I don't think you should design a multiplayer unit based on this. Single player? Knock yourself out, but for multiplayer these seem to either overlap or be too niche. And if I wasn't reading a starcraft forum, I'd have hard time recognizing these as starcraft units.

Is it pretty good art? Hell yes, but it's not something you should spam Blizzard with.

ErAsc2

Sweden256 Posts

November 25 2012 19:44 GMT

#23

Really cool pictures though I'm not really a fan of any of the spells besides maybe the pushback (and even that I feel would be more fitting for Terran than protoss seeing as Protoss already has force fields).

HeavenResign

United States702 Posts

November 25 2012 19:48 GMT

#24

I love the artwork in this post (been reading his posts on reddit for awhile) but for everyone slamming the art team at Blizzard, this is artwork from a guy who currently works at Blizz.

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/325/1/1/swarm_host_by_mr__jack-d5lpz5d.jpg

The way units are portrayed in-game are likely not 100% focused on the art team (viewability, etc are probably important factors). Tons of SC2 concept art is amazing.

how2TL

1197 Posts

November 25 2012 19:58 GMT

#25

This guy sucks why doesn't he make something awesome and amazing for the game like the Collosus?

Arnstein

Norway3381 Posts

November 25 2012 20:04 GMT

#26

This is AWESOME!

ToT)OjKa(

Korea (South)2437 Posts

November 25 2012 20:11 GMT

#27

I've seen a few of his pictures before

damn son they're awesome units

Mr.Bimbles

Iceland457 Posts

November 25 2012 20:15 GMT

#28

On November 26 2012 05:11 ToT)OjKa( wrote:
I've seen a few of his pictures before

damn son they're awesome units

A little imba but that's just concept art so it really doesn't matter and it's pretty cool and definitly blizzard caliber in unit design.

So yeah awesome units!

benzcity07

United States79 Posts

November 25 2012 20:17 GMT

#29

How is spamming blizzards twitter and then coming back to say #savehots was destructive not hypocritical. Not saying either is or is not destructive, but I am currently baffled by the logic.

spiksel

Netherlands97 Posts

November 25 2012 20:48 GMT

#30

That 4 weapon zealot xD Imagine rushing with that

Timerly

Germany511 Posts

November 25 2012 20:56 GMT

#31

Can somebody go all Sherlock Holmes for Samwise's Twitter, e-mail or anything like that? I looked but obviously the e-mail isn't public and I found no official Twitter. Kinda getting the feeling some of the TL masterminds might have something there.

Brutaxilos

United States2622 Posts

November 25 2012 21:02 GMT

#32

I don't like his art style that much, but I definitely like some of his concepts. Would love to see some of the protoss heros.

ThomasjServo

15244 Posts

November 25 2012 21:07 GMT

#33

I would be willing to push back HOTS release if we could take a serious look at some of these in beta

ThomasjServo

15244 Posts

November 25 2012 21:10 GMT

#34

On November 26 2012 02:03 Torte de Lini wrote:
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?

If Blizzard was looking at this seriously they would probably purchase the ideas from him.

ChaiNs

57 Posts

November 25 2012 21:11 GMT

#35

It would be interesting to see a race (in the case of the artist, the protoss) move towards having more powerful, but non-massable units such as this protoss hero or zealot lieutenant kind of idea. Not anything like an item/levelling mechanic, but just leaders of the forces that provide perhaps area buffs or just are stronger focal points in the army. I think that would be pretty cool.

(This is of course influenced by playing Warmachine, where character models can bring huge benefits to a force by their inclusion)

The concept art is really great and fits in with the starcraft art style better than some of the current units do imo, although the in-game mechanics suggested might not be the best as they stand. The sky lancer sounds/looks awesome, but is basically a seeker missile, for example.

splasha

Brazil86 Posts

November 25 2012 21:25 GMT

#36

Really ? great fan work, thats all.

Rescawen

Finland1028 Posts

November 25 2012 21:29 GMT

#37

On November 26 2012 04:44 ErAsc2 wrote:
Really cool pictures though I'm not really a fan of any of the spells besides maybe the pushback (and even that I feel would be more fitting for Terran than protoss seeing as Protoss already has force fields).

Maybe this be solution to toss, weaken the ff and introduce this concept which I really like as well. Hey erik and im santieri ^^. It wont work terran due to MMM and stim being their core army strength. You would have to make this too weak hence making it boring and stale.