Chris Metzen - Revision history

Morejahhead at 18:32, 26 August 2019

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Elly at 02:07, 13 September 2016

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Leord at 17:17, 17 June 2010

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Leord at 12:47, 21 January 2009

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Leord at 15:19, 30 October 2008

2008-10-30T15:19:57Z

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Flux at 09:15, 22 October 2008

2008-10-22T09:15:31Z

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	[[Category:Blizzard]]		[[Category:Blizzard]]
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		+	== External Links ==
		+	* [https://twitter.com/chrismetzen?lang=en Chris Metzen]on Twitter
		+	* [https://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Metzen/100000643821367 Chris Metzen]on Facebook
		+	* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1068321/ Chris Metzen]at IMDb
		+	* [https://rawg.io/creators/chris-metzen Chris Metzen]at RAWG.io

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	Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the [[WarCraft II]] manual, the [[Diablo I manual]] as well as the [[StarCraft]] manual. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.		Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the [[WarCraft II]] manual, the [[Diablo I manual]] as well as the [[StarCraft]] manual. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.
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		+	Chris announced that he was retiring from Blizzard Entertainment on 12 September 2016.<ref>[http://www.diabloii.net/blog/comments/chris-metzen-retires-blizzard Chris Metzen to retire] - Blizzard Entertainment, 12/09/2016</ref>


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		+	=References=

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 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars, Braveheart, Ben Hur, Highlander (original)
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 '''Favorite Books'''<br>
 The Dragonlance Chronicles (Weis and Hickman)<br>
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 At this point, I just use as much pencil lead on a page as I possibly can and hope the piece turns out!!! :)
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 '''Where do you do most of your work?'''<br>
 Any flat surface will do.

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 At this point, I just use as much pencil lead on a page as I possibly can and hope the piece turns out!!! :)
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 '''Where do you do most of your work?'''<br>
 Any flat surface will do.

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-[[Image:Metzen.jpg|left|thumb|Chris Metzen.]]'''Chris Vincent Metzen''' is the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He is a one of the primary forces behind the story and creative direction of all Blizzard products.
+[[Image:Metzen.jpg|left|thumb|Chris Metzen.]]'''Chris Vincent Metzen''' is the Vice President of Creative Development at [[Blizzard Entertainment]]. He is a one of the primary forces behind the story and creative direction of all Blizzard products.
 Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the WarCraft II manual, the [[Diablo I manual]] as well as the [[StarCraft]] manual. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.
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 * [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2095&nocache=1 Horadric Mage concept art].
 * [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2096&cat=557 Prince Albrecht's fate].

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−	'''Chris Vincent Metzen''' is the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He is a one of the primary forces behind the story and creative direction of all Blizzard products.	+	[[Image:Metzen.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Chris Metzen.]]'''Chris Vincent Metzen''' is the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He is a one of the primary forces behind the story and creative direction of all Blizzard products.

	Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the WarCraft II manual, the [[Diablo I manual]] as well as the [[StarCraft]] manual. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.		Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the WarCraft II manual, the [[Diablo I manual]] as well as the [[StarCraft]] manual. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.

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−	Chris Metzen is the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He is a one of the primary forces behind the story and creative direction of all Blizzard products.	+	'''Chris Vincent Metzen''' is the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He is a one of the primary forces behind the story and creative direction of all Blizzard products.

−	Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the Diablo I manual. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.	+	Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the [[Diablo I manual]]. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.

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 '''Inspirational Artists'''<br>
 Walter Simonson, Larry Elmore, Alex Ross, Jim Lee, Keith Parkinson.
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 '''Top Five Movies'''<br>
 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars, Braveheart, Ben Hur, Highlander (original)
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 '''Favorite Books'''<br>
 The Dragonlance Chronicles (Weis and Hickman)<br>
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 The Stand (Stephen King)<br>
 American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
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 '''Define your style of art'''<br>
 I think I've always taken a comic-type approach to fantasy and sci-fi. I was heavily influenced by both Walt Simonson's and Jim Lee's pencilling styles for form, but I preferred the costuming, themes and general feel of Elmore and Parkinson's fantasy paintings. Still kind of working on the whole 'art style' thing...
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 At this point, I just use as much pencil lead on a page as I possibly can and hope the piece turns out!!! :)
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 '''Where do you do most of your work?'''<br>
 Any flat surface will do.
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 '''What are your favorite things to create?'''<br>
 Heroes and Villains. Monsters and mechanical designs are fun - but I dig drawing specific characters with specific stories related to them.
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 '''What tools do you use to create your artwork?'''<br>
 Usually just a good handful of mechanical #2 pencils and a few compressed shading sticks. I'm a big fan of colored pencils as well, but it's been awhile since I've gone that route. Photoshop's killer for finishing touches and such, but I prefer a good old fashioned pencil as opposed to pure digital art.
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 ==Artwork==

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-'''Chris Metzen''' is the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He started at the company as an artist and eventually Art Director. His style was the characterization of the earlier WarCraft, StarCraft and Diablo series (as [[Samwise Didier]] has become in the later games).
+Chris Metzen is the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment. He is a one of the primary forces behind the story and creative direction of all Blizzard products.
-He started nailing out proper story backgrounds for Blizzard's games, and ended up chief over Creative Development, handling all lore and storylines created for the games of the Blizzard games.
+Chris started as an artist at Blizzard back in the mid-1990s, and contributed a number of pieces of concept art to the Diablo I manual. His art has remained integral to creating Blizzard's game worlds, though he works more on the story and content end of things these days.
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