I like the Nerub-ar weapon models, I just really don't like the colors they've used. I found it pretty hard to find a matching transmog set with those colors. Even the "void"-colored weaponry is not the same "void"-blue as other void-colored armor/weapons from the past :-(
So this is the person that i shall blame for hunters tier look!
The hunter tier set is awful...
The Mage set looked better in the concept art than ingame imo. The hood here is shown to be more normal shaped rather than closely stuck to the character's head like the ingame model ended up being. The coattails/skirt part was also supposed to have more volume based on the art. A bit of a shame that it ended up so awkwardly pointy and narrow ingame.That said, I have a hard time reconciling the fact that the Hunter set and the boring/weird questing gear came from the same artist as the uber epic Arathi weapons. Can't win them all, I suppose.
Mail and leather literally have to put in the LEAST work
The Outdoor Warglaives are poop
She also designed the new Starry Furline, which is SUCH a great-looking mount. Well done Alyssa.
The arathi stuff is someof the best looky pally vibes they've EVER done. They need to keep leaning into the class fantasy and less of the raid/zone fantasy. Druids want to look like druids, locks want to look like locks etc. I wanted a pally main alt just because of how hard this arathi set slapped.
Dear Alyssa! Why do you hate hunters so much?
I hope this Alyssa gal gets an award, a big fat bonus, flowers at her desk, and a great parking spot. Her work is absolutely spectacular. Agreeing with others that, while the above is gorgeous, how some of it got rendered in-game is so poor it pisses on her hard work.
It still blows my mind that they didn't have a bow model in the Arathi sets. That and hunters wearing more animal parts, not CHAIN MAIL, in the tier set are my biggest disappointments so far this expac.
Did realllly well on armor design, please just don’t do any design in the future.