Ryo here with a bit of depressing news. I’m not sure how many of you knew the name behind the look, but Adam Adamowicz was the talent behind Fallout 3 and Skyrim’s concept art along with several other Bethesda games.

Adam died of cancer two days ago now, and my condolences go out to his loved ones. His influence will continue to be felt as gamers enjoy worlds he helped breathe life into. Without him behind the scenes, we would not have had the pleasure of seeing Fallout envisioned on the console systems that doesn’t completely suck (Sorry Brotherhood of Steel, you did suck, though).

More recently, this man helped to give us Skyrim. That alone would have won my adoration for him since Skyrim easily jumped up the list of games I spend way too much time on.

You live on through your work, Adam Adomwicz, and thank you for what you have given the gaming community.

[source: Joystiq]