When news started coming out about Mists of Pandaria and the new character models (which, I have heard is something they have been talking about for a while), I couldn't quite understand why they wanted to redo them. Personally, I like the way most of them look but I also understand that some of these models have been around since the creation of World of Warcraft so the technology has advanced a little since then.
Before we get new models in (whenever that will actually be), I wanted to do a series of post on the hands and feet of the characters we have now. I want to focus on this because as an artist, I know how hard it is to draw hands -- all those digits going this way or that so I'm sure animating it must be even more of a pain. I also have never really studied anyone's feet in the game (what a strange thing to say), so I suppose that section will be a learning experience for me.
My computer isn't a gaming computer so these are just the graphics I use on a daily basis. I'll go back and do a compare and contrast with a lot of these on a fancy computer once I have a bit more time. With a bigger screen and excellent graphics, I'm sure there will be a bit of a difference but the shapes for the most part (which is what this is really concentrating on) should really just be the same.
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| DISCO! |
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| Whoops. Guess I hurt his feelings. |
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| I've nicknamed him George Costanza, for all you Seinfeld fans. |
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| Fighting. |
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| I don't really know what this was. |
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| Fisticuffs |
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| He looks like he has Lego hands from this angle. |
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| Dancing, which looks more like pointing. |
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| Stop. /No |
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| I tried to get some better pictures of his hands without the purple robe but I don't think getting rid of it helped much. |
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| Even more dancing. Which he looks thrilled about |
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| /Kneel |
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| Invisible car! |
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| /roar |
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| Sit |
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| Rock on. |
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