I know exactly what I'll be doin' about it, son of Hellscream. I'll be watchin' as ya people slowly become aware of ya ineptitude. I'll laugh as dey grow ta despise ya as I do. And when tha time comes dat ya failure is complete and ya "power" is meaningless, I will be dere to end ya rule, swiftly and silently. Ya will spend ya reign glancin' over ya shoulda and fearin' tha shadows, for when tha time comes and ya blood be slowly drainin' out, ya will know exactly who fired da arrow dat pierced ya black heart.
Vol'Jin to Garrosh
Vol'Jin was the chieftain of the Echo Isles Trolls and Warchief of the Horde. It was an interesting turn of fate that led to the ascension of Vol'Jin as Warchief. After the defeat of Garrosh Hellscream and his old friend Thrall's devolvement from politics it fell to him, the first non-orc to ever be in charge of the Horde of Azeroth. Before his death he passed the mantle to Sylvanas Windrunner. Ever since Warcraft II I really dug the art style of the trolls taking a lot of inspiration from the then concept artists Metzen and Samwise in the process.
This is a digital "freehand" (no reference) painting of about 60 layers. Standard Photoshop brushes and layer blend modes. The cards i got from google and edited them to suit our needs. I also tried to preserve as many of the steps as possible for the process animation.
Category | FanArt |
Medium | Photoshop |
Size | 4800x3600 px |
Subject | Vol'Jin the Troll |
Style | Digital Illustration |
Lore
"Warchief Vol’jin is an interesting anomaly in Warcraft lore — he leads the Horde, an organization originally formed by Thrall with its roots firmly embedded in Orc society, yet he’s a Troll. And he was promoted to this position after orchestrating the downfall of the last Orc Warchief, Garrosh Hellscream"
"Thrall led a rebellion against the Humans that kept the Orcs imprisoned in internment camps after the Second War, earning the respect and admiration of the Orcs by setting them free. And Vol’jin earned much the same when he led a rebellion against a Warchief that viewed any race other than Orc as tools to be used and discarded at his whim, and the Horde itself as a war machine. Vol’jin was made Warchief for much the same reason that Thrall was originally made Warchief of the new Horde — in uniting the Horde to fight a common foe, both had proven that they could effectively lead." - blizzardwatch
Process
Here's the animated process for Vol'Jin that I made out of the individual layers:
Alrighty, enough geeking out for today. Looks like we are getting a bit of a series going with these cards! Let's see where we can take this.
for the horde,
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Thanks man... Now I am talking to myself in a troll accent. 😑
This look amazing though, loving the style, I would love to own a whole deck of these!
"You da baddest soul in town mon"
Thanks!
"Tastingo!"
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Holy crap this one is even better. PLEASE, get in touch with me - I feel like I could help you make some extra cash and get some further exposure by sharing your work with my followers/offering these cards as Patreon rewards. These are SO amazing!!!
<3
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Wow bin sehr beeindruckt!
Ich danke :)
Wenns Spaß macht dann werden die Bilder wieder besser hihi.
Warcraft lover here :D i love it!
Throm-ka.
Remarkable work. You have clearly put a lot of effort into this. Well done
That is kind of you! Thanks :)
Woah that's WICKED! The process gift is also very awesome. We are very lucky to have you as part of team Steem Artists!
@cobmaximus is right, you should absolutely do the whole pack or at least a portion of them. That's a good way to build your followers who would want to see what's next.
Awesome job on the card!
Amazing that you actually started with a normal playing card as a base template.
:D
Photoshop is amazingly powerful...but I won't deny that having a lot of practice helps! Thanks!
Amazing art fiend!
Thank you!
Thought your Harlequin was amazing but this one is awesome, great piece of photoshop art.
Thank you @focusonmarketing!
I had fun with this one and I think it shows. Still going to do the Jack of Hearts and Ace of Hearts and then see where we can take it!
This is fucking sweet. Great work dude!
<3
Zug Zug!
Wow bro you certainly have skills!
I thank you :)
I'd say I have a lot of practice.
We can see that. Amazing work, cngratulations.
awesome! now you could make the whole deck of cards!
Cheers!
Guess I'll be busy for a while xD
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