Dane Olds is a developer who worked at Bethesda Softworks on the Fallout Series as a 3D artist. He worked on Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.
Contributions
On Fallout 3 and its add-ons, Dane is credited under "Character Art & Animation." He was primarily responsible for modeling and texturing weapons, while occasionally creating outfits for characters.[Dev 1] He also designed the Bottlecap Mine.[Dev 2]
On Fallout 4 and its add-ons, he is credited under "Character Art." During development, Todd Howard approached Dane with the idea of a weapon mods system.[Dev 3] Dane was responsible for "figuring out how to make that system work," starting with the Pipe Gun weapon set.[Dev 3] According to Lucas Hardi, Dane created most of the weapons in Fallout 4 alongside Ben Carnow.[Dev 4] The unused Assault Rifle mesh also lists him as the author, under "dolds."
Quotes
Employment history
| From | To | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Present | Bethesda Softworks | Senior Character Artist |
Credits
Fallout series
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Fallout 3 | Character Art & Animation |
| 2015 | Fallout 4 | Character Art |
| 2018 | Fallout 76 | Character Art |
Other work
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles | Character Artist |
| 2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Character Artist |
References
- ↑ Question: "What’s your job at Bethesda?"
Dane Olds: "I’m a character artist here at Bethesda. I mainly do modeling and texturing for the weapons in Fallout 3. I also do outfits for characters on occasion."
(Dane Olds/Inside the Vault) - ↑ Question: "Hi Dane why do all the guns look like lunchboxes ty for ur time"
Dane Olds: "Because after you design the Fallout 3 bottle cap mine it's all downhill from there."
(Dane Olds' Twitter (June 29, 2023) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dane Olds: "I really feel like I came to be the developer I am today though working on Fallout 4. On that title Todd (Howard) came to me one day and told me he had this crazy idea to make all our weapons moddable and that he wanted it to change the way they looked and played. So, I started in on the pipe weapon set and the rest is history. It was a lot of fun figuring out how to make that system work and I learned a ton working on that game."
(Meet Dane Olds, Lead Weapons Artist on Starfield at Bethesda Game Studios) - ↑ Question: "Is there a specific weapon artist, or does the character artist handle all the weapons?"
Lucas Hardi: "So, uh, Dane Olds did most of the weapons in Fallout 4. Ben Carnow did some more, and then other people picked up a weapon hear and there, but Dane does a lot of weapons - Dane is a weapon enthusiast. He did a lot of weapons in Skyrim too."
Dennis Mejillones: "Yeah, he knows his stuff and is really into it. He's really into knowing how to use them, so he's not a guy to mess with, but he really focuses in and takes that and just, goes with it as far as he can."
(Fallout 4 - Bethesda Game Studios Artists & Pixologic Staff (27:02))