Aleksander Rostov
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Aleksander Rostov (pseudonym) is an Estonian artist, a member of the cultural association ZA/UM (founded in 2009) and the lead artist for the video game Disco Elysium[1]. His bold brush strokes have been called the element which ties the aesthetics of the game together by a fellow artist on the project, Kaspar Tamsalu[2]. Completely hand-painted game environments (as opposed to 3D graphics) were something of a rarity during the time when Disco Elysium was published. Rostov has expressed his disdain regarding the hyperrealism present in the mainstream video game art, claiming that his own style expresses rather the relation between the main character and the objects of the world: "As a police officer, you visit the homes of quite a few characters. Their homes are meant to be extended portraits. In a way, this is a game of portraits – the writer figures out the mannerisms and beliefs of the cast, the voice actor portrays this live through expression and enunciation, but the artist and animators get to portray their face and gestures."[3] The art in the game is a reflection of the impact of the ongoing apocalypse in the characters' psychologies (most of the Elysium world has been destroyed during the events of the game and the destruction is said to be accelerating).[4] Rostov took the paradigm of contemporary oil painting as the basis of his method.[5]
During the ZA/UM blog times (2009-2014) Rostov provided analyses about the psychology of painting in textual form[6], and during the making of "Disco Elysium", acted as a chronic of the project at the TIGSource forum.[7]
In 2020, Rostov received the Estonian Presidential Young Cultural Figure award together with Robert Kurvitz for Disco Elysium.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ ""Disco Elysiumi" peakunstnik: 21. sajandit defineerib kommunism". Tänane leht (in eesti). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ MCV Editors (2021-04-08). ""We knew immediately that we needed to make a game with a striking and unique look to accompany the writing" – The Art Of Disco Elysium". MCV. ISSN 1469-4832. Retrieved 2022-02-02.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
- ↑ Daniel Lipscombe (2019-11-22). "Disco Elysium comes to life once the talking stops: ZA/UM details its approach to creating a truly expressive RPG". gamesradar. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ "Intriguing Indigraze Interview". discoelysium.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ "THE HUNGARIAN INTERVIEW". discoelysium.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ Eva-Maria Kinkar, "Rühmitus ZA/UM Eesti kirjandusväljal", Tallinna Ülikool, 2021 (The association ZA/UM on the Estonian literary field, Tallinn University, 2021
- ↑ "DISCO ELYSIUM (we finished it, it's out)". forums.tigsource.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ "Presidendi noore kultuuritegelase preemia said videomängu "Disco Elysium" loojad Robert Kurvitz ja Aleksander Rostov". Diktor. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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