Fanart Profiles

In this series Pewter examines the common tropes in the Fanart published by Blizzard in their Gallery

World of Warcraft Fanart Profiles: Troll women

November 15, 2010
Ushtarak Berserker – Rob Ten Pas 08/31/06

This is part of an ongoing series that reviews and attempts to deconstruct common tropes in the Blizzard Fanart Gallery. This is not a critique of the choices of individual artists, but a look at the choices Blizzard and those artists have made. For reasons of time/expendiency I am limiting this series to what is currently in the Blizzard Fan Art Gallery, but please feel free to share your favourites from the fan community in the comments. Just please try to make sure they are credited properly and on the theme of the post. I was browsing the official galleries...

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World of Warcraft Fanart Profiles: Sylvanas Windrunner

August 31, 2010
Sylvanas by Metzen

This is part of an ongoing series that reviews and attempts to deconstruct common tropes in the Blizzard Fanart Gallery. This is not a critique of the choices of individual artists, but a look at the choices Blizzard and those artists have made. For reasons of time/expendiency I am limiting this series to what is currently in the Blizzard Fan Art Gallery, but please feel free to share your favourites from elsewhere in the comments. Just please try to make sure they are credited properly and on the theme of the post. Sylvanas is an amazing character. She is both...

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World of Warcraft Fanart Profile: Gnomish Women

August 26, 2010
xiajiebabygnome

This is part of an ongoing series that reviews and attempts to deconstruct common tropes in the Blizzard Fanart Gallery. This is not a critique of the choices of individual artists, but a look at the choices Blizzard and those artists have made. For reasons of time/expendiency I am limiting this series to what is currently in the Blizzard Fan Art Gallery, but please feel free to share your favourites from elsewhere in the comments. Just please try to make sure they are credited properly and on the theme of the post. This week I have chosen to concentrate...

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World of Warcraft Fanart Profile: Tauren Women

August 26, 2010
Blood of Zul’jin by Drake Fenwick 26/09/05

This is part of a new series I’m starting that compiles profiles of certain themes within the Fanart that Blizzard chooses to publish in their Fanart Gallery. I was going to start out with Draenei Women, but that post is going to take a long time to compile. Future themes will feature each race, and some profiles will focus on particular characters. Due to the way Blizzard handle their gallery, I have chosen to only display occasional thumbnails rather than try to create a giant comparison pic. I’ll be listing the pictures in the order they were posted, oldest first....

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