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Description This Undead Abomination pieces is kinda extra special to me.

Warcraft 3 came out in the middle of a college quarter and I was beyond all help considering how engrossed I was in the game. Somehow one night I wasn't on the computer playing, and this drawing happened.

What was unreal at the time is that the whole thing was done, start to finish in a single sitting that night. This is a big deal because most of these ink drawings are really tedious and would take me multiple sessions. Even now it is rare for me to bust something out that fast, and even though this drawing is almost 10 years old now, i'm still pretty happy with it.

FURTHERMORE, when I had my first interview with Blizzard this drawing was already there waiting for me. I was sitting in the lounge, waiting to be brought in and questioned. There was a coffee table in the lobby with a few binders on it. A couple were letters from fans, full of kind words and suggestions for future games. The third binder at the bottom of the stack, was fan art.

When I picked up this binder, it was unreal. They used this Abomination drawing and put some text below that simply said "Fan Art". I was blown away. Here I was, sitting in the lobby of the dream company I wanted to work for, and they used my artwork as the cover of their fan art collection binder. It was a pretty cool moment to say the least.

And then I didn't get the job.
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Comments: 15

Pyroshii [2015-05-19 08:06:57 +0000 UTC]

Oh man,  I felt that. Must be very devastating. I thought this was going to be like a Mr.Jack or Glowei story. 

Were you applying for a 3D position back then? Regardless, clearly your persistence paid off!

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Boarguts In reply to Pyroshii [2015-06-20 04:59:46 +0000 UTC]

Yes! Never give up! Dream dreams!

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Pyroshii In reply to Boarguts [2015-06-20 23:41:42 +0000 UTC]

Zug zug! /salute

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Markshot [2014-11-04 02:19:35 +0000 UTC]

Wow.

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ChileConCarnage [2013-04-02 06:10:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gorsh! Cliffhanger! When did you get the job and how?

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Boarguts In reply to ChileConCarnage [2013-04-02 06:28:03 +0000 UTC]

A few months after WoW passed on me the Starcraft 2 team interview happened!

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namesOnkeL [2012-09-12 00:53:25 +0000 UTC]

Nice to hear the story and great drawing.

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Boarguts In reply to namesOnkeL [2012-09-19 07:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for reading!

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Tokoldi [2012-07-19 19:28:42 +0000 UTC]

Something weird just happened, so I apologise if I spam you with two messages >.>
Anyway!
The extended little finger is a nice touch This is epic, and I love the story behind it! You certainly got the job now. BlizzCon video to prove it and everything Did you get the job on your second try?

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Tokoldi [2012-07-19 19:25:55 +0000 UTC]

The extended little finger takes the cake xD So epic. And with a great story behind it! But hey, you got the job now Did you get it on your second try?

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Boarguts In reply to Tokoldi [2012-07-25 00:14:18 +0000 UTC]

Delicate pinkies are right and proper! I got it on the second try!

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Falcoknight [2012-01-13 20:13:52 +0000 UTC]

I always thought this was one of metzens work! Great piece of work!

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Boarguts In reply to Falcoknight [2012-01-14 23:30:25 +0000 UTC]

MINE! Thanks a ton!

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undeadbilly [2011-10-06 09:26:35 +0000 UTC]

awesome !

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NickTheilArt [2011-10-02 05:20:31 +0000 UTC]

gruesome but great!

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