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"John Polidora"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 75; Deviations: 153; Watchers: 8627
Watching: 85; Pageviews: 221014; Comments Made: 263; Friends: 85
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Wei Wang, Glenn Rane, Brom, Jean-Baptiste Monge, Iain McCaig, Paul Bonner, Eichiro Oda, Masamune Shirow, Adam Hughes, Eric Canete, Doug Alexander Gregory, LeSean Thomas, James Gurney, Peter de Seve, John Berkey, N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle and Laurel AustinFavorite bands / musical artists: Amon Amarth, Dimmu Borgir, too many metal bands to name, and Weezer, Daft Punk, Anamanaguchi, Fatboy Slim....
Favorite books: Lord of The Rings, Discworld, Game of Thrones, Fables. And Manga...ONE PIECE!!!, Berserk, Hajime no Ippo, Full Metal Alchemist.
Favorite writers: Eichiro Oda, Terry Pratchett.
Favorite games: Too Many.
Favorite gaming platform: Everything.
Tools of the Trade: Photoshop, Art Rage
Other Interests: Writing; developing new styles in which to work; Lego.
# About me
I work as an Illustrator, Concept Artist, Visual Development artist, and Character Designer for Blizzard Entertainment. I have created art for all of their properties and currently work on the Overwatch Team.# Comments
Comments: 178
i was watching some starleague dual tournament, and they had this interview clip with Jaedong, and i noticed your Blizzcon Kerrigan painting in the backdrop
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it was the one with Kerrigan's right hand becoming infested, titled "Blizzcon 2011 Queen of Blades" in your gallery
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Ahh, ok. Glad they're using it again.
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Always loved your work and style. Definitely an inspiration to my growth as an artist.
What kind of pad do you prefer to draw/paint on?
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I use a Wacom Cintiq 21UX at both work and at home.
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Thanks 
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Totally, 100% worth the money. Especially if you come from a drawing background.
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How old are you, i mean ...you're a real professional and looking at your art i can only hope to be as good one day. When you were 18 how good are you. I'm incredibly curious what your art looked like back then.
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Love your work! Hope to learn from it!
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It's not really up to me, but if I was asked I'd accept...but more to the point Blizzard is LOADED with incredibly talented artists that are not Sons of the Storm.
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well , Im following most of them Im asking to you cuz to my opinion you are the one on the top of 'em 
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Well thanks!
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Hey ,i wanted to ask if you have any suggestions on books about drawing. I recently started one on human figure drawing and perspective. So im looking for more ,but i cant find at the moment any good ones.
Thanks.
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I can't recommend any good books on drawing, because I don't believe it's a subject you can learn properly from a book. Anatomy books help for sure for what they explain, but there's nothing better than figure drawing to learn from.
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Your art is amazing. I'm looking forward to seing more
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<3! You're one of my favorite artists at Blizzard, didn't know you were on DA! Totally must watch you!
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I love finding official Blizzard artists on this site. :'D Blizzard came down to my school in October, and gave a really motivating presentation for those of us who want to work for them someday.
Added you to the Watch, keep up the amazing work!
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I gotta say it's so nice to find some of the official WoW artists on this site, especially one of the ones that did the really rockin' worgen art.
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Thank you!! Did you find Glenn Rane as well? He's my boss and he's on Deviant Art as Arsenal21.
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Oh wow no, I just went ahead and watched him though. And you too because I forgot to do it earlier, derp. I guess I was too occupied by geeking out. You guys are so awesome. Is it super awesome being a WoW artist? You get to make all the characters really come alive. I still have my fingers crossed for some good female worgen art. I got the cata CE for the artbook too, but there were only a couple of concept sketches in there.
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I thoroughly enjoy painting for a living. The fact that I paint for Blizzard is just icing on the cake.
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Hello im so happy I found this page you are getting watched !
I love blizzard concept art it has a certain style to it that I love
especially yours
any tips for a person on how to get in the business
you dont have to look at my page if you dont want to would be nice though
you will be glad this isnt a comment on T12 have a nice day
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hey i just wanna let you know, the patch art for 4.3 is so baller. Good job on it!
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Thanks!! Had totally forgot it went live today. Upload incoming.....
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can you make T12 better for priest,they are ugly...
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Just FYI, and I get these kind of questions a lot, there are hundreds of artists at Blizzard. Creating in game armor assets for WoW is the job of about ten of them, of which I am not one.
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I actually like the T12...especially on female Goblins...but I guess I'm weird like that.
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i second this, T12 is different and absolutely awesome ;D
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^ this person. Speaks truth.
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!!!!!! Mr. Polidora!!!!!
it was awesome meeting you at Blizzcon! and your mini-bio just served to kick my ass again towards getting better (as if hearing the story first-hand from your own mouth wasn't enough). \m/
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Yer profile pic is awesome, btw. I'm a HUGE SymphonyX fan.
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