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T‐nex, an impressive analysis, and I agree and disagree with various things. There are just a couple of things that confuse me.
I hated the cartooniness of Munch’s Oddysee too, but what evidence do you have to blame it on Sherry?
How has Lorne gone back on environmentalism and anti‐materialism?
As for the production designers, I’m not arguing against your opinion, but as we’ve seen in the Abe film artwork, Raymond has been using designs created by Steven Olds, who remains my favourite of the production designers. Farzad is also brilliant, but he also designed Fuzzles which are my least favourite character design. Silvio Aebischer I consider the worst character designer, having come up with Clakkerz and various other SW races (which are generally unimpressive. I know he was personally upset by the uproar the Forums had against his characters, and it was a hysterical over‐reaction, but not without reason). On the other hand, Silvio has designed Oddworld’s most characteristic and beautiful machinery, while Raymond’s artwork is rich and inspiring, perfectly suited to Oddworld.
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I want to react: for me too, Steven Olds is my favourite designer. I don't know why he lefts OWI studios. For me when I look to the Art of OWI, the design drawing of Steven Olds are most beautiful and complete than design of AE or MO(look at scrabania or abe's design).
I don't said that Farzad is a bad designer but I think you've a feeling that you get when you play at AO, which represent all the darkness which was at the origine of oddworld.
For me, silvio aebischer is not a bad drawer but I think that I would better stayed in the car design: I think he don't have the good "profile" to work in OWI.
victor