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Jomaro Kindred BlizzCon 2016

Kindred presenting at BlizzCon 2016

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Jomaro Kindred's Twitter logo

"Art is Life" - Jomaro Kindred[1]

Jomaro Kindred is a former Senior Concept Artist on the Team 5 Hearthstone development team,[2] as well as artist for the cards listed here.

Kindred shared 2D art duties with Lead Artist Ben Thompson, and created the chalkboards used in Tavern Brawls.[3][4] Before joining the team, the first Thompson saw of Kindred's art were two card backs shared on his personal site, themed after the Alliance and the Horde.[3]

Kindred joined the team on June 10th, 2014.[5] Prior to joining Team 5, Kindred was Senior Concept Artist with Nerve Software. His previous credits include the 2010 Xbox port of DOOM II, as well as Call of Duty: Black Ops and Aliens: Colonial Marines.[6]

Kindred worked for Blizzard until August 7, 2018.[7] He joined Second Dinner officially on August 15, 2018 as its Art Director.[8][9]

Credits card[]

Jomaro Kindred

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Key art[]

Hearthstone goes Mobile key art

Promotional art used for the launch of Hearthstone on iOS and Android phones[10][11]

Other art[]

Trivia[]

  • Kindred plays World of Warcraft, as well as Overwatch.[17][14] As of 2017 Kindred has at least one character of each World of Warcraft class at max level,[18] and is one of several players on Team 5 who plays regular games of Overwatch on their lunch break.[14]
  • While creating the card art for the Kobolds & CatacombsLone Champion in Kobolds & Catacombs, Kindred took the opportunity to "put himself in the game" by modeling the Lone Champion's appearance after himself. As a result, Lone Champion is also Kindred's favorite character from the set.[19]
  • Kindred sometimes streams himself creating art on his Twitch account.

Card art[]

The art for Kindred's credits card depicts LegacyGrommash Hellscream wielding LegacyGorehowl.[20]

Gallery[]

Jomaro blizz

Jomaro in May 2014 celebrating his planned move to Blizzard in California

Jomaro Kindred full

Credits card artwork

Goblins vs Gnomes pack - dev

Kindred created the design for the Goblins vs Gnomes card pack and its opening animation

Jomaro Kindred - Lone Champion

Kindred with the card art for Kobolds & CatacombsLone Champion

Patch changes[]

  • Some time between November, 2016 and March, 2017: Title changed from Concept Artist to Senior Concept Artist.
  • Blackrock Mountain logo Patch 2.7.0.9166 (2015-06-15): Added to the game's credits with the 2015 update. Credits card added.
  • (2014-06-10): Joined Team 5.

References[]

 
  1. Jomaro Kindred on DeviantART. Retrieved on 2014-06-13.
  2. Hearthside Chat: The Art of Journey to Un'Goro. (2017-03-29). 
  3. 3.0 3.1 2014-12-06. (Ben Thompson Hearthstone: Goblins vs. Gnomes Interview (BlizzCon 2014)). 
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://www.twitch.tv/bbrode/v/61258903?t=1m11s
  5. Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-06-09). 
  6. Jomaro Kindred on MobyGames. Retrieved on 2014-06-10.
  7. Jomaro Kindred on Twitter. (2018-08-06). 
  8. Second Dinner on Twitter. (2018-08-15). 
  9. "Art Director / Co-Founder @SecondDinner. Previously Senior Concept Artist @Blizzard."Jomaro Kindred Twitter description. Retrieved on 2018-08-15.
  10. http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/18648148
  11. https://twitter.com/cataclyst78/status/589269952663658497
  12. https://twitter.com/cataclyst78/status/502681111973986304/photo/1
  13. Ben Thompson on Twitter. (2015-07-22). 
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Talking Hearthstone design - An interview with Senior Concept Artist Jomaro Kindred. (2017-04-02). 
  15. Cam Shea (2017-07-08). Hearthstone's Frozen Throne: Everything Blizzard Would Tell Us - IGN. Retrieved on 2017-07-08.
  16. Jomaro Kindred on Twitter. (2017-07-07). 
  17. Jomaro Kindred on Twitter. (2016-11-24). 
  18. Jomaro Kindred on Twitter. (2017-08-26). 
  19. Hearthstone (2017-12-14). Hearthstone: Kobolds & Catacombs, Behind the Scenes. YouTube. Retrieved on 2019-07-14.
  20. WoWCards.info

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