Adam Adamowicz, our concept artist, drew a lot of stuff. He managed to do this, always with a smile, while Todd, Emil, and myself hemmed and hawed over every sketch, usually requesting yet another iteration. This alone is quite the achievement, but the real achievement is an extensive collection of wonderful designs that capture the spirit of the Fallout universe in loving detail. This book's goal is to give the reader a peek at a rich collection of artwork that our art team has been privileged to work from during Fallout 3's production.

Pre-production began with a series of paintings we commisioned from Craig Mullins. These were focused on the "big picture," mainly atmosphere and scape... something to provide inspiration for how various locations in the world would feel emotionally. Color palettes, sense of scale, and density of destrucion were the elements we tried to capture with these, and the final in-game results is fairly faithful to these concepts.

The next step was to go down a long list of costumes, creatures, weapons, and environments that woul need detailed drawings for our mesh builders to work off of. Early in the project we spent quite a lot of time iterating through a few key designs, such as the Vault suit and Pip-Boy, but as time went on we didn't have the luxury to do 20 drawings for each asset, and the pace picked'up considerably. There isn't much in the game that wasn't concepted beforehand. Anyone who works with Adam will soon come to appreciate the speed at which he can het through a lot of material while maintaining a sense of humor and creativity that was essential for the world of Fallout 3. Enjoy!
- Istvan