Hyung-tae Kim

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Hyung-Tae Kim (김형태) (born February, 1978, Seoul) is a Korean artist. He has designed characters for video games such as the Magna Carta series and the later installments of the War of Genesis series (War of Genesis: Tempest, War of Genesis III and War of Genesis III: Part 2).

He began his video games career working in the field of background music, then shifted to art and design. He has branched out into the comic book industry, serving as a guest cover artist, and has contributed to the Udon street fighter series.

He is currently working on an MMORPG game in NCsoft known only as "Project M" for right now as the design team leader. He will not be the primary artwork drawer, as he has been for all the games he has worked on so far, but a director of the design as a whole.

Kim is an artist in the manhwa style. His latest artworks uses a deformation technique where he emphasizes a female's chest and thighs to create a sexual feel.

[edit] Books containing Hyung-tae Kim's illustrations:

Comickers Art Style Vol.1(Japanese)
OXIDE
OXIDE 2: Carta Numinous
OXIDE 2x
Act III: Scene 8
Io: Art of the Wired
Ragnarok Online Official Fan Book
Range Murata's Robot vol.05
Japanese Comickers 2: Draw Manga and Anime Like Japan's Hottest Artists

[edit] Information & External links

His style of design came from Range Murata.
He has worked in pretty much all of Softmax's works, but now works in NCsoft, another Korean game company.
Official Hyung-tae Kim Website.
Guu Press' online magazine features an interview with Hyung-tae Kim and his drawing tutorial
Io: Art of the Wired An art book featuring Hyung-tae Kim, and 6 other artists, published by Guu Press
NittyGritty² Hyung-Tae Kim's official Korean and English fansite