algue Profile Joined July 2011 France 1400 Posts Last Edited: 2012-11-25 17:00:36 #2 I never saw those pictures, they are amazing and some concept are nice (the striker is the worst idea ever though)



Some of then would not work at all I guess but I like what you say. Zerg needs look more disgusting, Protoss more mystical and Terran more industrial and rusty rly ?

docvoc Profile Blog Joined July 2011 United States 5327 Posts #3 Though I agree blizz can always use some help, I really don't feel like it is a good idea for them to even think about anything otherthan HotS right now. They need to bring people back to the game. That is what BW did and it looks like HotS will do that. Bring this up after everyone is fed up with HotS, because if they aren't I don't know if blizzard will implement LotV. User was warned for too many mimes.

Torte de Lini Profile Blog Joined September 2010 Germany 30668 Posts Last Edited: 2012-11-25 17:04:08 #4 1. I like his work, but do we even know he wants to work for Blizzard?



2. Are we already focusing on hiring people for Legacy of the Void when HotS hasn't even been released?



3. Has he even applied for the job yet?



Community support is great, but I doubt Blizzard will hire people based on community's positive views of someone. While I agree that his work is great and he'd be a real asset, he should just apply and find out what qualifications Blizzard is looking for.



Additionally, is the job that would suit him even available? https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)

MiND.GaMeS Profile Blog Joined August 2012 Germany 218 Posts #5 On November 26 2012 02:02 docvoc wrote:

Though I agree blizz can always use some help, I really don't feel like it is a good idea for them to even think about anything otherthan HotS right now. They need to bring people back to the game. That is what BW did and it looks like HotS will do that. Bring this up after everyone is fed up with HotS, because if they aren't I don't know if blizzard will implement LotV.

I am pretty sure the creative team doesn't work on HotS at the moment. That's for sure. HotS is about to be released and concept designers do the work at the very beginning. So they already work or will work soon on Legacy of the Void, that's for sure. First come the concepts and ideas, then comes the realization.



It's the same when you buy a car. The concepts are made way earlier than the actual realizations of these. So jeah, it's about time to think about Legacy of the Void, not from the Balancing side of things.. that's true. But that's not even my point. What i talk about is concepts and designs ideas. I am pretty sure the creative team doesn't work on HotS at the moment. That's for sure. HotS is about to be released and concept designers do the work at the very beginning. So they already work or will work soon on Legacy of the Void, that's for sure. First come the concepts and ideas, then comes the realization.It's the same when you buy a car. The concepts are made way earlier than the actual realizations of these. So jeah, it's about time to think about Legacy of the Void, not from the Balancing side of things.. that's true. But that's not even my point. What i talk about is concepts and designs ideas. HerO / MC / Grubby / Rain / Dear / Naniwa // Also make sure to check out my Blog: http://sc2mindgames.com/category/blog/

TroW Profile Blog Joined June 2011 United States 67 Posts #6 This guy would certainly move the art style more in the direction that I would like to see; it's a lot more gritty, dark, and complex than the psuedo-WoW art theme Blizzard seems to have adopted for all of their games at this point. I don't know about a lot of the concepts for the units' functions, but most of them look pretty damn good, and I expect this guy would do even better work if he were paid for it and directly a part of the creative development crew. So insofar as his artistic and creative powers are concerned, I would be quite happy to see him contribute.



Yet...



As a previous poster mentioned, is the position he would fill even available, and does he even know that you are trying to get him a job at Blizzard? I'm not going to start spamming Blizzard to hire somebody if I have no confirmation that a) they actually want to be hired for this particular work and b) Blizzard even has an open position on their development crew. "A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all." - Friedrich Nietzsche

TheKefka Profile Blog Joined March 2011 Croatia 8812 Posts Last Edited: 2012-11-25 18:14:39 #7 Yea I don't know where you got the idea that this guy actually want's to get hired and even if,it's up to him to send a application.Blizzard won't hire people based on what a forum tells them .....



On a side note most of that art is nothing like starcraft should be in my opinion.Protoss units are drawn like something from a rpg,don't like the terran concept art at all personally(second one looks incredibly clumsy) and not sure where I would put it,zerg is decent.

A stacraft unit should be simple in design and their appearance should derive from their function.

I don't think his art,apart from the zerg to some extent,fits the starcraft universe at all. Cackle™

Poo Profile Blog Joined August 2010 Canada 532 Posts Last Edited: 2012-11-25 18:11:08 #8 I agree with op, this guy is awesome. The designs are much darker and what I'd really like to see from sc2. The abilities themselves he suggested all seem really interesting (much more interesting than what I've seen in HOTS so far). Try hard or don't try at all.

Cheekio Profile Joined October 2011 United States 34 Posts #9 Excellent work put into these. Especially the protoss units, they look to really fit the themes of the race. Rocketship to Vomit town

Epishade Profile Blog Joined November 2011 United States 2267 Posts #10 I really like his artwork (that Vindicator looks pretty cool), but I think most of these units would probably not fit too well into the game. That second Terran unit looked very flimsy and un-terranlike and the bane creeper looks like a nightmare to balance.



^and of course, what other people said as well. Pinhead Larry in the streets, Dirty Dan in the sheets.

whirlpool Profile Joined June 2011 2761 Posts #11 i like them , except terran arts, too simple i guess

NeWeNiyaLord Profile Blog Joined September 2010 Norway 2468 Posts #12 Love your work! Props! This is where we begin. Show your true self, Battosai.

kierpanda Profile Blog Joined May 2011 United States 753 Posts #13 I think Blizzard already posted the "Dark Templar and Dark High Templar" artwork on the StarCraft fanpage. So the social media team seems to be aware of this artist already. I cook things! :3 | Twitter: @kierpanda | www.eatgamelive.com

Wrathsc2 Profile Joined March 2011 United States 2009 Posts #14 why doesnt he just apply to blizzard like a normal person? A marine walks into a bar and asks, "Wheres the counter?"

Aterons_toss Profile Joined February 2011 Romania 1275 Posts #15 Nice concept arts but I don't see them "fitting" that well, especially the toss ones.

And after all blizzard is a multi billion dollar company, they can get pretty much any artist they want, im pretty sure they don't just hire guys from deviant art to design units but rather: a ) have people design unit concept wise b ) have artist design it art wise c ) have their balance team tweak it d ) have their other art/programing team put it into the game. A good strategy means leaving your opponent room to make mistakes

ne4aJIb Profile Blog Joined July 2011 Russian Federation 3107 Posts #16 His units imba! Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!

Dontkillme Profile Joined November 2011 Korea (South) 806 Posts #17 Very nice drawings although I don't think any of them are going to be used. Bomber & Jaedong & FlaSh & SNSD <3

farvacola Profile Blog Joined January 2011 United States 17363 Posts #18 I don't know about getting this guy Blizzards attention, but his drawings are pretty awesome and, balance notwithstanding, a lot of the unit concepts are quite intriguing. Thanks for sharing at the very least. "when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"

GenesisX Profile Blog Joined February 2010 Canada 4257 Posts #19 On November 26 2012 04:24 Dontkillme wrote:

Very nice drawings although I don't think any of them are going to be used.



This. Really love to see more art though, it is amazing :D This. Really love to see more art though, it is amazing :D 133 221 333 123 111

raf3776 Profile Blog Joined August 2010 United States 1892 Posts #20 this is really nice looking. I like all the units WWJD (What Would Jaedong Do)

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