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Today we meet Jason Lye, winner of Andre's Weapon Design Contest (for Granado Espada). A jewelry designer IRL, he sure has put his skills in good use! Say hello to everybody. Hi everyone and thank you TeamGE for choosing me as the winner^^. My real name is Jason Lye. I live in Penang, Malaysia, and work as a designer for a jewelry company. Tell us a bit about your background. I’ve loved art since I was very young and went from paper drawing to digital media during my secondary school days. Inspiration from Japanese and Korean digital artists put me into learning more of their work and refining my technique. I am currently focusing much of my time in art, and this would be the second competition I’ve ever taken part in. How long have you played GE? What attracted you to the game? I’ve been playing GE for about 3-4 months, since end of 2009. Haha… basically I’m quite new to it. I find the 3D rendering of the game quite interesting and the battle system is different from other MMORPGs – controlling 3 characters during gameplay. That got me attracted to the game. Do you have any art/design background? I have been in the design line for about 4 years but don’t really have a design college background. Basically all my knowledge is from working experience and self-tuition. What were your inspirations for the winning entry? I love Emilia the character, especially reckless Emilia, so I wanted to design a weapon exclusively for her. And so, the dark version of my ‘Wing’ series was created! What was going through your mind as you turned your concept into reality? A weapon with dark aura, red lightning around the center part of the staff, and exclusively for reckless Emilia (don’t think it will be just for her^^ but I really hope so!) with additional status of +1 lvl to madness stance and also an expert weapon. I hope you love my concept since I'm quite new to the game and forum... How long did you take to finish the design? About 8-10 hours. What software/tools did you use? I used Paint and Photoshop, mostly the brush tools and some effects tools. What is your design process? Start with a simple paper draft just to generate a basic concept, then move to digital pen for finishings. How confident were you in winning? Did you expect it? Emm… I was thinking I would win something but not on the top spots; maybe 2nd or 3nd place... This is really something I didn't expect to happen because there are a lot of strong competitors in Andre Weapon Design Competition. Got any wish list for the future of GE? I was hoping for some exclusive SGE characters just like what JGE has, and for sure more in-game stuff like costumes, armour, weapons and more inputs to the game by our SGE players / designers. I also want more in-game events or even real-life events from GE, especially competitions... And lots more giveaways. ^^
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