Forum:Ghost artwork

Maybe old news, but awhile ago there was an artwork thread for Ghost on SC Legacy (source). It was dismissed as effectively fanon, but looking around, I'm not so sure. It's a situation similar to Mr. Jack, how much of his artwork was done before being employed by Blizzard. However, here I think the artwork could be used, based on a number of factors:


 * There's a division of the artist's profiles, namely on deviantart and an 'ad page' for art (source). The deviantart is a no-go, as it's explicitly fan art. The ad page however, is a style relatively common, such as one of the early comic artists (our light cruiser image comes from there). 'Official' art is often posted there.


 * The artist "worked on awesome (Blizzard) projects" via internship. (source). This is the most compelling aspect IMO-that an individual actively contributed to Blizzard work. How much of it was carried over? We don't know. But as concept art has been used before, even as the whole basis for articles, it gives us a precedent.


 * Subjectively, there's the art itself. For the likes of the thor and spectre however, the art is uncannily close to what was seen in WoL and I don't see how someone not within Blizzard's ranks could have known about it.

There's admittedly iffiness about all this, but I'd venture it should be alright to use stuff from his 'ad page' while not his deviantart one. Thought it best to discuss it first however-there's been enough vandalism lately and reversions probably aren't what people desire.--Hawki 11:10, February 10, 2011 (UTC)