Game · 1999 · shipped

Age of Empires II

The Age of Kings. I became a technical artist before that was a job.

Age of Empires II key art
Role
3D Artist, becoming Technical Artist
Studio
Ensemble Studios
Publisher
Microsoft
Tech
PC RTS

The Age of Kings, then The Conquerors after it. This is where I started sliding from 3D artist toward technical artist, doing plenty of both. Technical art wasn’t a defined role yet and nobody in the industry quite knew what to call it.