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|birthplace=[[wikipedia:Taiwan|Taiwan]]<ref name="About">[http://web.archive.org/web/19990417200932/http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/about.html About] on Dhabih Eng's personal website</ref> | |birthplace=[[wikipedia:Taiwan|Taiwan]]<ref name="About">[http://web.archive.org/web/19990417200932/http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/about.html About] on Dhabih Eng's personal website</ref> | ||
|occupation=Conceptual artist | |occupation=Conceptual artist | ||
| + | |timeperiod=1998 - Present<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20140820163114/http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/people.html People] on valvesoftware.com (August 20, 2014)</ref> | ||
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| − | '''Dhabih Eng''' is a conceptual artist | + | '''Dhabih Eng''' is a conceptual artist who works at [[Valve]]. |
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | {{ParagraphQuote|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).|[http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/people.html Source]|August | + | {{ParagraphQuote|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).|[http://web.archive.org/web/20140820163114/http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/people.html Source]|August 20, 2014}} |
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File:HL steam background.png|The background for Steam version of ''Half-Life''. | File:HL steam background.png|The background for Steam version of ''Half-Life''. | ||
File:HL PS2 Cover.jpg|The box art for PlayStation 2 version of ''Half-Life''. | File:HL PS2 Cover.jpg|The box art for PlayStation 2 version of ''Half-Life''. | ||
| + | File:HLwallpaper02 16x9.jpg|25th Anniversary Update wallpaper. | ||
| + | File:HLwallpaper03 16x9.jpg|Ditto. | ||
| + | File:HLwallpaper04 16x9.jpg|Ditto. | ||
| + | File:HLphone01 18x9.jpg|Ditto, phone wallpaper. | ||
| + | File:HLphone02 18x9.jpg|Ditto. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*[[Canals]] (with [[Tri Nguyen]] and [[Viktor Antonov]])<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *[[Canals]] (with [[Tri Nguyen]] and [[Viktor Antonov]])<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
*An early [[Citadel]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *An early [[Citadel]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
| − | *The | + | *The [[List of Citizen models#Gas mask Citizen version, a.k.a. "Citizen 17"|gas mask Citizen]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> |
*The [[City Scanner]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *The [[City Scanner]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
| + | *The [[Combine Guard (Synth)|Synth Combine Guard]]<ref name="Dhabih31337Tweet">{{TwitterQuote|dhabiheng/status/1587615995224473602|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|November 1, 2022|[[Dhabih Eng]]}}</ref><ref>{{TwitterQuote|dhabiheng/status/1587615011161001984|yes! thanks for sharing this, I haven't seen this in years. Was made probably around 2000 or 2001|dhabiheng|November 1, 2022|[[Dhabih Eng]]}}</ref> | ||
*The [[Combine Guard (human)|human Combine Guard]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *The [[Combine Guard (human)|human Combine Guard]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
*The [[Combot]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *The [[Combot]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
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*The [[memory replacement]] device<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *The [[memory replacement]] device<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
*[[Nova Prospekt]] (with Viktor Antonov and Eric Kirchmer)<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *[[Nova Prospekt]] (with Viktor Antonov and Eric Kirchmer)<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
| − | *The [[ | + | *The [[Combine Soldier]] (helmet)<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> |
*[[Skitch]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *[[Skitch]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
*The [[Vorti-Cell]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | *The [[Vorti-Cell]]<ref name="Raising the Bar" /> | ||
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File:Game of the year hl2.jpg|The box art for ''Half-Life 2'', "Game of the Year" edition. | File:Game of the year hl2.jpg|The box art for ''Half-Life 2'', "Game of the Year" edition. | ||
File:OrangeBoxCover.jpg|The box art for The Orange Box. | File:OrangeBoxCover.jpg|The box art for The Orange Box. | ||
| − | File:Episode Two poster remade.jpg | + | File:Episode Two poster remade.jpg|Poster for ''Episode Two''. |
| − | File: | + | File:HL2EP2 Art 01.jpg|''Episode Two'' promotional artwork. |
| + | File:HL2EP2 Art 02.jpg|Ditto, alternate version with different expression on Alyx. | ||
File:Raising the Bar cover.jpg|The cover for ''Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar''. | File:Raising the Bar cover.jpg|The cover for ''Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar''. | ||
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File:Gordon rubble crowbar complete.png | File:Gordon rubble crowbar complete.png | ||
File:Barnacle Gordon.jpg | File:Barnacle Gordon.jpg | ||
File:Barnacle Gordon nohl2.png | File:Barnacle Gordon nohl2.png | ||
File:Freeman bust.jpg | File:Freeman bust.jpg | ||
| + | File:Dhabih EarlyAlyxPromo.jpg|Early promo art of Alyx that went unused because the team decided against a sombre tone for Alyx. | ||
File:Alyx gordon weapons.jpg | File:Alyx gordon weapons.jpg | ||
File:Gordon bust rtb1.jpg | File:Gordon bust rtb1.jpg | ||
File:Gordonalyx2.jpg | File:Gordonalyx2.jpg | ||
File:Gordonalyx2 nohl2.png | File:Gordonalyx2 nohl2.png | ||
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File:Gordon Facebook.jpg | File:Gordon Facebook.jpg | ||
File:Gordon crowbar enemies.jpg | File:Gordon crowbar enemies.jpg | ||
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File:Concept art eli gordon alyx skitch.jpg | File:Concept art eli gordon alyx skitch.jpg | ||
File:HL2 Gordon background.png | File:HL2 Gordon background.png | ||
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File:Desktop7 1600x.jpg | File:Desktop7 1600x.jpg | ||
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File:Gordon consul gunpoint.jpg | File:Gordon consul gunpoint.jpg | ||
File:Soldier memory replacement.jpg | File:Soldier memory replacement.jpg | ||
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File:Trenchcoat CG.jpg | File:Trenchcoat CG.jpg | ||
File:Combine Guard egghead.jpg | File:Combine Guard egghead.jpg | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * | + | *{{Twitter|dhabiheng}} |
| − | * | + | *{{IA|20090220140250/http://sijun.com/|Personal website}} |
| + | *{{IA|20030326074441/http://www.dhabih.com/|Photography website}} | ||
{{RWPeople}} | {{RWPeople}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:59, 6 April 2024
| 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
Biography[edit]
- "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-Life[edit]
Promotional artwork and texture work (with Chuck Jones).[3]
Gallery[edit]
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 2[edit]
- 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 Maxwell 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]
Gallery[edit]
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.
Early promo art of Alyx that went unused because the team decided against a sombre tone for Alyx.
Selected gameography[edit]
- 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 also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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
- ↑
Tweet: "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 Twitter (November 1, 2022)
- ↑ Tweet: "yes! thanks for sharing this, I haven't seen this in years. Was made probably around 2000 or 2001" @dhabiheng (Dhabih Eng) on Twitter (November 1, 2022)
