Was extremely disappointed in Dracthyr models (lots of reasons, but mainly running animation and proportions) which isn’t terribly important in the long term but I do like the visuals ingame. I was curious who designed them and it turns out Ariel Fain has designed some of the most iconic models in recent wow, including all legion bear forms, stormheim drakes, brutosaurs, etc.
Those particular models in WoW are really unique and impressive, and immediately iconic. Ariel has some damn impressive past work, probably some of the best contributions WoW has seen in terms of character models. I’m disappointed about Dracthyr though. I’m surprised they turned out the way they did. Maybe she was rushed and Blizzard was understaffed?
I was admiring her work at the following link (not “exalted” on forums so can’t give real link, but here it is nonetheless. Just remove the space I added!)
artstation. com/pushinverts
Really cool designs. Dracthyr seem a bit under the average quality. Were probably rushed honestly. Understandable