{"id":8506,"date":"2026-02-08T16:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=8506"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:10:45","slug":"guild-wars-2-official-forum-avatars-february-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/02\/guild-wars-2-official-forum-avatars-february-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Guild Wars 2 Official Forum Avatars | February 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top row<\/strong>: 2022 | Middle row<\/strong>: 2019 | Bottom row:<\/strong> 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was reminded of the forum avatar projects I was part of back when I was an ArenaNet Creative Partner<\/em> for Guild Wars 2.<\/strong> It reminded me that I don’t think I’ve ever shown the original batch of avatars I drew. <\/p>\n

Much of these are older artworks – especially the ones before 2022. I remember this was a really fun project for us to work on as fans of the game. I’m still sentimental over a few of these because of this, despite some of them showing their age! <\/p>\n

I’ve shown the second and third batches on socials before (but i think this is the first time for this blog, now that I’m using it again :D ) – the first and second rows in the image above. I remember posting those, and the original batch (2018’s) was so long ago, that I thought I had only done these 6. I only remembered I had drawn 3 additional avatars during the first time they ran this project, which  I think I was only reminded of when I happened to see them being used on their official forums<\/a> some time after. <\/p>\n

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The three forum avatars from 2018, including an extra alternate version which was unused in favor of the live version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t have the original files for the 2018 batch (at least not on my current PC), and found these when searching through my emails for when I submitted the files to ArenaNet. I completely forgot I had drawn two versions of Cadeyrn – which according to the email I wrote at the time, I apparently drew both because I couldn’t decide which to go with. The top version is the one which is used on the forums now, which I’m glad about as it’s clearly stronger as a sized-down avatar compared to the alternate option. <\/p>\n

I do love Cadeyrn as a character, and since I didn’t remember I drew this at all, it was fun to see a new artwork of him I had forgotten about! <\/p>\n

As of this post, these avatars are still live on their official forums. I still get a kick when I see them being used! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was reminded of the forum avatar projects I was part of back when I was an ArenaNet Creative Partner for Guild Wars 2. It reminded me that I don’t think I’ve ever shown the original batch of avatars I drew.  Much of these are older artworks – especially the ones before 2022. I remember…<\/span><\/p>\n

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