Oh the nostalgia, you helped design a large part of my childhood ^^ Thnx for that.

You're a monster, Trent. Every artist hates their old work, but this stuff is still so interesting to look at and inspiring. You definitely left a mark, bro. Thanks for sharing.

As a current WoW player, most of those icone have in fact not been replaced. I push "Cold Hearted" several times a day when I want to go ham. Really amazing to look over these, especially with Black Temple re-opening soon with Timewalking.

Insane to think that you had such a deep impact in TBC. I started playing during TBC and man, to this day I still stay in outland just to enjoy the music and the zones. I think you hit the spot back then and helped create a master piece that to this day people have nostalgia about. Never again in my 30 years of life have I seen a game or zones that capture me so greatly. I greatly appreciate all your work you did and I managed to remember myself, that I had some pictures saved on my old computer that you created. I hope that one day I will a game will capture me again like TBC did back in the day. :) Thank you for this masterpiece!

Trent, I just want to let you know how awesome you are. I recently just got knee surgery to fix my acl and meniscus and I have been in a lot of pain. I love watching your videos and they have helped me stay positive through this time. Today is the fifth day and I just now feel good enough to start drawing again and your videos give me so much insiration to draw and keep learning through this time. Your videos have taught me so much about concept art and helped me make my decision in working towards becoming a concept artist. Im only in highschool right now but I know there is nothing else I rather be working towards and I just want to let you know how much your amazing art and attitude gave affected me and helped me. Keep up all the amazing vids!! You're the best!!!

best WoW content design for ever time

You're such a cool dude! Thanks for showing us your work!

I really love your videos, they're very inspiring and you're so down-to-earth it makes the role of industry artist seem less intimidating.

I just wanted to let you know, that I'm crying right now. You are what made me love this game, since I saw it the first time. And you are what made me love art and especially concept art. You are a concept artist, who worked at Blizzard. You are what I want to be someday: A concept artist. Since I'm 12 years old, I wanted to work as a concept artist JUST because of WoW and it's concept art. I have every WoW artbook, I try to teach myself digital art every day so I can do what I love one day. Dude. My english isn't that good, so I can't put in words, what I wanna say. I just hope it became clear how important you are and how you shaped my (and probably others) life. Thank you.

Trent... I had no idea you were behind all that! You're artwork is legit the inspiration that kept me painting, and what I have been striving to do as an artist! I started playing WOW right after burning crusade came out, and the imagery and world kept me enthralled for days at a time! You're awesome! Thank you!

5-10 concepts A DAY! WOW. Just wow. The dungeon ones are so intense and gritty and colourful, you're an absolute madman.

I used to run the credits on my WoW login screen when I was younger, just to see your art and listen to the music. I remember seeing your signature splashed on the corner of some of the art in the slideshow and thinking that you were amazing! Thanks so much for the inspiration. Your art still motivates me to pick up a pencil or pen to this day!

Thanks for posting this video. You have to know that the art book that was coming with the burning crusade collector edition is what made me chose concept art as a career. It took me 10 years to get hired as such after that but still haha. So thanks for the motivation!

Thanks for the video Trent, I love it, but it's too short, I want more !

Wow, seeing all of this from one of my favourite games is really inspiring, and it really shows how far you've come. I can't wait to see a Wrath of the Lich King video!

Awesome! I always wondered how the icons were produced, concept and execution wise. Really inspirational! Great stuff!

Awesome thank you for this video. I still flip through my TBC Art book a couple of times a month, very interesting to hear some of the thoughts behind it.

Love your video as always, inspires me to go do some art myself right after!

That's so awesome! Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you for sharing your experience about concept art and concept artist job, it's very interesting.

Thank you for showing this, amazing work!

Thanks so much. As an artist and someone who played from vanilla through wrath, this is fantastic. -I remember those legion assets from Nagrand!

Man burning crusade was the best expansion ever! I recognize now how much influence you had on my gaming experience! and by the way, I used to spend a lot of time in the Exodar I found it a very relaxing place :)

Your are the funniest and sincere artist i ever know. Awesome inspiration man

what an awesome video. thanks you forsharing this!!. It is incredibly inspiring.. thanks you!!

