Paradox Development Studio Advent Calendar #15: Adrenaline

[unmerged(555183)]

Thats true of English as well.
The masculine, wermann/wereman/wehr/vir/wer was dropped in favour of just using the gender-neutral man for both around the move from old to middle english, so while man usually means male now, the original gender neutral meaning is retained, as for example in mankind or your fellow men, man the lifeboats, etc.
It's really only from the 1960s on that man has become primarily used to mean males only and even then not universally.

Aha, haven't thought of that.

 

[Varyar]

Left-handed?

 

[unmerged(555183)]

Left-handed?

Nope, right-handed. I'm curious, why did you ask?

 

[Varyar]

Nope, right-handed. I'm curious, why did you ask?

You wear your wristwatch on your right (unless the pic's mirrored). I only noticed because I'm weird/childhood trauma.

 

[unmerged(555183)]

You wear your wristwatch on your right (unless the pic's mirrored). I only noticed because I'm weird/childhood trauma.

Ahaaa, that's true, I used to wear it on the "wrong" arm for some reason. But then I got a bracelet that looks/feels best on my right arm so the watch had to move to the left.

Haha how Sherlock of you!

 

[ZechsMerquise73]

Correct! I also go all in at work

I was thinking maybe you play StarCraft 2

 

[The_Duke_]

Hey! How many 2d artist are in paradox? Do they let you sign your work? How can we identify who did which draw???

Cheers!

 

[unmerged(555183)]

I was thinking maybe you play StarCraft 2

Aha no I don't.

 

[unmerged(555183)]

Hey! How many 2d artist are in paradox? Do they let you sign your work? How can we identify who did which draw???

Cheers!

Hi! We are currently three 2Dartists at Paradox Development Studio. Yonaz, me and Sideburnout. No we don't sign our work but our painting styles differ a bit. Sometimes a freelancer, intern or artist from Paradox South paint/draw and makes it even more tricky to identify who made what.

Yonaz has kind of a saturated "dotty" or "swampy" way of painting (in a good way ) and I like to paint more clean/soft with some visible brush strokes. Sideburnout has something in between (I don't think anything he painted for PDS is out there yet). Sometimes we tweak our art styles into looking like our Lead Artist wants it to look.

 

[hansnery]

That's a find!
I love EUIV's loading screens. Gave it a Civ feel but in it's own way. I hope future games be all like this.
Do your work mates hit on you a lot?

 

[ladeia]

Very beautiful lady!

 

[The_Duke_]

No we don't sign our work but our painting styles differ a bit.

Just a shame. Thanks for the info. Have you guys ever thought about creating a blog or putting a session in the paradox site with your joint work? So that everyone can appreciate who did what. =D

Right now, I wonder who was the jerk that made the bloody Commet that always find a way to appear in my EU games!

Cheers!

 

[Infocalypse]

Are the clothing in the EU4 loading screens your work? I love the picture of Louis the Sun-King.