MrJack Zerg Artwork

On February 16 2009 10:23 SilverskY wrote:
That is the scariest drone I've ever seen. All the pictures are fucking sick.

On February 16 2009 10:20 keit wrote:
Maybe Blizzard should take after this guy and graduate kindergarten before trying to make artwork, I mean what the fuck is this Cartoon Network shit? (Referring to the comparison above.)

On February 16 2009 12:20 Cpt.Cocaine wrote:
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(I jizzed)

On February 16 2009 13:54 d.arkive wrote:
Don't be so hard on Blizzard -_-. It's a lot easier to do art when the concept is already in place for you...

On February 16 2009 10:23 SilverskY wrote:
That is the scariest drone I've ever seen. All the pictures are fucking sick.

On February 16 2009 14:08 IntoTheWow wrote:


This.

On February 16 2009 15:12 Spawkuring wrote:
It's rather unfair of you guys to compare Blizzard's concept art to artwork designed to be pretty. Concept art is low detail on purpose so that it's easier for the programmers to model and animate the art. It's also rather hard to create an ultra-cool artwork from scratch when coming up with new ideas. Obviously MrJack's artwork is going to be better because his art's purpose is to look as detailed as possible, in addition to having the idea already in place.

That being said, MrJack is definitely an amazing artist, and I wouldn't mind it in the least if Blizzard hired him.

On February 16 2009 11:17 CommanderFluffy wrote:
dude that drone looks so buff, it probably has 60 hp

On February 16 2009 13:31 Archerofaiur wrote:
Some more comparisons

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Now don't get me wrong. I think Samwise is a talented artist. But from now on when I think zergling it is going to be Mr. Jacks version.

On February 16 2009 15:24 Archerofaiur wrote:



We are merely commenting on which version we like better. We know that concept art is not produced for the same purposes as "pretty" art. However, we are still free to voice which style of artwork we are more drawn too.

On February 16 2009 09:58 Archerofaiur wrote:
LOL no contest

On February 16 2009 10:20 keit wrote:
Maybe Blizzard should take after this guy and graduate kindergarten before trying to make artwork, I mean what the fuck is this Cartoon Network shit? (Referring to the comparison above.)

On February 16 2009 15:30 Osmoses wrote:
The pictures are super awesome and all, but in his effort of trying to inject awesomeness into the zerg I feel Mr Jack has lost track of what the zerg is. They are an alien, insectoid race. What he has drawn are hellspawned helldemons of hellfire, From Hell. They look like they could goddamn kill you, and goddamn kill you well, but they they don't really come off as hive mind insects anymore imo.

It's like someone injected tordenkakkerlakk or whatever that thing was from spiderman into the starcraft universe. Lemme see if I can find a picture... OK here we go



That's one of it's last mutations. Super awesome, but the zerg aren't evil, they are just insects.

Edit: and yes, the current Infestor model has the same problem. Stay good Blizzard, don't lose your way!

On February 16 2009 13:54 d.arkive wrote:
Don't be so hard on Blizzard -_-. It's a lot easier to do art when the concept is already in place for you...

On February 16 2009 13:54 d.arkive wrote:
Don't be so hard on Blizzard -_-. It's a lot easier to do art when the concept is already in place for you...

On February 16 2009 17:50 InRaged wrote:

No you aren't free to voice your opinion when you don't understand that pictures have different purpose. And you clearly don't understand that, otherwise you wouldn't bring up these comparisons with such negative tone.

On February 16 2009 09:39 Archerofaiur wrote:
I just thought you guys might want to see some recent zerg artwork by MrJack.

On February 17 2009 04:19 dcttr66 wrote:
as for the "drone" picture, i couldn't tell what it was supposed to be but figured it was an alternate replacement of the defiler.

On February 16 2009 19:36 Bash wrote:
Everything else is superawesome and whatnot but Samwise's zergling is easily better. The one Jack made is to me way too complicated (in an un-aerodynamic way) and heavy-built to be this fast as fuck little scurrying motherfucker who will tear your face off if you let it get close enough.

On February 16 2009 21:35 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The best one in there is the larva imo. He fucking made larva look cool.

Are you serious? The one on the right is actually turning into and egg too, so fucking sick.

On February 17 2009 05:19 Savio wrote:

EDIT: One thing that hasn't been emphasized enough yet, is that even though most of Mr. Jack's artwork is just adding detail to units already fleshed out, that is NOT true for his version of the infestor. He took the idea of the infestor and did MAJOR revisions to it and in my opinion took an ugly unit (not because of detail but because of design), and made it awesome.

