Died Bill Petras - Art Director of the original World of Warcraft

One of the company's veterans, Bill Petras, who had a hand in creating an artistic style of the original World of Warcraft as we know it.

Blizzard Bill worked with interruptions for almost 20 years: from 1997 to 2005 as an artistic director of the original World of Warcraft, from 2010 to 2021 To the positions of the artistic director of the canceled project & quot; Titan & quot;, which later turned into Overwatch.

In 2023, Bill founded his own studio with natives of Blizzard, the name of which has not yet been announced. Below you can see a few illustrations of Bill, which he painted for the original World of Warcraft:

He also worked on images, models and visual elements for Starcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm.