Life as a Burning Crusade concept artist at Blizzard.
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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Life as a concept artist on AAA games like The Burning Crusade.
I wanted to share a large chunk of concept art that I did from the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade years. This would have been 2006 for me, and it was my second released game as a Senior concept artist. Working at Blizzard was always a dream for me, so it was a tremendous opportunity, and a tremendous time in my life, where I was able to work on some of my favorite games. Most of this artwork is pretty bad, but you can see how concept art has changed over the past 12 years..
You're a monster, Trent. Every artist hates their old work, but this stuff is still so interesting to look at and inspiring. You definitely left a mark, bro. Thanks for sharing.
Such kind words. Thanks Peter!
Oh the nostalgia, you helped design a large part of my childhood ^^ Thnx for that.
Trent, I just want to let you know how awesome you are. I recently just got knee surgery to fix my acl and meniscus and I have been in a lot of pain. I love watching your videos and they have helped me stay positive through this time. Today is the fifth day and I just now feel good enough to start drawing again and your videos give me so much insiration to draw and keep learning through this time. Your videos have taught me so much about concept art and helped me make my decision in working towards becoming a concept artist. Im only in highschool right now but I know there is nothing else I rather be working towards and I just want to let you know how much your amazing art and attitude gave affected me and helped me. Keep up all the amazing vids!! You're the best!!!
It wont be easy, but with enough determination, and passion, you can accomplish anything you put your mind to. I wish you a swift recovery, and please send me an email when you get your first concept art job!
As a current WoW player, most of those icone have in fact not been replaced. I push "Cold Hearted" several times a day when I want to go ham. Really amazing to look over these, especially with Black Temple re-opening soon with Timewalking.
best WoW content design for ever time
i agree
You're such a cool dude! Thanks for showing us your work!
Insane to think that you had such a deep impact in TBC. I started playing during TBC and man, to this day I still stay in outland just to enjoy the music and the zones. I think you hit the spot back then and helped create a master piece that to this day people have nostalgia about. Never again in my 30 years of life have I seen a game or zones that capture me so greatly. I greatly appreciate all your work you did and I managed to remember myself, that I had some pictures saved on my old computer that you created.
I hope that one day I will a game will capture me again like TBC did back in the day. :) Thank you for this masterpiece!
I really love your videos, they're very inspiring and you're so down-to-earth it makes the role of industry artist seem less intimidating.
5-10 concepts A DAY! WOW. Just wow.
The dungeon ones are so intense and gritty and colourful, you're an absolute madman.
Trent... I had no idea you were behind all that! You're artwork is legit the inspiration that kept me painting, and what I have been striving to do as an artist! I started playing WOW right after burning crusade came out, and the imagery and world kept me enthralled for days at a time! You're awesome! Thank you!
I just wanted to let you know, that I'm crying right now. You are what made me love this game, since I saw it the first time. And you are what made me love art and especially concept art. You are a concept artist, who worked at Blizzard. You are what I want to be someday: A concept artist. Since I'm 12 years old, I wanted to work as a concept artist JUST because of WoW and it's concept art. I have every WoW artbook, I try to teach myself digital art every day so I can do what I love one day. Dude. My english isn't that good, so I can't put in words, what I wanna say. I just hope it became clear how important you are and how you shaped my (and probably others) life. Thank you.
Thanks for the video Trent, I love it, but it's too short, I want more !
Thanks for posting this video. You have to know that the art book that was coming with the burning crusade collector edition is what made me chose concept art as a career. It took me 10 years to get hired as such after that but still haha. So thanks for the motivation!
Wow, seeing all of this from one of my favourite games is really inspiring, and it really shows how far you've come. I can't wait to see a Wrath of the Lich King video!
I used to run the credits on my WoW login screen when I was younger, just to see your art and listen to the music. I remember seeing your signature splashed on the corner of some of the art in the slideshow and thinking that you were amazing! Thanks so much for the inspiration. Your art still motivates me to pick up a pencil or pen to this day!
That's so awesome! Thank you for sharing this.
Awesome thank you for this video. I still flip through my TBC Art book a couple of times a month, very interesting to hear some of the thoughts behind it.
Your are the funniest and sincere artist i ever know. Awesome inspiration man
dude you are legend ... I wanna be the guy that builds the world around your art!!!
Man burning crusade was the best expansion ever! I recognize now how much influence you had on my gaming experience! and by the way, I used to spend a lot of time in the Exodar I found it a very relaxing place :)
Thank you for sharing your experience about concept art and concept artist job, it's very interesting.
Awesome! I always wondered how the icons were produced, concept and execution wise. Really inspirational! Great stuff!
Thanks so much. As an artist and someone who played from vanilla through wrath, this is fantastic.
-I remember those legion assets from Nagrand!
Thank you for showing this, amazing work!
I really want to be a concept artist. Applying to do it at university for 2021.
PLEASE DO A LONGER VIDEOOOO, THESE AREE GOOD TO PAINT TOO
Agreed
what an awesome video. thanks you forsharing this!!. It is incredibly inspiring.. thanks you!!
Love your video as always, inspires me to go do some art myself right after!
thanks man ur videos helps me develop as an artist
I wish every artist share his works like you, specially samwise
My dream was to be like you. Creative like you guys. But I can't draw or design so all I can do is just watch these amazing art work.. I'm glad u did not give up. It's amazing . 😎😎
So good!