What do you all think of his infestor? If Blizz used that model, would you all be happy?

On February 16 2009 22:45 Random() wrote:


Also, as someone noted, they are too heavy-built to be fast and agile. The drone also doesn't look like a weak, almost defenseless worker unit like it should.

On February 17 2009 07:44 nofAcedAgent wrote:


Edit: Although the Roaches are pretty simmlar MrJacks colors are much more inline with the zerg pallette I really appreciate the "tounge-like" fleshy claws on Jacks, unlike Blizzards versions whos claws are so sharp the look like they belong to Protoss..

On February 17 2009 09:24 ShaperofDreams wrote:
MrJack apply as a concept artist for blizzard. You have qualifications for that, just show them a portfolio silimar to what you have shown us and you are insta-hired. its not as hard as you think, i have respect for Samwise but he isnt anything special, he got hired by blizzard when they were tiny and working on simply 2d games.

On February 17 2009 05:19 Savio wrote:


QFT. I hope Blizz makes the larva kind of slimy like in Jack's picture. Who would have thought that a larva could look awesome?


EDIT: One thing that hasn't been emphasized enough yet, is that even though most of Mr. Jack's artwork is just adding detail to units already fleshed out, that is NOT true for his version of the infestor. He took the idea of the infestor and did MAJOR revisions to it and in my opinion took an ugly unit (not because of detail but because of design), and made it awesome.

What do you all think of his infestor? If Blizz used that model, would you all be happy?

On February 16 2009 10:23 SilverskY wrote:
That is the scariest drone I've ever seen.

On February 17 2009 05:24 Savio wrote:
lol, Archerofair just ripped dcttr66 a new hole without even saying anything.

On February 18 2009 06:53 538 wrote:
These are great. They are raw, powerful, natural and disgusting, just how Zerg should be, not the current happy elfland wc3-ripoff artwork that the Metzens have slothed into, because it sells. I hope the people responsible for the current Zerg design (the cartoony feel did good for the Protoss, while the T is meh, ok)

There's still time. Don't sell out, Blizzard:-p

On February 18 2009 07:31 dcttr66 wrote:

try to be better mannered, actually archer was supporting my point. the drone looks a lot like a defiler.

On February 18 2009 07:31 dcttr66 wrote:


i LOVE the blizzard infestor, it's so awesome! and that mr. jack infestor looks pathetic. i mean, compare the feet for crying out loud, blizzard's feet look like metal feet! haha...it's a tough monster...and the jack infestor looks like it's just gonna die.

On February 17 2009 09:56 d.arkive wrote:
-_-. Yes, his work is good, but concept art is not merely making things look as pretty as possible. Think about how hard it would be to translate this artist's work into a top-down, zoomed out game while maintaining the same feeling. The first picture would most likely look like quite a bad blob, as it has no feature that would distinguish itself in a silhouette, which is a major caveat for design. Concept art is to give the unit animators a unique and strong overall picture of a subject, sometimes simplified and exaggerated, not to embellish detail upon detail to make it stand out as a product all in its own. His designs are good, but they are more suited for illustration, not concept work.

Also, I have no idea how these pictures incorporates science into the physiology of these animals more than the average fantasy illustrator.

On February 17 2009 09:56 d.arkive wrote:
Also, I have no idea how these pictures incorporates science into the physiology of these animals more than the average fantasy illustrator.

On February 18 2009 08:30 Archerofaiur wrote:



Its hard to describe. Take a look at a gross anatomy book and then look at MrJacks hydralisk. You can even see the glenohumeral ligaments on its shoulder.

On February 18 2009 08:40 dcttr66 wrote:
don't get me wrong, his drawings are quite good

On February 17 2009 04:19 dcttr66 wrote:
good effort but they look like crap pictures except for the first picture which is megacrap.

On February 19 2009 04:04 Savio wrote:
LoL, Samwise just proved his worth again in my opinion with the new look of the infestor.



We will not doubt Samwise. Blizz always comes through in the end. Everything is simply a place holder until the game actually comes out.

Old infestor < Mr. Jack's Infestor < New Blizz infestor

But Mr. Jack still gets uber respect.

On February 18 2009 07:32 InRaged wrote:

Time for what? Redrawing their old concept art? Not gonna happen, sorry.

On February 19 2009 04:04 Savio wrote:
LoL, Samwise just proved his worth again in my opinion with the new look of the infestor.



We will not doubt Samwise. Blizz always comes through in the end. Everything is simply a place holder until the game actually comes out.

