Badge Art

For all that I admire the many talented artists in the Blizzard fan community, I always find myself tremendously impressed by art based on in-game assets -- like the header image above, showing some of the Blizzard Watch crew's characters as posed by Matt Fossen (perhaps better known as The Cranky Tank on Twitter).

Creating art based on game characters is nothing new, but the particular trend of making BlizzCon badge art may seem a bit unusual if you've never made it out to the convention yourself. For real world meetups like BlizzCon, it can be hard to recognize your in-game companions — none of whom have names hovering over their heads.