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 Game
Development Gallery
Visual Artists
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Stephan Martiniere
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Current Projects:
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Although I "officially" completed the
concept designs and illustrations for Cyan's next project, I am still finishing a few last minute designs. I am
currently writing and designing a short comic book story for a Star
Wars graphic novel that will rejoin the
entire design team from Star Wars: Episode
3. I am also preparing for a major exhibit
of my work for the sci-fi convention "les utopiales" in Nantes, France this coming November. I am also
scheduled to do some production painting for the upcoming movie Underworld
2.
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Credits:
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- Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
- Uru: Expansion Pack 1
- Uru: The Path of the Shell
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Bio:
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Stephan was born in France. He knew very early on
that he wanted to be an artist. At age 15, he entered an art school in Paris and learned the foundations of art.
Four years later, he attended an animation school
that was also in Paris. He has yet to complete the requirements for his degree there, as his studies were interrupted
when he was hired to work in Japan on the animated series Inspector
Gadget.
From that moment, he found myself traveling from
Asia to California as he moved forward into his career in the animation industry, which eventually led him to theme
parks, television and movies.
This path gave him the opportunity to work for such
films as Star Wars: Episodes 2 and 3, Virus, Dragon
Heart 2, Titan
AE, Star
Trek: The Experience, Red Planet,
and I, Robot.
As he stepped forward, he walked finally into the game industry, in which he currently works for Cyan.
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Inspiration:
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I am inspired by periods from the Renaissance up
to today's modern art. It is quite a list. I am very fond of the American illustrators from 1930 to 1960, the art
deco period, and the orientalist period in particular.
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Favorite Game Art:
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Riven
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Why I Got into the Industry:
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I've always liked the quality of the visuals in
Riven
and Myst III: Exile, so when the opportunity to become the visual art director at Cyan
presented itself, I just couldn't refuse.
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Tools I Can't Live Without:
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Photoshop, because all my paintings are digital.
Photoshop has allowed me to establish myself as a painter. It would definitely be a challenge to start all over
again without it.
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Music I Listen to While Working:
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Mainly soundtracks. I like composers like Williams,
Goldsmith, Elfman, and Zimmer. I like the classics, romantic jazz, and a variety of pop artists like Sting, Peter
Gabriel, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Maroon 5, and Coldplay.
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Favorite Book:
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Lately, Perdido
Street Station by China Mieville.
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Favorite Movie:
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There are just too many to list.
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