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The Fine Art of StarCraft II, Diablo III and World of Warcraft

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Like another man who has done such fine work for Blizzard, Mathias Verhasselt, Chris Thunig is here for one reason and one reason only: his amazing landscape paintings for Diablo III, StarCraft II and World of Warcraft.

Thunig specialises in matte paintings, which are static, highly-detailed images used in the background of things like movies or, in this case, cinematic trailers. That's why they look so damn good: they have to pass for the real thing, when the real thing is just too expensive/impossible.

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In addition to the matte paintings, Thunig also did some concept work for Blizzard, and you'll find some of his Diablo III paintings and sketches in the gallery above as well.

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If you want to see more of Chris' stuff, which he's done for some pretty major motion pictures, check out his personal site.

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To see the larger pics in all their glory (or so you can save them as wallpaper), right-click on the "expand" icon on the main image above and select "open in new tab".

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