Come on, they made worldwide best selling games, and they beginned with a horrible concept artist ( compared to indistrual standarts for concept artists ) just take a look at this: http://www.wc3sear.ch/art/-2/WarCraft_Metzen002b.jpg He have a crappy lion on his belt, cowboy boots and stupid random marks all over his armor. not mentionning the face, its simply horrible. Was blizzard on a tremendous lack of money for hiring such a cheap concept artist? I mean, they should've hired me. with one night of armor and battlegear studies and some effort i would be as skilled as him. i mean wtf.
...All those flaws you mentioned are actually things that should be there. The lion on the belt is for the Lion of Azeroth, which is like Azeroths symbol. The boots would be for if he mounted a horse. The random marks on his armour are scratches left from a battle. As for the face, the only thing that needs work there are his eyes.(no pupils) I don't really see any flaws with it, just things I personally don't like about it.(like the horns on the helmet. I don't like them, but they're still drawn well) Though I prefer Samwise's work to Metzen's, Metzen is a very talented artist.
Dude, Metzen pwns you. Unlike Samwise, he actualy TELLS us things from the WC lore, so we KNOW what the sixth Warcraft 3 race was going to be: GOBLINS. Yes, GOBLINS. Not dwarves as some random person said, but GOBLINS
finarfin..what about the shitty nose and cowboy chin he have? the lion on the belt looks like a cat a crippled kid drawed. i really think that blizzard shouldnt've hired metzen in his early years of career. some "really talented" concept artists could be found on some areas of www.conceptart.org
but its obvious that metzen might've costed less than one of these guy. its also obvious they didnt needed a very good guy to start their company. but seriously...wc2 had gay graphics...especially the one with Khadgar...omg.
Umm...."Concept art"...nuff said....thats like judging an official map while its still in beta stages...the whole point of concept art is to sketch out potential ideas. His official art will no doubt be much better. But even his concept art is better then your finished works, wormy. -VGsatomi
...dude, get a grip. It's concept art, it's not meant to be perfect. A concept is supposed to be just a rough sketch, and not incredibly detailed. They're not meant to be amazing works of art, though Blizz's artists concepts usually are.
*stares at the Blood Elf Warlock*
As for WC2 graphics and cinematics...yeah they sucked. That was because they didn't have any better technology then. But what does that have to do with Metzen? He does concept art, not game graphics.
VGsatomiUmm...."Concept art"...nuff said....thats like judging an official map while its still in beta stages...the whole point of concept art is to sketch out potential ideas. His official art will no doubt be much better. But even his concept art is better then your finished works, wormy. -VGsatomi
the time taken doesnt matter, the skill makes the difference. oh and my concept arts are much better than your finished works. i mean, this guy must've started to draw 4 or 5 years before he got hired by blizzard...what were they thinking hiring metzen instead of a real profesionnal? metzen was a joke in the indistrual market.
And, VGSatomi, they aren't concept arts. they're what he called "refinated drawings", since they were used during loading screens. its obvious metzen wouldnt put half asses drawings here. Lord finarfin, concept art aren't rough sketches. rough sketches are thumbnails
Are u crazy wormskull ? Metzen own everyone here, he is Samwise level but he doesnt work in the same style. And he's also a scenarist, have u ever read credits ? I think I prefer Metzen's art than Samwise's because it's more original and less cartoonish.
Blizzard wasn't on crack, but when I look at some of the ideas he puts on paper.. I sometimes think that Metzen is the one who's occasionally on crack. Bwahaha.
Metzen was the one who introduced me to warcraft-lore with wc2, I loved his drawings then, and love them now. and he has something that not many artists manage to get down in their drawings: feelings. he is better than Samwise in every way since he draws realistic and samwise.. I don't know what he's doing except exaggerate everything.
Of course Samwise appeals more to the young male-crowd that gamers usually are, since he continues the tradition of defenseless sexy women and strong, manly men. and the flaws in his drawings are horrible to watch sometimes.
but they bring feelings. and they get paid for their drawings. they own us all.
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noooo - is my browser messing with me? Can't see GreyArchons pic and I sooo want to
Oh, and its Booyoka! > not Booyakashaaa (messing)
*cough* *cough* anyways, blizzards judgement in this matter, particular because I've allways loved thier concept art, regardless! - is unquestionable. So don't question it
not Booyakashaaa (messing)