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Fabec, from Sarasota, is a senior Interactive and Game Design<\/a> major who originally came to Florida Southern for a degree in Chemistry. Fabec instead saw his creative juices bubble up into game design in his sophomore year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That led to Fabec getting a shot to design for entertainment giant Ubisoft for their online video game Tom Clancy\u2019s Rainbow Six Siege\u00ae, which debuted in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve been doing digital art for over five years,\u201d Fabec said. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing art for Rainbow Six Siege for three years now. I really enjoy video games and enjoy doing content creation for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honing His Craft<\/p>\n\n\n\n Florida Southern has played a big part in Fabec\u2019s success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the guidance of mentors like Dr. William Allen<\/a>, who teaches Interactive Game Design and is an Associate Professor of Digital Media at Florida Southern, Fabec has broadened his educational experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe program has taught me a lot about the game design pipeline,\u201d Fabec said. \u201cIt was really insightful learning about it as I was actively participating in it. Dr. Allen was really supportive of me, and this opportunity helped prepare me to present at my junior critique. I\u2019ve learned a lot through my major here at the college, and I want to continue to work in game design after I finish my degree in May. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing the opportunities available in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n In The Game<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rainbow Six Siege is a first-person shooter that pits teams of five against each other across multiple maps. Each operator has his or her own unique style of play which adds variety to any assembled team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Fabec\u2019s love of one of Rainbow Six Siege\u2019s 66 playable operators that landed him an incredible opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fabec, who goes by Retrodisaster online, uses the Rainbow Six Siege operator Ace as his main character when he plays the game online against friends and other gamers. When Fabec started not only drawing digital art of Ace, and also cosplaying as the character at conventions, the company that makes the game, Ubisoft, took notice and invited him to make a custom skin for his favorite character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy sister introduced me to Siege in the fall of 2019, and I started making and posting artwork in January of 2020,\u201d Fabec said. \u201cAfter I started posting my art online, I was able to find the Siege content creator community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to SteamCharts.com, nearly 40,000 people a day played Rainbow Six Siege online using their computer. The game is also available on Playstation and Xbox consoles for online play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rainbow Six Siege is supported by Ubisoft with new seasons of content and improvement to protect against cheating. The game is also on the esports circuit with some of the most talented esports athletes in the gaming community competing for cash and prizes all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kawaii Style<\/p>\n\n\n\n So why does Fabec use Ace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHis personality makes it really easy to make so many silly comics of him interacting with other characters,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve also made a cosplay of him that I get to showcase online and at conventions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fabec also has branched out to making the operators of Rainbow Six Siege into cat characters, which has been extremely popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The style Fabec uses is a more saturated pastel drawing from the kawaii art style, which is similar to Sanrio art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kawaii style is the culture of cuteness in Japan, with art drawings that are generally identified as simple black-line characters with minimal features, rounded edges and youthful appearances (think Hello Kitty). They often illicit warm, happy, and calm thoughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While there is no way to know for certain how many times Fabec\u2019s Rainbow Six Siege skin has been downloaded, he said he has received numerous screen shots and posts on his social media pages of people using it and praising his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is something I have been working on under NDA (non-disclosure agreement) since April, and finally everyone knows about it now,\u201d Fabec said. \u201cPeople online were tagging me in clips of them getting first place with the victory animation in the ace bundle, and it was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Building off his growing popularity in the Rainbow Six Siege art community, Fabec has also been commissioned to do art for Siege esports casters, content creators, and many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo have your artwork selected and modeled by one of the largest game studios in the world is a big deal,\u201d Dr. Allen said. \u201cKris (Retrodisaster) will make a global impact with his in-game bundled skin for the Rainbow Six Siege operator Ace. Rainbow Six Siege has approximately 640k daily players (across all platforms) that have access to his bundle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To see more of his artwork, be sure to follow Kris on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kris Fabec \u201923 grew up playing video games. 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