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Artists' Gallery
Mario
Wagner
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Mario Wagner
Lead Artist
Factor 5 LLC
San Rafael, California
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Current Project:
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Mario's current
role is as Lead Artist on Factor 5's Thornado, a next generation
platform, character based action shooter.
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| Credits:
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Ball
Blazer Champions PSX
Rebel Assault 2 PSX
Rogue Squadron N64 & PC. |
| Bio:
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Mario spent one and a
half years in art school in Germany, where he spent much of his
time doing character design for a game that was never published.
In 1995 Mario started work with Factor5, then located in Cologne,
Germany. In 1996 he moved with the company to Marin County, California.
For 2 consecutive years Mario was the onlyartist with the company.
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| Inspiration:
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| Syd
Mead, Alfonso Azpiri, Neville Brody, Jim Lee |
| Favorite
Game Art: |
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guess right now it's Soul Calibur, love it's character design.
I also still enjot older stuff by the Bitmap Brothers, like Speedball
and The Chaos Engine. |
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I Got into the Industry: |
| Pong,
Intellivision, SNES, AMiga...., there was always some game system
in our household even though I was never a real hardcore gamer. Just
seems to be the best thing aside from doing comic books or movies.
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| Tools I
Can't Live Without: |
| My
digital camera, I still feel a bit like a tourist in this big, new
country. |
| Music I
Listen to While Working: |
| Local
H , Die Fantastischen Vier, Metallica, Orbital |
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