# Jomaro Kindred

> Jomaro Kindred is the co-founder and art director of Second Dinner, where he guides the visual world of Marvel SNAP. A self-taught artist whose path ran from MMOART.com and Nerve Software to Blizzard's Hearthstone team, he has become a public advocate for depicting Black heroes with specificity, dignity and the right collaborators.

- **Role:** Art Director / Co-Founder at Second Dinner
- **Organizations:** Second Dinner, Blizzard Entertainment, Nerve Software, MMOART.com
- **Known for:** Co-founded Second Dinner and serves as art director for Marvel SNAP., Credited as art director on Marvel SNAP, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2022 and Apple's 2023 Design Award for Innovation., Helped define Hearthstone characters, boards, card backs, key art and expansion visuals as a senior concept artist.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2009** — Owned and operated MMOART.com.
- **2009-2014** — Worked as a senior concept artist at Nerve Software, contributing to projects including Call of Duty: Black Ops.
- **2014** — Joined Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone team after fan-made Horde and Alliance card-back concepts helped bring his work to the team's attention.
- **2016** — Presented the visual design process for Mean Streets of Gadgetzan at BlizzCon with game designer Matt Place.
- **2018** — Left Blizzard and joined Second Dinner as art director and co-founder.
- **2022** — Marvel SNAP launched with Kindred credited as art director; the game won Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards.
- **2023** — Marvel SNAP won the Apple Design Award for Innovation; Kindred appeared on a Comic-Con panel about the game's art.
- **2025** — Led another Comic-Con presentation on how thousands of Marvel SNAP cards move from early concept to final illustration.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Second Dinner and serves as art director for Marvel SNAP.
- Credited as art director on Marvel SNAP, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2022 and Apple's 2023 Design Award for Innovation.
- Helped define Hearthstone characters, boards, card backs, key art and expansion visuals as a senior concept artist.
- Designed Kazakus and contributed to the visual development of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan.
- Created Hearthstone's Cupcake card back and contributed to the Goblins vs Gnomes board.
- Presented Hearthstone's art and design process at BlizzCon and Marvel SNAP's art process at San Diego Comic-Con.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Apple published a behind-the-scenes profile of Kindred's art journey and his direction of Black heroes in Marvel SNAP.
- **2025-07** — Kindred joined Second Dinner artists and guest illustrators for The Art of MARVEL SNAP panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

## Links

- Website: https://kindred.artstation.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kindredconcepts
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/KindredConcepts
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kindredconcepts/

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Last updated: 2026-09-28