Old infestor < Mr. Jack's Infestor < New Blizz infestor

But Mr. Jack still gets uber respect.

On February 19 2009 04:49 Savio wrote:
I DO think that this zerg reaver will be used to raid mineral lines too. You drop him (or have him dig there), spit a couple of fungal infestations and if your opponent doesn't hightail his workers out fast, BOOM.



I always wanted a zerg reaver. I think kerrigan looked at the reaver hosing all her minions and said, "hmmmmMMMm".

On February 18 2009 14:47 Savio wrote:
Probably the 2 units in all of SC2 who need a new in game model the MOST are lurker and the infestor. Anybody agree with that statement?

On February 19 2009 06:37 repo_mech wrote:


Agreed indeed.

Although I am loving this new look infestor (the infested reaver) that just got posted. Is this the new design? When did it come out? Where did the poster find that? (it's not up on the SC website artwork from what I can see).

On February 19 2009 06:35 tdotkrayz wrote:
Dude, Blizzard stole MrJack's idea for the drone! I'm not even kidding, the two look almost identical now!

On February 19 2009 04:45 VIB wrote:


OWNED!

On February 19 2009 06:35 tdotkrayz wrote:
Dude, Blizzard stole MrJack's idea for the drone! I'm not even kidding, the two look almost identical now!

On February 19 2009 04:04 Savio wrote:
LoL, Samwise just proved his worth again in my opinion with the new look of the infestor.



We will not doubt Samwise. Blizz always comes through in the end. Everything is simply a place holder until the game actually comes out.

Old infestor < Mr. Jack's Infestor < New Blizz infestor

But Mr. Jack still gets uber respect.

On February 19 2009 07:14 InRaged wrote:

What? Not like it's totally new concept and not just old with better details, yes? And it's from 2008, just for your knowing.

On February 19 2009 07:58 VIB wrote:

http://www.battle.net/images/misc/ 09-02 /InfesterArt.jpg
09-02
c'mon admit it, you got owned ~~

On February 19 2009 07:58 VIB wrote:

http://www.battle.net/images/misc/ 09-02 /InfesterArt.jpg
09-02
c'mon admit it, you got owned ~~

On February 19 2009 08:41 Archerofaiur wrote:

MrJacks rebutal in the imaginary Samwise vs MrJack battle.

On February 19 2009 06:35 tdotkrayz wrote:
Dude, Blizzard stole MrJack's idea for the drone! I'm not even kidding, the two look almost identical now!

On February 19 2009 08:41 Archerofaiur wrote:

MrJacks rebutal in the imaginary Samwise vs MrJack battle.

On February 19 2009 04:04 Savio wrote:
LoL, Samwise just proved his worth again in my opinion with the new look of the infestor.



We will not doubt Samwise. Blizz always comes through in the end. Everything is simply a place holder until the game actually comes out.

Old infestor < Mr. Jack's Infestor < New Blizz infestor

But Mr. Jack still gets uber respect.

On February 22 2009 05:42 SkyTheUnknown wrote:


Wow at the new Infestor design, it's incredible...
First thing i thought of was this movie called Nausicaä from Hayao Miyazaki. There were some badass monsters very similar to this Infestor artwork.

On February 22 2009 06:01 nofAcedAgent wrote:


Blizzard thanks Miyazaki in the Starcraft credit; their inspiration for the reaver ^^

On February 22 2009 05:42 SkyTheUnknown wrote:


Wow at the new Infestor design, it's incredible...
First thing i thought of was this movie called Nausicaä from Hayao Miyazaki. There were some badass monsters very similar to this Infestor artwork.

On February 22 2009 10:01 ZidaneTribal wrote:
ok if all drones are that buff then im just gonna drone rush

On February 16 2009 19:36 Bash wrote:
Everything else is superawesome and whatnot but Samwise's zergling is easily better. The one Jack made is to me way too complicated (in an un-aerodynamic way) and heavy-built to be this fast as fuck little scurrying motherfucker who will tear your face off if you let it get close enough.

On February 19 2009 22:12 G.s)NarutO wrote:
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Awesome Marauder

On February 24 2009 10:37 SearingShadow wrote:

Defiler-


New artwork done by MrJack.

On February 24 2009 16:26 Last Romantic wrote:
... The jaw of that thing is amazing.

On February 24 2009 18:33 DoX.) wrote:



Yeah holy fuck it stretches all the way to the back of its face(?) lol

On February 24 2009 18:42 alffla wrote:


LOOOOOOOL

yea its like giong into its abdomen and shit RFOL

but sick art

On February 24 2009 19:38 pyrogenetix wrote:
cool

how about some protoss or terran units?