So good! Can't wait to hear and see some of Diablo dev tales.

thanks man ur videos helps me develop as an artist

My dream was to be like you. Creative like you guys. But I can't draw or design so all I can do is just watch these amazing art work.. I'm glad u did not give up. It's amazing . 😎😎

Most of the spell icons you show at the end are still used today, some are recolored but for the most part, they kept using them.

I really want to be a concept artist. Applying to do it at university for 2021.

dude you are legend ... I wanna be the guy that builds the world around your art!!!

Heyo, just found your channel and subscribed :)) Love your concept art

This was awesome to see, especially as someone who joined in around burning crusade/wrath of the lich king. This was both inspiring and discouraging at the same time. Your works are incredible and I know that I'm only 16 right now and still have a lot more years to improve, but at the same time, for someone who is looking into going into this kind of field (concept art for game companies), it's crazy to see the amount of detail you need to put into these and within a specific time frame. The main thing I want to know (if you choose to reply or not), is what kind of advice would you give to young, aspiring artists? I've watched almost all your videos and you talk about a lot of stuff that definitely does help and encourage me, same with your tutorials on gumroad. Although, even the stuff you did when you were younger (the video where you showed your old art), was years beyond what I can do right now. So obviously, you have talent, and I know a lot of my own friends have talent. I also know that there will always be someone better than you. I KNOW that I've improved, youtube definitely helps keep track of skill level and improvement, as well as commitment, which is great. So the other thing I want to know is, does sheer effort compare to those with natural talent? I realize these are pretty big questions, so you may not reply, but hopefully you read it. Thanks for inspiring me so far though! :D

I wish every artist share his works like you, specially samwise

ahh this one was awesome, you should do one for the other companies you've worked in

Thank you for sharing your experience and process. Great inspiration! >_

PLEASE DO A LONGER VIDEOOOO, THESE AREE GOOD TO PAINT TOO

its amazing to see this video, when u are blizard gamer speciali wow, and artist too. to much pleasure...

Trend does the best outros

Hey Trent, Great video as always, iv'e seen older paintings in the game and i often question if they are from you! Anyways, i was wondering if you had any advice on nailing a specific format with art videos? I made my first video this week, and it's this art podcast type thing, but i think i want to change it because it sort of drags on. How did you find a comfortable format?

Awesome video. :D

My favorite expansion and the most beautiful world in WoW! :)

nostalgia feeling is so strong, i can't get rid of it xD

I hit those icon buttons so many times and that was you! :D

i wonder how many people have that level of skill plus creativity? 1in1k? 10k? wish i had that

None of these icons have been replaced haha

This is cool. They do still use all those spell icons. I recognize majority of them.

It's really cool to see the evolution of an artist over the years and how their old artwork looked like. I think your artwork still looked amazing back then man. Question though, would you reccomend sketchbook pro for someome who JUST got into digital art? Or another program would be better?

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I would do concept art for World of Warcraft, they just don't let me in XD It's so nostalgic to see these concepts. I love WoW, but I can't wait for the Diablo 3 ones!

Love your page Trent! Quick question, do you think video game companies prioritize quantity over quality in most cases? It seems like a majority of these are pretty rough but I wanted to know if that is a industry standard. Thanks!

haha you did the icon that icefrog used for ember spirit in dota 1 molten blood - searing chains

thanks for sharung your knowledge. would love to hear more if the business side of concept art. willing to make a video about that? 😊

Do you have some stuff from Diablo 3 that you could show?

who did nagrand.....man i would love to live there on one of those floating islands...great work

Awesome work Trent. I'm hating. 🤗 👍🏻👍🏻

this was great, i want moar :D

Sometimes i am playing WOW and when people hate about the game they most time say that BC was the best WOW and also had the best and most original designers, so i guess a big part of the players really like your designs! :) good job. Also what did you study or how did you where able to work at blizzard?

What school did you do before to become a concept artist? Il will love to now because I want also to become a concept artist for video games and cinema

how old were you in 06?

where do I download all of these, trent?

and how does it feel to create something that millions of players see everyday?

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