hole in our hearts and an equally large one in our company. For the last several months we've been talking to a trio of excellent candidates to replace him as Hero's Art Director, and we're happy to announce... well, that we liked all three very much and want to keep working with all of them! Fred Hicks, who finished Book Of Dragons and then did the forthcoming Book Of The Machine for us, will be handling the AD chores for the 6th Edition Hero System core rulebooks. Many of you will know him for the fabulous products he does for his own companies, Evil Hat Productions (like Don't Rest Your Head and Spirit Of The Century) and One Bad Egg, makers of fine 4th Edition D&D PDF support material. He'll be sort of "first among equals" for the ADs and will be putting his practiced eye to work helping develop the look of the overall line. Bill Keyes, everybody's favorite bunneh and AD for the forthcoming Lucha Libre Hero, and Scott Heine, whose art has graced a pile of Hero products going back to the early days and who is currently Art Directing the forthcoming Thrilling Hero Adventures tome, will also both be sticking around to do additional projects for us in the future. Both have also done tremendous jobs and we look forward to showing off their work to you shortly! Clearly, the job of AD'ing for all of Hero's exciting new stuff coming in the near future was too much for one man, but these three talented stalwarts are together more than up for the job! Thanks and congrats to all three, for making the job of choosing between you too hard for us! dw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Hoo-hah! Best of all worlds. My congratulations to all three talented gents (and to Margo Heine, who will doubtlessly be supporting Scott in numerous ways as she always has). I also find it encouraging that Hero Games now seems to be financially solid enough to afford the services of all three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTaylor Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Congrats to all three! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDestiny Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Many congratulations to all three! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Wootski! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Congrats to all involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibear Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Well done, all three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) I, for one, welcome our new three-headed overlords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Hoorah.... ....I don't suppose you chaps could direct some art to this thread could you nothing excessive, you understand, a quick sketch, perhaps themed along the lines of 'Seeker in 6th'. Should be good for a laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Heine Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) ...I don't suppose you chaps could direct some art to this thread could you... perhaps themed along the lines of 'Seeker in 6th'... I'm pretty sure this is what you're looking for, Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) He got a tombstone? Wow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) I'm pretty sure this is what you're looking for, Sean. "Dodged, when he should have dove for cover" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Lol, so funny. Congrats to everyone on jobs well done (I'm really looking forward to Luche Libre) and also to new jobs hired! (Or something like that....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) I'm pretty sure this is what you're looking for, Sean. Can I just say I've very happy with the serious and thoughtful approach Scott is clearly going to bring to the table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) I'm pretty sure this is what you're looking for, Sean. Wow... I'm impressed there was enough to bury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Woot! Fred made a little reply on my thread at RPG.net: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=10381833#post10381833 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Congrats guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlyjoe Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Ah. A best of both worlds kinda thing. Good to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Congo-rats guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Any chance we'll see writing contributions from any of these talented gents, in addition to their production duties? I have nothing but respect for Steve Long as a game writer, but I also enjoy reading other people's takes on the game and its worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Watts Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Any chance we'll see writing contributions from any of these talented gents' date=' in addition to their production duties? I have nothing but respect for Steve Long as a game writer, but I also enjoy reading other people's takes on the game and its worlds.[/quote'] It's far too soon to say yet, and obviously there's a whole lot of system work and other titles already in the hopper, with the rollout of 6th Edition to be gotten through first. But keep your eyes peeled. dw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Congrats! PSSSsstt... bunneh? How much would it cost for you to slip in more nekkid elf maidens? I hear SJG has a surplus you can borrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Any chance we'll see writing contributions from any of these talented gents' date=' in addition to their production duties? [/quote'] Talented? Gents? You must be talking about Scott here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Hero's New Art Director(s) Well, I'm not sure the term "gents" applies to Leporidae... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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