by David Piner on Dec 20, 2010
This years ArenaNet holiday card features the characters from the Guild Wars 2 Novels recreated into holiday stockings then photographed. This neat design was created by Jamie Jang, concept artist at ArenaNet, who went and actually created all five of the stockings herself.
I had this idea of stockings hanging over the mantel, Jamie Jang says. Since these characters are going to be the center of the new Guild Wars 2 novel, it made sense to create an image where they are the focus and the subject.
The next step was deciding how to actually make these stockings. Jamie decided to physically create the stockings and photograph them for the holiday card, rather than making a digital image.
I thought if I created the image digitally it wouldnt look quite right, Jamie said. A digital image can have a very cold flat look to it, and I knew it wouldnt capture all the tangible warmth and cuddliness I wanted.
Read more about it on the official ArenaNet blog.