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Phroilan Gardner

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Phroilan (perhaps Froilan, though he signs his art "Phroi") Gardner was a Senior Artist at [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] and has contributed concept art for [[Diablo III]], and great deal of artwork to ''World of Warcraft''.
He is no longer an employee of Blizzard Entertainment.
 
==Background==
Phroi graduated from the [http://www.kubertsworld.com/kubertschool/KubertSchool.htm Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art] in 1998 and went on to study 2D and 3D animation at [http://www.vanarts.com/ VanArts]. He joined [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] in May 2002 where he worked on ''Warcraft'' themed art and was a concept artist for [[Diablo III]]. He left [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] in May 2010 and is currently a concept artist at [http://www.demiurgestudios.com/ Demiurge Studios].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/froilan-gardner/7/286/65b Linked-in profile for Froilan Gardner].</ref>
 
==Artwork==
Phroi has a [http://phroilangardner.blogspot.com/2010/04/another-hyper-cover.html personal blog] which he keeps fairly up-to-date with uploads of his artwork.
 
===World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game Art===
A number of cards for the ''World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game (''WoW: TCG'')'' have had artwork created by Phroi. He has uploaded [http://phroilangardner.blogspot.com/2010/04/random-wow-tcg-cards.html high resolution images] of several of the pieces that he has done for the card game on his blog. The ''WoW: TCG'' Vault has a [http://www.wowtcgvault.com/CardSearch_Values.aspx listing of other cards] featuring Phroi's art.
 
===Diablo III Art===
Phroi has contributed some incredible concept art for Diablo III. Notably, he has some concept pieces for the [[Fallen]] that are attributed to him (the [http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/artwork.xml#87 Fallen Shaman] and [http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/artwork.xml#85 Fallen Overseer]), environment concepts ([http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/artwork.xml#13 this scene]), and an amazing piece for the [[monk]] (which made the [http://phroilangardner.blogspot.com/2010/04/another-hyper-cover.html cover of Hyper magazine]).
 
==Game Credits/Experience==
*2002 - ''Blood Omen 2'', Crystal Dynamics; '''Additional Art'''
 
==References==