Tauren Male Character Revealed

A meshwork of the Tauren face

Today, Steve Aguilar, lead animator for the World of Warcraft animation team revealed the process of remodeling the Tauren male character. A constant with these recent reveals are the statements 'retaining the essence of the original'.Take a peek at what they have accomplished thus far for the Tauren male and decide for yourself if Blizzard is keeping the look of our beloved characters.

Meet the New:

A revamp of the old to new mesh

One of the things I noticed outright is that apart from a few nodes in the tail(most likely for even more movement) there wasn't much work done there at all. I suppose one doesn't need to revamp the awkward bulky shape of the bull's tail. 

Front/Side New:

Front/Side perspective

Tauren Emotes New:

The laughing emote seems really jovial doesn't it?

The 'point' emote is spot on!

Right off the bat one can definitely see how much work the artists have put into the facial features.The 'laughing' and 'point' emote really hit home. They seem perfectly suited to the emotion. The 'yell' emote however seems too much like he's trying to show you how much teeth he has in his jaw. The 'shy' emote also seems to fall short of its emotion. Rather then being timid it seems he's saying to us, 'Oops, my bad!'

Wrap it Up:

Overall I have to say that the new Tauren Male character is looking pretty sleek with some great facial expressions at his disposal. I would have liked to see more work done on his tail and hooves but if the artists felt there was nothing to fix there it can't be helped. Hopefully a reveal of the Tauren Female will be shown to us very soon!

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