Can't wait to hear and see some of Diablo dev tales.
its amazing to see this video, when u are blizard gamer speciali wow, and artist too. to much pleasure...
Most of the spell icons you show at the end are still used today, some are recolored but for the most part, they kept using them.
Heyo, just found your channel and subscribed :)) Love your concept art
It's really cool to see the evolution of an artist over the years and how their old artwork looked like. I think your artwork still looked amazing back then man. Question though, would you reccomend sketchbook pro for someome who JUST got into digital art? Or another program would be better?
Sketchbook Pro is probably the best drawing program for beginners. Its very easy to use.
Thanks for the insight Trent, love ya content.
Trent Kaniuga hey trent speaking of sketchbook pro i have both apps on my galaxy tablet note 10.1 do you know if theres any updates any new features im kind of getting bored with the stock features please help let me know any info, the new features on the procreate is so dope why sketchbook pro don't do the same 😣
It's also relatively affordable
None of these icons have been replaced haha
This was awesome to see, especially as someone who joined in around burning crusade/wrath of the lich king.
This was both inspiring and discouraging at the same time. Your works are incredible and I know that I'm only 16 right now and still have a lot more years to improve, but at the same time, for someone who is looking into going into this kind of field (concept art for game companies), it's crazy to see the amount of detail you need to put into these and within a specific time frame.
The main thing I want to know (if you choose to reply or not), is what kind of advice would you give to young, aspiring artists? I've watched almost all your videos and you talk about a lot of stuff that definitely does help and encourage me, same with your tutorials on gumroad. Although, even the stuff you did when you were younger (the video where you showed your old art), was years beyond what I can do right now. So obviously, you have talent, and I know a lot of my own friends have talent. I also know that there will always be someone better than you. I KNOW that I've improved, youtube definitely helps keep track of skill level and improvement, as well as commitment, which is great.
So the other thing I want to know is, does sheer effort compare to those with natural talent?
I realize these are pretty big questions, so you may not reply, but hopefully you read it.
Thanks for inspiring me so far though! :D
ahh this one was awesome, you should do one for the other companies you've worked in
This is cool. They do still use all those spell icons. I recognize majority of them.
Thank you for sharing your experience and process. Great inspiration! >_
I hit those icon buttons so many times and that was you! :D
Awesome video. :D
Trend does the best outros
Hey Trent,
Great video as always, iv'e seen older paintings in the game and i often question if they are from you! Anyways, i was wondering if you had any advice on nailing a specific format with art videos? I made my first video this week, and it's this art podcast type thing, but i think i want to change it because it sort of drags on. How did you find a comfortable format?
My favorite expansion and the most beautiful world in WoW! :)
I would do concept art for World of Warcraft, they just don't let me in XD It's so nostalgic to see these concepts. I love WoW, but I can't wait for the Diablo 3 ones!
i wonder how many people have that level of skill plus creativity? 1in1k? 10k? wish i had that
Incubbus incumania oh I'm not hating on this guy I think he is an incredible artist, I'm 34 and I draw almost everyday and I'm nowhere near this guy skill level. I just don't think there's that many people out there that can do what he can.
nostalgia feeling is so strong, i can't get rid of it xD
nice video thanks
haha you did the icon that icefrog used for ember spirit in dota 1
molten blood - searing chains
Did they use that in Dota? hm. I didnt know.
yup
i.imgur.com/zSoLEiE.png
Beatifull
this was great, i want moar :D
who did nagrand.....man i would love to live there on one of those floating islands...great work
Originally based on concepts that I did in my first comic book in 1993. Later introduced into World of Warcraft.
thanks for sharung your knowledge. would love to hear more if the business side of concept art. willing to make a video about that? 😊
I dont want to bore people with business talk. I dont have much of a mind for the business side. I just enjoy the process of making the stuff.
Trent Kaniuga same here thats why it would be so nice to learn something from you 😉
Same here man! 😉 But you have so much experience in the industry, i know many of us would like to hear about that!
Love your page Trent! Quick question, do you think video game companies prioritize quantity over quality in most cases? It seems like a majority of these are pretty rough but I wanted to know if that is a industry standard. Thanks!
this is NOT an industry standard anymore. Nowadays you have to have much higher rendering skills AND great ideas every day. It was a very different industry 12 years ago.
Sometimes i am playing WOW and when people hate about the game they most time say that BC was the best WOW and also had the best and most original designers, so i guess a big part of the players really like your designs! :) good job. Also what did you study or how did you where able to work at blizzard?
There were no concept art schools back then, so I had a whole 9 year career at Marvel and indie comics before working in games.
What would you recommend a young in art (paintings/murals/graffiti) and videogames interested person to study?
Awesome work Trent. I'm hating. 🤗 👍🏻👍🏻
Do you have some stuff from Diablo 3 that you could show?
What school did you do before to become a concept artist? Il will love to now because I want also to become a concept artist for video games and cinema
There were no concept art schools when I started. Thats why I created my workshops. www.gumroad.com/trentk
@@TrentKaniuga Thank you
how old were you in 06?
where do I download all of these, trent?
From Blizzard
@@TrentKaniuga Picked up the book on ebay. You did an amazing job creating the Draenei and Legion culture--probably the most unique and alien stuff in Warcraft.
and how does it feel to create something that millions of players see everyday?
It was pretty cool for that time in my life. But it was the effort of a great many people that made WoW great. I only played a very small role in it.
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