The Etherlords Developer Diary Volume 6 on GameSpy.com sees Andrey Emelyanenko handing over the reigns for an installment to Victor Surkov, lead 2D and concept artist for Etherlords, the upcoming strategy RPG from Russian developer Nival Interactive. Victor gives an account of how he took over the reigns of the concept art position, describing the "western" influences of comics and old cartoons that influence his work, while outlining the dangers of creating overly-ambitious concept sketches that cannot be properly realized in a computer game environment.