Jomaro Kindred
- "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[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Kindred presented the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan panel at BlizzCon 2016, along with designer Matt Place.
Key art[edit | edit source]
Other art[edit | edit source]
- Kindred created the chalkboard art for Tavern Brawls.[4]
- Kindred was responsible for the pop-out Kel'Thuzad art presented when first defeating the boss in Curse of Naxxramas.[12]
- The Grand Tournament battlefield was painted by Kindred.[13] Kindred also worked on the Goblins vs Gnomes battlefield together with Ben Thompson.[14]
- Kindred created the Cupcake card back, which as of 2017 is also his favourite card back.[14]
- Kindred created initial designs for the death knight versions of each of the nine classic Hearthstone heroes in Knights of the Frozen Throne.[15][16]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 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
Lone 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[edit | edit source]
The art for Kindred's credits card depicts 
Grommash Hellscream wielding Gorehowl.[20]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
 Kindred with the card art for Lone Champion |
Patch changes[edit | edit source]
- Some time between November, 2016 and March, 2017: Title changed from Concept Artist to Senior Concept Artist.
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Jomaro Kindred on DeviantART. Retrieved on 2014-06-13.
- ↑ Hearthside Chat: The Art of Journey to Un'Goro. (2017-03-29).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 2014-12-06. (Ben Thompson Hearthstone: Goblins vs. Gnomes Interview (BlizzCon 2014)).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.twitch.tv/bbrode/v/61258903?t=1m11s
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-06-09).
- ↑ Jomaro Kindred on MobyGames. Retrieved on 2014-06-10.
- ↑ Jomaro Kindred on Twitter (X). (2018-08-06).
- ↑ Second Dinner on Twitter (X). (2018-08-15).
- ↑ "Art Director / Co-Founder @SecondDinner. Previously Senior Concept Artist @Blizzard." —Jomaro Kindred Twitter description. Retrieved on 2018-08-15.
- ↑ http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/18648148
- ↑ https://twitter.com/cataclyst78/status/589269952663658497
- ↑ https://twitter.com/cataclyst78/status/502681111973986304/photo/1
- ↑ Ben Thompson on Twitter (X). (2015-07-22).
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Talking Hearthstone design - An interview with Senior Concept Artist Jomaro Kindred. (2017-04-02).
- ↑ Cam Shea (2017-07-08). Hearthstone's Frozen Throne: Everything Blizzard Would Tell Us - IGN. Retrieved on 2017-07-08.
- ↑ Jomaro Kindred on Twitter (X). (2017-07-07).
- ↑ Jomaro Kindred on Twitter (X). (2016-11-24).
- ↑ Jomaro Kindred on Twitter (X). (2017-08-26).
- ↑ Hearthstone (2017-12-14). Hearthstone: Kobolds & Catacombs, Behind the Scenes. YouTube. Retrieved on 2019-07-14.
- ↑ WoWCards.info.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Kindred Concepts - official website
- Jomaro Kindred on DeviantART
- KindredConcepts on Twitch
- KindredConcepts on Twitter
- Selected media