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The artist of doom is a forgotten hero apart from Romero/Carmack. He had a background with nasty medical images, so the hellish deformed people were a good fit
by hyperman1 5y ago
The artist of doom is a forgotten hero apart from Romero/Carmack. He had a background with nasty medical images, so the hellish deformed people were a good fit.
Without it's art, doom would be a very different game.
- NittLion78 5y agoThat's Adrian Carmack (no relation to John). He made most of the characters you see in the game out of clay before they were pixelated. Can't recommend Masters of Doom enough, the book that talks about the history of id Software. That all these guys came together in the same place is a miracle in itself.
- selimthegrim 5y agoAnd in Shreveport, nonetheless. Go look at that building on Google Street View sometimes.
- NittLion78 5y agoOne of the strangest buildings I've ever seen. I wonder if it wasn't a street-level stall market or something first because now it's basically a parking lot with an unfortunate building packed under it.