Blizzard Entertainment — World of Warcraft

Game trailers, short films, and in-game cinematics for Story and Franchise Development.

LAUNCH TRAILER: Warcraft Dragonflight

Marketing trailer for the launch of the new World of Warcraft expansion game, Dragonflight. You’re returning to the lands as they awaken for a spell-binding escape, a call to adventure. We introduce dragon-riding and a new races of playable characters, the half-human half-dragon Dracthyr; touch on the return of heartthrob Wrathion; and tease the leviathan battle that your quest culminates into. Designed for dual compositions in 2.35 anamorphic + vertical/mobile.

Directed by Anna Morgan, edited by Jake Patton.

SHORT FILM — Warcraft 2.5D Short Film — Story Art + Development

Lighting & Composition Samples:

Between game releases, Blizzard’s Story & Franchise Development department likes to release animated shorts online to fill in any lore gaps that new and returning players might need to know before the next story unfolds. In this particular short, we wanted to reveal the DRAKTHYR, a new playable character that’s half-human half-dragon. I wanted to play with lighting, and the ways we can obscure or reveal very deliberate details to get the audience excited, and to set the mood.

Composition is KING in these 2.5D projects, and I was excited to try my hand at designing shots that could also hold up as standalone paintings!

Test Shot Development — A/B Panels:

As part of the pre-production planning for a future 2.5D animated short in the World of Warcraft universe, I was tasked with storyboarding a “test shot” that the team could use to audition various art vendors, to see how they would tackle the illustration of 3 key characters as well as the A / B state change within the shot.

Alternate Shot Designs:

Other compositional ideas and explorations for the test shot — pushing story moments and challenging perspectives.