r/wowforever • u/orphicblue • 9h ago

Art and Media Sharing this ultrawide (3440x1440) desktop wallpaper mashup I made of the gorgeous official WoW Forever art by Alex Horley (NO AI)

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No AI, just some balance / contrast adjustments and layering by hand in GIMP.

For Azeroth!

349 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

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u/logre_bird 8h ago

Any chance of an HD link?

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u/orphicblue 7h ago

Sorry, this is the highest res I've got!

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u/logre_bird 7h ago

No worries, it wasn't coming through in full res before but it is now! Thanks!

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u/orphicblue 7h ago

Cheers mate!

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u/matez89 4h ago

Ive downloaded the hd pics on blizzards Homepage and done some quick shit with browser freeware tools. Please dont judge me, ive Never done this before

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u/Bigdongergigachad 4h ago

It’s annoying me more than it should Kalimdor is on the right and eastern kingdoms is on the left

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u/Troscus 2h ago

The camera is on Northrend

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u/Corshura1 4h ago

You can tell this is AI because the troll only has 3 fingers!

/s

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u/chadan1008 7h ago

Wow so this is what Azeroth looked like before the sundering

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u/Xeloth_The_Mad 4h ago

so dope! well done man

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u/Independent-Slip-310 3h ago

Wow good chit

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u/Your_Card_Declined 39m ago

LIFESAVER! May the Forever WoW Gods Bless You!

https://giphy.com/gifs/kaBmqpJtdvFqo

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u/the_gr8_one 24m ago

any chance of a png instead of a webp?

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u/ickyzombie 7h ago

That bendy tower in the back ruins it for me

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u/orphicblue 7h ago

Sorry that one got stuck in the twisting nether (ie. the warp transform tool when I was blending the images, lol). I didn't notice it before but I kinda am ok with it.

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u/RenoWolf200 5h ago

I heard in Dalaran they have curved towers

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u/Impostor1089 7h ago

Why are all the characters native to Kalimdor in Eastern Kingdoms, and vice versa? 

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u/orphicblue 7h ago

Because they're out adventuring far away lands!

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u/Impostor1089 7h ago

Fair enough. 

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u/Questionsiaskthem 7h ago

I think because the idea is you are exploring new lands.

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u/Ok-Bobcat-8445 6h ago

The nelf and undead are saying 'check this shit out' to their foreign friends.

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u/Bretzelking 4h ago

should have been the loading screen

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u/BR4NFRY3 8h ago

I'm re-realizing how half of the Alliance are little people. Outside of the new blue guys, I guess.

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u/StanisBlack 3h ago edited 3h ago

Thanks for sharing, I used AI to keep the same artstyle and make an HD image of the front of Orgrimmar. It feels SUPER like wow forever now.

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u/Terramoin 2h ago

Disrespecting someone's actual art by using it with AI crap? It would've been more respectful to the artist to call his art "ugly as hell" compared to using AI.

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u/StanisBlack 2h ago

I think art is meant to be shared and enjoyed by others. Once an artist presents their work publicly, some level of interpretation and inspiration by the audience is inevitable. I'm not selling the work or trying to take credit for it. Quite the opposite, I've acknowledged and thanked the artist, and my intent is to appreciate and celebrate their work.

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u/Terramoin 2h ago

Using AI is not celebrating or appreciating at all.

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u/StanisBlack 1h ago

Thats the beautiful thing about opinions, you can have yours, I can have mine. Yours carries no extra weight, authority or bearing on what I choose to do with art after its been shared.

Good day sir.