The Art & Inspiration of Dragon Age: Inquisition GDC 2015 Talk

The official GDC Youtube channel has published a recording of a talk given by Neil Thompson, director of art and animation, about the art direction of Dragon Age: Inquisition. Unfortunately the talk was plagued by technical difficulties for the first 5 to 6 minutes, but there is still a lot to learn about the way the artists at BioWare selected their visual references, how they approached visual design for the central cast, the major factions, and how they tried to differentiate Dragon Age from other fantasy franchises.

The talk is about 26 minutes long and includes a short Q&A session at the end: