Justin Thavirat

Blizzard Entertainment

Justin Thavirat is a senior art director at Blizzard Entertainment and has been working in the video game industry since 1994. Justin got his start in games when he answered a local job posting at school that read, «Do you like to draw and play video games? If so, please send your resume and portfolio to Blizzard Entertainment.» Since then Justin has enjoyed contributing game art, concept art, cinematic art, and marketing illustrations for many of Blizzard's games in the Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft series. Most recently Justin was lead artist on World of Warcraft, art director on World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and is currently art directing Blizzard's unannounced massively multiplayer online game. In recent years, Justin enjoys collaborating with art schools and instructors in developing their curriculums for the next generation of game developers and artists.

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Премия Чесли / Chesley Awards (ASFA), 2004 // Иллюстрированный продукт. «The Frozen Throne» (дизайн упаковки WarCraft III, Blizzard Entertainment, 2003)