What happens when a fledgling studio with a limited budget takes a gamble on one very specific element of character design? That's what the team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 did with hair.
Today I get to talk with Amandine Marest, Hair & Technical Character artist Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. We cover all things hair related in video games. Amandine's work in Clair Obscure is incredible and it was such a pleasure to deep dive into just how much she and the team thought about the hair in this game and how it represented the personalities of its characters.
We also discuss her love of Final Fantasy hair, including Lighting's from Final Fantasy 12 and of course I get into my own rabbit hole about the contradiction between Cloud's hair and his personality in Final Fantasy 7. We also discuss how games like The Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption and God of War inspired Amandine's work, as well as how she got into the industry and her decision as a student to double down on focusing on hair design.
This video shows just how much love and attention was put into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as we are able to go into so much detail about one single aspect of the game, and how it works alongside all of the other incredible moving parts.
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