The Art of Fable 3.pdf

Foreword

Back home in my native, beloved Scotland, there is a state of being known

only as... “Jammy”. Im not certain of the precise origin of the word itself, but

I am well aware of its meaning and the fact that it could be used, amongst less

savoury terms I’m sure, to describe me. Being labelled as “Jammy” means

that the person in question is a very fortunate individual indeed. Someone

who, through no actions of their own, ind the unclaimed lottery ticket, trea-

sure map or uneaten caramel log. In my case, it’s the fact that I’m an artist

and art lover who is lucky enough to be working on a project of limitless cre-

ative potential with a team of insanely talented souls.

That’s not to say things don’t even themselves out, of course. I’ve broken just

about every bone in my body since working on Fable, had my bike stolen,

lost my hair and have a mouth like a dentist’s bin... but these knock backs

mean nothing when I get to look at, and laughingly criticise, the incredible

amount of luscious artwork that the Fable art team produce every day.

Making games is a privilege and an occupation that anyone “Jammy” enough

to participate in should give their all and there was certainly no shortage

of effort in the making of this particular game. This book shows a sliver of

the work that goes into putting a creative piece together and all the credit

goes, not only to the artists whose pretty pictures ill these pages, but to the

coders, animators, designers, musicians, scripters, writers, testers and even

producers whose countless hours of dedication have made what we hope is

an inspiring and pleasurable experience.

I sincerely hope you enjoy peering through our particular little looking glass

just as much as we enjoyed making it all up.

Cheers!

John McCormack | Art Director

Male Hero & Costumes

From Prince to Chicken outit, good to evil and all things between

the Hero is a huge undertaking. Add tattoos, facial hair, makeup,

skin morphs, hair styles, dying and you have a character who will

never be the same in any two players’ games. The initial Hero

model has to be neutral looking as his look will evolve depending

on the choices the player makes, so you essentially start the game

with a blank canvas. This has always been a big feature of the

Fable games, the player’s action dictates the look of the Hero and

this is something we developed further on Fable 3.

Ian Faichnie

Female Hero & Costumes

Whether wading through the swamps of Mourningwood, crossing

the scorching desert plains of Aurora or simply having a quiet drink

at The Cock in the Crown Public House, the Heroine will never be

found wanting for the appropriate apparel. When fully unlocked, her

wardrobe consists of 28 different outits, each consisting of jacket,

trousers/skirt, gloves, boots and hat, which can be

combined individually to create more than 2000

outit combinations. With the

functionality of cloth dying,

the creative possibilities

are almost endless.

James Vale

Logan

Logan is the cruel, power crazed king who rules Albion

with an iron ist... and the brother of the Hero. And it is

actually this relationship, more than any other single

fact about him, which guided our hand when we were

creating him. The initial designs tended towards the

classic Shakespearean Richard III type of igure, who

is literally disigured by his own hatred and paranoia.

But he had to be believable as the slightly-older

sibling of a young, appealing hero. And that led to a quite

different Logan than the one we had expected to see.

Mike McCarthy

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