The War Within Art Blast Spotlight: Jon McConnell - Earthen Allied Race & Concept Art

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ArtStation MagazineThe War WithinSenior II Artist, Jon McConnellVenthyr of RevendrethSire DenathriusDragonspawn of the Dragon IslesThe Earthen Allied RaceI got the opportunity to work on Earthen for The War Within expansion. I worked on visual development, model, and texture. It was an honor to develop the Earthen with the leads and directors as well as collaborating with tech art, animation, design, vis dev, and the character team as whole. We got the chance to try a few new things with the materials and I'm pretty happy with the results. Also, big thanks to Kelvin Tan and Dusty Nolting for providing their guidance as well as some of their past geo work. Thanks for checking out my work. Art BlastArtStation

Comment by VeriunMales look way better in the concept art than the finished product tbh.Comment by FizGnomelol women with beardsComment by polksc33Check the plate foot armor and you know some people should never do design related job.Comment by ZorewinAm i the only one who thinks the earthen race is boring? of all type races they could gone for.. Cough Naga.. They chose this? I mean its not bad but i rather play a normal dwarf instead of a robot dwarf....Comment by XeirusAm i the only one who thinks the earthen race is boring? of all type races they could gone for.. Cough Naga.. They chose this? I mean its not bad but i rather play a normal dwarf instead of a robot dwarf....Check the plate foot armor and you know some people should never do design related job.Comment by HareticThis looks awesome. I really hope we get these long pipes one day.Comment by XyzjinEarthen are very cool and got a lot of nice fitting armor options besides the heritage armor. Also I love that they’re a pinch bigger than the other dwarven races.

Wished the other races would get this love treatment too.Comment by MeteorpandaMost chest gear is still drawn on. When will blizzard update flat armours? Capes still 5 polygons with no physics.

You can see the art style is being crippled by this limitationComment by MeteorpandaEarthen are very cool and got a lot of nice fitting armor options besides the heritage armor. Also I love that they’re a pinch bigger than the other dwarven races.

Wished the other races would get this love treatment too.Comment by EridianMost chest gear is still drawn on. When will blizzard update flat armours? Capes still 5 polygons with no physics.

You can see the art style is being crippled by this limitationComment by thetsoniI think the next expansion we could have blue Humans, take the race in the game files and change the skin color and add 2 or 3 new mash-up hairstyles and justify it with X lines of lore. And the last expansion could have the same but with Gnome body, we need more Gnomes and Dwarfs in the game, the 0.5% of their players need more variety.
And sell them as key expansion features off course.Comment by haunterwingoh smoking pipe mog whennnnComment by dabone1337I think the next expansion we could have blue Humans, take the race in the game files and change the skin color and add 2 or 3 new mash-up hairstyles and justify it with X lines of lore. And the last expansion could have the same but with Gnome body, we need more Gnomes and Dwarfs in the game, the 0.5% of their players need more variety.
And sell them as key expansion features off course.Comment by erro3I think the next expansion we could have blue Humans, take the race in the game files and change the skin color and add 2 or 3 new mash-up hairstyles and justify it with X lines of lore. And the last expansion could have the same but with Gnome body, we need more Gnomes and Dwarfs in the game, the 0.5% of their players need more variety.
And sell them as key expansion features off course.Comment by BeelThey can make 345378921artworks of this allied race I would prefer create a mecagnome, and it's not a congratulation...

We need a complete new race, not new flavor of dwarfs or elves...

*sigh*Comment by PlaidiatorThe art team was jamming doing a great job and then some officer told them they need to push some non-binary agenda and put beards on females. Its a weird world we live in!Comment by EliabellaOne of the most boring ideas for a new race they could have gone with. The art is fantastic, but the idea itself is not creative or interesting in the least.Comment by BadsepectorIs this McConnell is same person who plays wow with asmongold?Comment by selkie47The concept art is awesome! Way better than the models. Also, when can we get those hair options? I like the female earthen's mohawk/chin armor combo.