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Bethesda Concept Artist Adam Adamowicz Passes Away

One of the important artistic talents behind Skyrim, Fallout 3.

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If you enjoyed the look of Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as much as I did, we have, in large part, Bethesda Game Studios concept artist Adam Adamowicz to thank.

Unfortunately, he’s no longer with us.

Adamowicz reportedly passed away earlier this week, the tragic result of a battle with cancer. He was 42.

There’s an informative and touching eulogy by a fellow concept artist at Awesome Robo, which includes plenty of Adamowicz’s art.

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It's amazing how in such a short life someone can touch so many people with his art and imagination. He will be missed.

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R.I.P. Dovakin

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That's so sad... :(
So young...

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He truly had some awesome work.

Rest in peace, Adam.

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What a shame, thats way too young.

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Very sad, RIP Adam and condolences to his friends and family.

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So sad to pass away that early. RIP

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Rest in peace man. See you in gaming heaven.

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Thank you so much for all your amazing works Adam. Rest in peace.

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Well, shit.  What bad news to hear about.  My condolences to Adam & his family.

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:( sadness

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Fuck you cancer.

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R.I.P. Adam. Your work and craft was greatly valued.

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Slow day god? because it's just not enough that you made TV suck a little bit more with Andy Whitfield. You just had to ignore this one too!

RIP Adam Adamowicz

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RIP Adam

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He had a bitchin' name. RIP, friend.

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Fuck you cancer.

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I knew Adam for several years. He was making amazing work long before he was at Bethesda. You just don't meet many people like him. If he wasn't an artist he surely would have been a standup comedian-- he had a larger than life personality-- mad funny and highly intelligent. We had wild times, good and bad, but what I remember most is he always had a little black book in his bag and we would constantly have to stop and wait for him to draw whatever caught his fancy: an interesting person, an decrepit wall or structure, etc... He had a creative intelligence and vigor that I inspires my my practice as an artist. His process was always about learning something, about experiencing something new in your subject matter and pushing it further, beyond the usual and derivative. His memory and work will live on, miss you buddy.

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Oh my god! I started listening to The Bethesda Podcast (bethblog.com/podcast), and the Skyrim team diary 01 is an extended interview with concept artist ADAM ADAMOWICZ. It's a really weird listen. Especially when he says ”James Gourney, our favourite artist, his line is 'I prefer my art heroes dead.' and his logic is- you pick somethin 200 years old, chances are it's got some merit to it.” Also this is a great podcast, by the way.

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Very thankful to have had him with us...he was a large part of what we enjoy. Sad to lose him..may he rest in peace and continue to be remembered.

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he is good artist.. i like fallout 3 and skyrim.. condolences to his family