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Mass Effect 3: Creating Garrus

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by Ben Hanson on April 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM

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If he survived your Mass Effect 2 playthrough, Garrus will be making his third appearance as a party member in Mass Effect 3. We sat down with the final installment's art director Derek Watts to discuss his team's approach to character design in the Mass Effect series and how Garrus has evolved throughout the trilogy. This video covers a lot of ground, check it out below to not only learn about Garrus, but also about the original design of the Turians and the difficulties behind creating a Quarian's face.

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by Dillon Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Nice !!!!
by Kyle Wells Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:12 AM

Love it
by Nick Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM

I'm so happy to have Garrus being featured. He's easily my favorite Mass Effect character.
by Kano Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM

love these "making of mass effect" vids. Thanks GI.
by Jush Grin Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM

Awesome. Garrus is the man. He is easily my Shepard's best pal. Or at least, that's how I've perceived it. I don't know what they do while the game's off.
by specter520 Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM

Garrus was a great character in both games, hope they expand upon his story
by Ben Devereaux Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM

hmm sounds like Tali might take her mask off at some point in ME3
by Stauros Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:29 AM

Garrus is by far the coolest party member. His new look for ME 3 looks so beast. And hopefully we'll be able to see Tali without the helmet.
by mrip92 Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:29 AM

awesome, Derek has a lot of passion for his work and his attention to detail is astonishing. i love the ME3 Garrus model, it looks great! it's chrome because it's the future, i love it
by Gary Pryor Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:33 AM

Interesting. So this confirms Tali and Garrus, but what if they died in ME2? Replacement characters?
by The Dirty Llama Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:37 AM

Not for nothing but I love how Bioware has two flagship titles but gives one more love than the other. Infact, Dragon Age 2 recieved a racelift but lacked in other areas. Its as if they want that game to die or just fade away.
by kanakattack Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:39 AM

Please tell me these bts videos will keep coming. really good stuff.
by KingCraft Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:41 AM

Awsome. Garrus is one of my favorite characters so it's nice to see how they came up with him.
by Kyledk05 Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM

Matt Rhodes isn't the art director anymore? That's a darn shame; he makes some beautiful artwork.

EDIT: Oops, turned out he was a Senior Concept Artist, not the art director. My bad. I am intrigued by Ben Hanson's comment, however. I'll be looking forward to whatever you guys have got in store...
by Phlakes Friday, April 22, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Bioware has just destroyed the universe by finally making Garrus above the possible awesome threshold.
by Vurtax Friday, April 22, 2011 at 12:01 PM

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite Turian in the Galaxy
by slickvicXLII Friday, April 22, 2011 at 12:01 PM

really cool stuff. Garrus is one of my favorite characters, and i always make sure he lives.

its weird though. I remember when you first meet Garrus in ME1, i was really underwhelmed. you had just finished seeing two bad@ss turian spectres, one was super evil, and then the one you finally get on your team is a......cop. Thank God first impressions arent everything. I gave the man a chance, and he's now one of my favs, up there with Liara and Tali.
by BMW Friday, April 22, 2011 at 12:04 PM

Not only is the anatomy an interesting contrast, but the armor is too.

Very crafty.
by Jared Friday, April 22, 2011 at 12:13 PM

Garrus the most *** alien that had less thought into the design and with more pure awesome. What is not to love?

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