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Brian "Zeus"[2] Sousa was a 3D artist for Blizzard Entertainment. He retired from the company in November of 2019.[3]
Biography[]
In 1993, Sousa was presented with an ad for "can you draw the Viking?" He submitted his resume and was called in by Allen Adham for a job interview. What followed was a two-week internship, and later, employment. At the time, Silicon & Synapse was working on three games: The Death and Return of Superman, Blackthorne, and the original Warcraft.[1]
Sousa later worked on StarCraft[4] and later as the senior 3D artist for StarCraft II.[5]
According to Sousa, he was present for the development of StarCraft II "from the beginning".[6]
In the game, he helped work on the effects of light and weather in the game.[5]
He is currently the lead 3D artist for StarCraft: Remastered.[7]
He was chosen due to his experience with the original game.[8]
In November 2019, Sousa announced he would be leaving from Blizzard Entertainment after 18 years at the company.[3]
Trivia[]
The goliath's profile in StarCraft II is based on his appearance.[9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2017-04-27, Rock and Roll Days of StarCraft: a Development Retrospective. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2017-04-29.
- ↑ BlizzCon Art Sets, Flicker. Accessed on 2009-12-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 11-20-2019, Farewell Brian Linkedin.com Accessed 2019-11-21.
- ↑ Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif. Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 2008-09-11, StarCraft II Art Panel. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed on 2008-12-09.
- ↑ 2017-07-11, Blizzard Talks StarCraft Remastered, And Why It Deserves A Re-release After 20 Years. GameSpot, accessed on 2017-07-12.
- ↑ 2017-04-21, Remastering StarCraft's Art. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2017-04-21.
- ↑ 2017-08-19, On StarCraft Remastered's Transformation And Why There Isn't A Console Port. GameSpot, accessed on 2017-08-20.
- ↑ StarCraft Legacy community. 2009-08-24. BlizzCon 2009 StarCraft II Art Panel. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-10-04.