Here is one of the first cards I did for Jeremy Cranford when he took over art direction on the WoW TCG. Too this day it is one of the most popular card illustrations I have done.
Card Title: Dwarf Warrior # W2_055 Card Type: Ally - Alliance Action: Show a grim dwarf warrior raising a deadly battleaxe, as if he were about to strike Setting: Warsong Gulch Notes: Dwarf warrior must follow reference, can be any pose artist desires Flavor: a seasoned warrior, favoring strategy to blinding rushing into a fray
Here is my initial thumbnail
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyY4I_yCqpSqe4h7cvIGzu_ARNX4ZdfQEtSDmIgIXMm2NnB-IMFl7GgRuM523Jc8VCxZoaVXdxnT-j5vlTIwX-BijVFV2EXxwXvH9O32uL0L-u8TP6AlZP5v50pLY00uGrMnz5RQ2hZYQ/s400/dwarftn.jpg)
and my first sketch
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PFlw1Kz1b9eO88bNfOxMh4Ba2-koxWVyh_tsU_uAX4QV4imeuUmVmEnKR4kqQ130CM_lHSC_mUO-9eP_Fyc0mxeskqbV_OSPp1dL_vqpNeaGrEglW1Y6nswnBeeL41wFyemtt0fSqiA/s400/dwarfsketch1.jpg)
Art Direction
"Blizzard feels that the armor for W2_055 isn't really reading as Warcraft… this almost looks like a robot... Maybe it's a problem with the chestpiece. Also the shoulderpad (the way it points) makes it look like a robot arm."
Jeremy and I decided it would be better to put him in a different set of armor altogether.
Sketch 2
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilF2ntRI43oQ4uT2qt4gDPjd0QR3V9dYofElMdclavvJ_YZoeZbhUVxqLNUkwCoRNSLizGk3073Ob0o1IMusLeKVEZQEDQfoA-rX0q_RstP3ZE8kJ_aseElqZJa9akqTxPEdzrQeIkXLI/s400/dwarfsketch2.jpg)
This got approved with the caveat of removing the symbol from his shoulder
Final Art
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCAXgo2GVTskn9rUD7ntHSXHa5KEFPXtchp9MXR25GCjSq63BlWYLK9lyqE-G0rljpE8N3ntXoXi_pgBLD8odKgTZSyFgBOpvwD3LS8052dd3kGno5gzyb0Eh_PUbw4yXQ3j5GXwTxOg/s400/dwarffinal.jpg)
to which Jeremy said
"I LOVED your last Dwarf painting. Really good stuff."
2 comments:
very informative, thanks for posting!
Just went through you whole blog and I feel like it's Christmas!
So much goodness, so much knowledge and competence.. Wow!
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