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Samwise Didier

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'''Sam "Didier, better known as Samwise" Didier''' , is the Senior Art Director of at Blizzard Entertainment, . He's been with the company since the mid-1990s and has been with an integral part of the company concept art and art design for well over 10 yearsall of Blizzard's worlds. Much of Samwise's style is designs have strongly influenced the leading star for everything made in art design of all of Blizzard's games. He is also the lead singer in the local metal band Level 80 Elite Tauren Cheiftaintitles, especially World of Warcraft.
==Personal==
Besides his work as an artist and world creator, Samwise is the lead singer in the Blizzard employee metal band "Level 80 Elite Tauren Cheiftain."
Samwise is one of the Blizzard artists whose work is included on the Sons of the Storm website. The following is [http://sonsofthestorm.com/profile_samwise.html excerpted from his profile] on that site:
 
<blockquote>
'''Inspirational Artists'''<br>
'''Frazetta, Wrightson, Elmore, Ernie Chan and Big John Buscema.
<br><br>
'''Define your style of art'''<br>
'''Over-proportioned, primary colored, bulky armored dudes and monsters.
<br><br>
'''Where do you do most of your work?'''<br>
'''Coffee table in the living room. On the phone.
<br><br>
'''What are your favorite things to create?'''<br>
'''Over-proportioned, primary colored, bulky armored dudes and monsters.
<br><br>
'''What tools do you use to create your artwork?'''<br>
'''Pencil, paper and Photoshop.
</blockquote>
 
 
==Artwork==
A huge amount of Samwise's work is displayed [http://sonsofthestorm.com/gallery.php?artist=samwise on his artist page] at Sons of the Storm. His art has mostly been in the Warcraft and Starcraft worlds, but a fair amount of personal art and some Diablo I and Diablo II work is profiled as well.
 
Samwise hasn't contributed any artwork to Diablo III (at least none that's been released) but he helped with the world design of Diablo I, and did some character design work on Diablo II as well. His contributions to the Diablo series are enshrined in the [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=557 Diablo II art section] of the Image Gallery. A few samples:
 
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2101&cat=557 Horadrim concept art] from the Diablo I manual.
* Three of the iconic, skulls-on-a-stick Diablo banners. [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2103&cat=557 One] and [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2102&cat=557 two] and [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2097&cat=557 three].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2107&cat=559 Colorful Assassin artwork].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2106&cat=559 Angry Druid artwork].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2105&cat=558 Brooding Diablo artwork].
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