Dhabih Eng
| Dhabih Eng | |
|---|---|
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| Biographical information | |
| Place of birth | |
| Title(s) |
Conceptual artist |
| Time period |
1998 - Present[2] |
Dhabih Eng is a conceptual artist who works at Valve.
Contents
BiographyEdit
- "Dhabih, who's been playing games since he was six years old, has a degree in Interdisciplinary Art from the University of Washington. He started making a name for himself by doing freelance design work for gaming magazines (Electronic Gaming Monthly, Official Playstation Magazine, PC Gaming World) while still in school. Dhabih has also done web design and worked on the Quake2 TC pack Zaero from Team Evolve. He started at Valve by doing freelance work in mid-1998, and signed on full-time in early February of 1999. Dhabih is truly a world citizen, having grown up in six different countries (Australia, Macau, Canada, China, Taiwan, and the USA)."
- ― Source (August 20, 2014)
Half-LifeEdit
Promotional artwork and texture work (with Chuck Jones).[3]
GalleryEdit
Promotional artwork for the Vortigaunt.
Another version with a different background.
Alien Grunt.
Gordon facing off against an Alien Grunt.
Gordon Freeman standing.
Edited version without glasses.
The background for Steam version of Half-Life.
The box art for PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life.
25th Anniversary Update wallpaper.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto, phone wallpaper.
Ditto.
Half-Life 2Edit
- The Alien Assassin[3]
- Alyx Vance[3]
- The Antlion[3]
- Black Mesa East[3]
- The original Breencast[3]
- Canals (with Tri Nguyen and Viktor Antonov)[3]
- An early Citadel[3]
- The gas mask Citizen[3]
- The City Scanner[3]
- The Synth Combine Guard[4][5]
- The human Combine Guard[3]
- The Combot[3]
- The Conscripts[3]
- The Crab Synth[3]
- The Cremator[3]
- The original Combine Dropship[3]
- Eli Vance and his early incarnations, Eli and Captain Vance[3]
- The Elite Metro Cop[3]
- The G-Man (with Bill Van Buren and Doug Wood)[3]
- Gordon Freeman[3]
- Kleiner's Lab (with Eric Kirchmer)[3]
- The Metrocop[3]
- The memory replacement device[3]
- Nova Prospekt (with Viktor Antonov and Eric Kirchmer)[3]
- The Combine Soldier (helmet)[3]
- Skitch[3]
- The Vorti-Cell[3]
- The Consul/Wallace Breen (with Ted Backman)[3]
GalleryEdit
Promotional artworkEdit
The box art for Half-Life 2, Gordon Freeman version.
Without the text.
The box art for Half-Life 2, Alyx Vance version.
Without the text.
The box art for Half-Life 2, The G-Man version.
Without the text.
The box art for Half-Life 2, "Game of the Year" edition.
The box art for The Orange Box.
Poster for Episode Two.
Episode Two promotional artwork.
Ditto, alternate version with different expression on Alyx.
The cover for Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar.
Cropped, higher resolution version.
Early promo art of Alyx that went unused because the team decided against a sombre tone for Alyx.
CharactersEdit
Cropped, higher resolution version.
EnemiesEdit
Cropped, higher resolution version.
Locations and technologyEdit
Cropped, higher resolution version.
Selected gameographyEdit
- Half-Life (1998)
- Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999)
- Half-Life (Dreamcast port) (2001)
- Half-Life (PlayStation 2 port) (2001)
- Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001)
- Half-Life: Source (2004)
- Half-Life 2 (2004)
- Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
- Portal (2007)
- Portal 2 (2011)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ About on Dhabih Eng's personal website
- ↑ People on valvesoftware.com (August 20, 2014)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ↑
Post: "Found! Original Half-life 2 Combine Elite...as you can tell from the 31337 on hit shoulder. Which, in my defense, was HILARIOUS back in 2001." @dhabiheng (Dhabih Eng) on X (November 1, 2022)
- ↑ Post: "yes! thanks for sharing this, I haven't seen this in years. Was made probably around 2000 or 2001" @dhabiheng (Dhabih Eng) on X (November 1, 2022)