{"id":891339,"date":"2025-12-22T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/supergiant-games-art-director-jen-zee-on-the-making-of-hades-ii\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:30:00","slug":"supergiant-games-art-director-jen-zee-on-the-making-of-hades-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/supergiant-games-art-director-jen-zee-on-the-making-of-hades-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergiant Games Art Director Jen Zee On The Making Of Hades II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/supergiant-games-art-director-jen-zee-on-the-making-of-hades-ii.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"The Art of Hades 2 with Jen Zee\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this exclusive video,&nbsp;<em>Game Informer<\/em> interviews <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/0jenzee0\">Jen Zee,<\/a> the renowned art director behind Supergiant Games&#8217; Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, and your favorite characters in Hades, about the making of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/tips\/2024\/05\/06\/a-brief-hades-ii-spoiler-free-starter-guide\">Hades II.<\/a> We discuss how art history inspired Jen when depicting Melino\u00eb, why she loved revisiting her past work, the graphical differences between Hades and its successor, and fan art from Supergiant&#8217;s community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Art of Hades II with Supergiant Games&#8217; Jen Zee | Interview:<\/h2>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4r9vkQ7i3Fg\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our associate editor, Marcus Stewart, and freelance video editor, Evan Campbell, for helping me bring this video to life. Find more exclusive coverage of Hades II <a href=\"gameinformer.com\/hades2\">right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/exclusive-video\/2024\/07\/05\/supergiant-games-art-director-jen-zee-on-the-making-of-hades-ii\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this exclusive video,&nbsp;Game Informer interviews Jen Zee, the renowned art director behind Supergiant Games&#8217; Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, and your favorite characters in Hades, about the making of Hades II. We discuss how art history inspired Jen when depicting Melino\u00eb, why she loved revisiting her past work, the graphical differences between Hades and its successor, and fan art from Supergiant&#8217;s community.&nbsp; The Art of Hades II with Supergiant Games&#8217; Jen Zee | Interview: Thanks to our associate editor, Marcus Stewart, and freelance video editor, Evan Campbell, for helping me bring this video to life. 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