Hey, guys!
Brandon just got back to me.
I told him about this Forum, and how you loved their work. He says that he really appriciated the interest. And also he did a little extra for you guys!
He wrote me out the story of he and his brother Jarrod meeting Lorne. Here ya are!:
"Lorne found my brother and I when we were dispaying our work at the San Diego Comic Convention Art Show. We were not even professionals at that point, but he like the look of our work and eventually asked us to work on the project. Lorne is an incredible artist himself and seeing many of his paintings convinced us to do it. Remember nobody had ever heard of Oddworld at this point. Also, the work of Steve Olds was awesome. We were really just sculpting Steve Olds 2D visions. Jarrod and I only made up what wasn't seen in the sketches (around the backs, etc.). We had never worked so large (about two feet tall) and had cracking problems with many of these sculpts but we're much more seasoned professionals now!
Though we were in Texas, we were in constant contact with Lorne and Steve. Sending videos and photos back and forth for them to look at and give suggestions on improvements. Lorne was always open to what we had to say as well.
I tell you, we've worked on a number of games (we're in the statue industry now) but none as cool as Oddworld and we never worked on a game with artists the caliber of Lorne and Steve.
We still talk to Lorne every once in a while (mostly trading emails) and we see Steve Olds and his family at the San Diego Con as well. Great guys."
Neat story, huh?
Anyways, in the email, he said that he was going to look around for some more production pictures, and he would get back to me after that!
ALSO! PEOPLE, BE SURE TO VISIT THEIR WEB-SITE! It's awesome!
www.shiflettbrothers.com
I'll keep all of you posted.