i don't like them. They look like different people. We have like 3 versions of the same characters. That is weird. Nothing against the artist tho. Respect.
Would be cool to see these used for loading screens.
These look absolutely fantastic, a beautiful and consistent throw back at the early modern European portrait tradition and its exploration of character through light, shadow and expressions.
Agree with the commenter above me, all of these are stunning. Faerin kind of reminds me (both in this artwork and in game) of Leah Harvey, who plays Salvor Hardin in the tv series Foundation.
i mean the art is nice but the characters are just boring lol irreleveant, just crying, should have died 3 expansions ago
ok but where is the plot? in the next expansion? Nothing happens plot-wise. Another dragons.
Bayard Wu is an amazing artist
There's a guy in my neighborhood with a face that's UNCANNILY similar to the Faerin depicted here. Well, minus the scars and blind eye anyway. I was thrown off when I saw that, because I thought for a second that his facebook profile image was posted in the middle of the image. Gonna have to show this to him and see how he reacts lol.
bayard wu's work for wow is beyond epic, the dude just doesnt miss and is one of the reasons why wow's artstyle just doesnt age, his df patches & sunwell keyarts are my favourites
bayard wu's work for wow is beyond epic, the dude just doesnt miss and is one of the reasons why wow's artstyle doesnt age, his df patches & sunwell keyarts are my favourites
Still don’t know why they felt the need to completely change Alleria’s model when she already had a perfectly good one and meanwhile there are dozens of key NPCs that have never had even one unique model, let alone multiple.
Bayard Wu's art is incredible. Whether Blizzard, Warhammer, MTG--doesn't matter. Freaking phenomenal work.
It sucks that his art is so good because I hate him as a person.
I love how some people here conveniently forget how f'd up the warcraft universe is and how much terror the npcs have gone through, even through childhood, to think that they all need to either be happy or angry 24/7 and never show any weakness or sadness because apparently it's boring to be anything else.Also yeah the xpac just started. It's all buildup and showing Xal getting more angry/going to try new things since we just toppled her first pawn & destroyed her mirror thing. Honestly it was mostly exposition/catch up for returning or new players to know who everyone is and get to know the new factions too. Idk wtf these people expect?