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[2011-02-11 21:21:23 +0000 UTC]
"Eric Kozlowsky"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 445; Deviations: 75; Watchers: 519
Watching: 40; Pageviews: 36088; Comments Made: 285; Friends: 40
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Alphonse MuchaFavorite movies: The Princess Bride, Fight Club, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Harry Potter Series
Favorite TV shows: The Simpsons, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Dexter, Game of Thrones
Favorite bands / musical artists: Type O Negative, The Bogmen, The Tea Party, A Perfect Circle
Favorite books: The NeverEnding Story, The Princess Bride, The Book of Lost Things, Battle Royale, The Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games Trilogy
Favorite writers: Charles Bukowski, J K Rowling
Favorite games: Shadow of the Colossus, Ico, Out of this World, Guardian Heroes, Final Fantasy 6, Grandia, The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening
Favorite gaming platform: Super NES
Tools of the Trade: 3DS Max, Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop
Other Interests: Video Games, Movies, Music, Photography, Crossfit
# About me
I am an Senior Environment Artist at Bioware. I've been working in games professionally for over 10 years and I love it! I specialize in 3d environments but I love all aspects of art and game development. I hope you enjoy my work!Current Residence: Austin, Texas
Favourite Video Game: Ico
Favourite style of art: concept
Operating System: PC
MP3 player of choice: iphone
# Comments
Comments: 101
Thanks a lot! It was a really fun project!
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I just stumbled across your profile and I'm so glad that I did! Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze is one of my favorite games and has some of the most pleasing art style I've seen! You did an amazing job on it and hope you keep up the good work!
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Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game! It definitely was a highlight of my career so far!
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Happy Birthday! BTW, I finally got Tropical Freeze, along with Mario Kart 8, on my birthday last month. Best birthday gifts ever!
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Thanks man! Sounds like you had a pretty rad b-day! Lol! I hope you're enjoying the games.
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I sure am! Any games made by Retro are insta-awesome. I have to admit though, I'm only halfway managed to play part of the first world 
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Tropical Freeze was stunning! You are some kind of art god!
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Lol! Hi praise! Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game!!!
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Amazing and perfect game by the way! I'm having so much fun completing it 100% with my friend. Can't wait to see a sequel! DKCR needs to be a trilogy! And by the way, did Retro ever considered of including Kiddy Kong or King K. Roll in this game? Thanks!
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Wait, YOU worked on DKC Tropical Freeze? That's AWESOME!!! 
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Thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it!
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Enjoying is an understatement!
The game is so good that I don't mind playing it all again in hard mode (maybe I'd even try to get all gold medals on the time trials, which is an insane challenge, imho). I'd never wanna do that in a game like New Super Mario Bros. U.
The new Mario games feel rushed and soulless compared to your DKC games. Almost like shovelware.
By the way, there's something I've been wanting to ask: I don't know if you can/are allowed to answer me this... and if you can't that's okay too but...
I've heard rumors that the reason you didn't use the Kremlings and King K. Rool as the villains in Returns and Tropical Freeze is that you don't have the rights to use them. Is that true?
Or did you simply want to spice things up with new evil characters?
Many, many fans have been upset about their absence and would like to see them return if you guys ever made a third DKC.
Personally I liked the Tikis (with their enchanting music). And even the Snowmads were pretty fun. But I'd also like to see how you guys would use the Kremlings if you could.
Thanks in advance.
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Your designs for DKC Tropical Freeze are fantastic! Hope to see more of them in a third game.
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It's going great! Busy, busy, busy!
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No problem! When can we expect more news on DKC: Tropical Freeze?
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Oh well then. I'm hoping that Nintendo would at least announce another Nintendo Direct later this month. The weeks after E3 really get boring, don't they?
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What do you think of WII U cpu gpu ?
deviantART muro drawing
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lol! I'd love to but alas I really have no time at the moment!
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can you gave a hint of what is retro working on?
deviantART muro drawing
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OK I can wait hope it's something that takes WII U to it's limits
deviantART muro drawing
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Hello Eric it's been awhile, how have you been? how's Retro treating you?
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You have a lot of interesting stuff on your gallery!
Hard to believe you can craft some of the best 3D art I have seen!
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Wow that's high praise!!! Thank you very much but I still have much to learn!
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Why your welcome! ^^
I can't wait to see your next projects!
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You really inspire me!
I wish someday I'll be like you
Good luck to you and your Retro Studios friends on making some impressive games ^^
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Thank you!!! I'm very flattered! Keep practicing we all have to strive to keep getting better and better as artists!
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Great work Eric! Can't wait to see RETRO's offerings at E3 - here's hoping it's going well and you're enjoying it! (And that it's a new IP!)
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Amazing work man!! I'm a huge fan of Retro Studios games, hope we see some of your work related to the WiiU "top secret" project(s) soon!!
Keep up the great work!
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Thanks! And trust me, when I'm allowed to show my work, I'll post it!
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Really love your gallery. Amazing work & beautiful attention to detail.
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That is really cool that you do gaming environments!
I'm a girl gamer and I really appreciate your work, its amazing
Great job, keep up the fantastic work
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Your galery is amazing ! (Normal for a pro like you, who work on great games like Uncharted !)
I love your fanart of Shadow of Colosus
And it's a shame you have not more views Oo (Even if you haven't need this to prouve your talent). I really not understand DeviantArt sometimes...
Congratulation for your Daily Deviation, you deserve it so much !
And once again, very great and inspired work !
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