On February 25 2009 05:56 Tinithor wrote:
OMFG THE DEFILER! HOLY SHIT

that is massively epic. You are god Mr. jack

On February 24 2009 18:55 Last Romantic wrote:


It's for Consume, but yeah. The attention to detail is just stupendous.

On March 07 2009 06:09 dcttr66 wrote:
http://www.battle.net/images/misc/09-02/InfesterArt.jpg
looks like i was right. accepting apologies for getting me banned now. i have visited www.battle.net forums while banned and i have to say...most ppl on tl.net are very bad mannered compared to the guys in that forum...i didn't really mind being banned all that much.

the intolerance of people who express their opinions when it's different from yours is why i got banned, it seems. i just want to let everyone know why.

also, i did not see the newest renderings of the drone, notably the fancy crabby claws...so that's why i was confused by jack's rendering of the drone. and that's why i said the drone looked somewhat like a defiler. i didn't get a proper chance to explain myself earlier because everyone but archerofaiur was very pissed off at me and got me banned.

P.S. moderators please stop banning me for no reason

On March 07 2009 06:09 dcttr66 wrote:
http://www.battle.net/images/misc/09-02/InfesterArt.jpg
looks like i was right. accepting apologies for getting me banned now. i have visited www.battle.net forums while banned and i have to say...most ppl on tl.net are very bad mannered compared to the guys in that forum...i didn't really mind being banned all that much.

the intolerance of people who express their opinions when it's different from yours is why i got banned, it seems. i just want to let everyone know why.

also, i did not see the newest renderings of the drone, notably the fancy crabby claws...so that's why i was confused by jack's rendering of the drone. and that's why i said the drone looked somewhat like a defiler. i didn't get a proper chance to explain myself earlier because everyone but archerofaiur was very pissed off at me and got me banned.

P.S. moderators please stop banning me for no reason

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On March 07 2009 06:09 dcttr66 wrote:
looks like i was right. accepting apologies for getting me banned now. i have visited www.battle.net forums while banned and i have to say...most ppl on tl.net are very bad mannered compared to the guys in that forum...i didn't really mind being banned all that much.
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P.S. moderators please stop banning me for no reason

On March 10 2009 04:49 D10 wrote:
Holy crap

On March 10 2009 07:32 Teejing wrote:
As i know Protoss this berserker is just about going super sajayin mode and killing the ultra xD.

On March 10 2009 11:07 Tinithor wrote:
HOLY SHIT THE ULTRA IS SEX

On March 08 2009 06:43 Scooge wrote:
Wait, saying the staff is condescending is grounds for an instant banning? Wow.

On March 10 2009 11:22 Last Romantic wrote:
Reach zealot IMO.

On March 10 2009 11:15 Archerofaiur wrote:



Yes. The ultralisk is sex. Lets take yet another look at it because hey it is just so sex!

Ah thats better.

On March 16 2009 18:55 evanthebouncy! wrote:
I think they lack dynamic to be honest, great texture, great detail, but I can't see the thing he's drawing move in a fast, convincing zerg way.

On March 17 2009 02:11 Magic84 wrote:

Wtf with very weird critique like that, i don't see any problem with "dynamic". Wtf with fail-linking to site where you need a reg. Freaking amazing works here, all of them.

Is that propaganda from sc2 official drawers and their friends? I think so.

Everyone should be happy someone decided to make stuff this amazing quality devoted to starcraft.

On March 13 2009 03:43 pyrogenetix wrote:
I don't think Blizzard is too far behind, if behind at all. Like I've said it before and I'll say it again, nearly all of my art friends agree, that it is much easier to copy and improve on an already existing thing, than creating something new.

As far as I can tell he's really good at drawing the zerg-y look with their organic carapace, spikes and horns, and their tendons and muscles.

But there are two other races in starcraft. Can he also deliver the high technology, neon lights glowing, shiny gold armor protoss look?
Can he deliver the gritty armour, dirty hard working men, exiles look?

Is he a one trick pony that can only draw the zerg? Or does he have the full capability to work with the whole starcraft universe, not just a third of it.

On March 19 2009 15:23 Sigrun wrote:


Why does it matter if he can only draw existing Zerg? He doesn't work for Blizzard, and he draws these units for entertainment and for our viewing enjoyment, not as concept art for a potential game.

It's a ridiculous reason to call him a one trick pony just because he only puts out incredibly rendered Zerg artwork. Have you ever seen his other artwork?