Diablo III Wizard - Finished!

Once Christmas was over and I got some downtime at work, I finally got some free time to really sit down and finish this painting. I went with the spider (Arachnid Horror) in the background, because I hate spiders. I added a large overall texture, painted in the detail and cracks in the wall and doorway, and finished it off by adding a gradient overlay layer of light blue to dark violet to give the composition some focus on the wizard's upper body. Then after some rubble and an airbrush glow I called it done.

Diablo III Demon Hunter - Finished!

A second Diablo piece is in the can. I added a couple creatures from the actual game to the background, filled in the middle ground with branches and terrain, and there you go. I feel like I want to move on to another story-driven illustration for the next project, although I'm still planning on making a piece for each of the 5 classes. I think Wizard is next.

Diablo III Demon Hunter - Color WIP #1

So here's some work in progress for the Demon Hunter. I'm really trying to use a limited palette this time. More or less. I'm really happy with how it's turning out, although I might crop that flowing scarf out of the picture frame a little bit. I also reworked the hood somewhat; the way it folded into her chin scarf wasn't right.

Diablo III Barbarian - Finished!

Alright, it was time to put this one to bed so I can concentrate and finish my IMC painting. I plan on coming back to this IP, however, and making a series of 5 pieces of fan art, one for each class. I already have the Demon Hunter thumbnailed out. I put the finishing touches on the background, refined the hellspawn, rendered the hand and re-drew the leather cloth. Pro artist tip: Crumpled pieces of copier paper make great reference for flowing fabric. Many thanks to Doug Alexander and Boris Vallejo for their useful critiques at IMC! I plan on writing another post about that, but I'm still sick and I need to lay down. Goodnight.

Diablo III Barbarian - WIPs 2 & 3

I made some great progress on this one today. I finished the pencils for the barbarian and foreground hand, scanned them in to Photoshop and started laying in rough color and background.

I wanted to do this  from a low perspective looking up, but I wanted to add a whole crowd of demons/hellspawn in the background. The unlucky foreground demon needs buddies. I'm really excited for this piece; I don't want to stop working! This is where the momentum really kicks in.

Diablo III Barbarian - WIP 1

I've been kind of obsessed with the art and style of Diablo III lately. And yeah, the game is kind of addictive. I thought it would be fun to do some fan art. I think each of the classes have their own appeal, but I'll start with the Barbarian. This is just the preliminary pencil "figure pose" drawing. I'll start adding clothing and hair next.