How do you go from...

[accelerator]

this:

http://www.diablo3brasil.com.br/blog/nova-imagem-de-witch-doctor/
http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/images/diablo-3-witch-doctor.jpg
http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/data/563/medium/diablo3-17.jpg

to this:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/179/930659_20080628_screen014.jpg
http://chanery.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/male-witch-doctor-using-horrify-ability2.jpg
http://www.maxfreak.com/diablo3/images/diablo-3-screenshot-5.jpg

???

It may all be as simple as using the worst possible armor set for your demo. Or I hope so.

Do those of you who like the WD as is really prefer the funky little dude as he is in gameplay vids to the concept art?

[Mad Mantis]

The biggest problem I see is the massive amount of purple. The concept art has a much darker color palette.

[GuardianHadriel]

i Guess that blizzard tried out alot of armors, some of them darker but when they tried the prule, having seen all the others they thought that it was differnent, which made it cool

[GoldenBird]

I also gotta comment on the female WD... in the concept she's like a youth, how the hell does she go from there to a saggy old lady?

[LaZeR]

Easy.
You just pour neon flashing purple.

[Coleridge]

I also gotta comment on the female WD... in the concept she's like a youth, how the hell does she go from there to a saggy old lady?

It's called 'Concept Art' for a reason ;)

[Zarniwoop]

I would be fine if they made it like a darker version of the amazon instead of this unintelligible, hunchbacked guy that runs like he pooped his pants in gym class.

[Fegon]

this:
http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/data/563/medium/diablo3-17.jpg


This is totaly Diablo to me, but it seems Blizzards 3d art staff got to turn everything into Disney vibrant la la la land ever since WoW. I mean they are amazing but its like everything they do is just a bit to cartoony and the witchdoc suffers worst from this imo

neon headfeathers doesnt feel scary at all, just wierd, and i actually look forward to playing this character.

[z00t]

Not sure if you guys are aware, but the villain in Disney's upcoming 'The Princess and the Frog' is, incidentally, a Witch Doctor:

http://disneyportugal.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/frogvillain.jpg

However, Disney aside, I do think that you guys are being a little harsh on the WD's look. The whole point of the Witch Doctor looking physically frail is just that. I do think that it's very flavourful to have this old and frail-looking man be in command of such power.

As for the colour, I don't think it's fair to single out the feathers in his headgarb, as it does fit in with the colour palette with the rest of the game. If Blizzard were to mess with the visual style of the whole game now, then the WD might look out of place. However, given the current art direction (which I don't really have a problem with), I think he looks great. :]

[Mad Mantis]

As for the colour, I don't think it's fair to single out the feathers in his headgarb, as it does fit in with the colour palette with the rest of the game.

And yet the Barb doesn't look like he used to be a Disney Villain. The changing style is because they let most of the WoW team work on D3. You can see it in the huge shoulder pads, the lighting in the dungeons, the textures of the dungeon and in the design of the characters. Why the barb escapes Disneyfication and the WD doesn't is beyond me.

[z00t]

And yet the Barb doesn't look like he used to be a Disney Villain. The changing style is because they let most of the WoW team work on D3. You can see it in the huge shoulder pads, the lighting in the dungeons, the textures of the dungeon and in the design of the characters. Why the barb escapes Disneyfication and the WD doesn't is beyond me.

It's just because the 'stereotyped' image of a Witch Doctor does tend to be more colourful.

Imagine if Blizzard added these fellows as a character class: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsknecht Everyone associates their flamboyant clothing as part of who they are. It's the image which is readily conjured up when you think of them.

Likewise, the 'concept' of Witch Doctors which I imagine most people would have would typically involve large ceremonial masks with lots of feathers.

[Mad Mantis]

It's just because the 'stereotyped' image of a Witch Doctor does tend to be more colourful.

See, I'm not against colorful. What I am against is the neon colors Bliz decided the WD needs. There are all kinds of shades for each color. The WD could use the entire rainbow in his color scheme and still come out looking sinister instead of looking like the Las Vegas strip.

[LonelyAnon]

Um, z00t if you're going to link to wikipedia for a Landsknecht, perhaps you should also compare the wiki WD aswell, and I dont know about the rest of you but this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchdoctor
Looks a lot more creepy and a lot less neon/vegas/stripper (nothing wrong with the last one) than the Blizzard rendition of a WD. True it may not look exactly Diabloesque themed, but surely they would work around that to get a more respectable, less purple doctor that everyone could be happy with.:nod:

[vagrant]

As much as I know you all are tired of the D3-WoW comparisons I have to say that this whole argument reminds me of the controversy(if you can call it that) that happened when Zul'Aman was released. Granted a lot of the armor from that particular instance was goofy looking, particularly the plate gear that looked like it was made of wood. However, the leather set, which received a lot of flak from the rogue and druid community, I actually liked a lot. More than that it reminds me of the controversy surrounding the Warlock class tier 8 set. If you are unfamiliar with either you can find both through a quick google search.

Anyway, I'm under the impression that the Witch Doctor's looks is borrowed from, or at least an homage to, the Darkspear Trolls from WoW. The hunched back, the colors, heck even the class itself. If you don't believe me just take a look at this and judge for yourself. http://www.wowwiki.com/Witch_doctor

Trolls, like the Witch Doctor, have always been unpopular. Not only because they have bad racials, but also, and more so because people don't like their animations, their general looks, and, perhaps most importantly in context of this argument, their hunched/slouched back. I, on the other hand, am of the few that do like the look of both the Trolls and the Witch Doctor, more so the latter, and yes I even like the neon purple feathers.

[neavez]

Well the nothing is final, could be changed at any time.