Uploaded July 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
#1 of the set. I would recommend reading my write up in order so that it would make sense better.
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#1 - Barbarian - youtube.com/watch?v=Nbr-hgHUxhA
#2 - Wizard - youtube.com/watch?v=UHkaWjV2tkg
#3 - Monk - youtube.com/watch?v=XLCrrvOREJQ
#4 - Demon Hunter - youtube.com/watch?v=XElAtRs0goI
#5 - Witch Doctor - youtube.com/watch?v=8CKHA0oNWU0
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Anyway, I made this fan art because I'm a big Blizzard fan. I wanted a glamour/action type of full body portrait that would go well as a poster on my wall. I also wanted full body shots because I wanted to design their armor myself, staying close to the original but still giving it a lot of personal touches.
For this one, I actually love the twist of how they depicted that barbarian as an extremely buffed old man who spins around with his attacks like a ballerina.
WARNING: Lots of half naked muscle-ly dudes flashing from time to time!
FINAL ARTWORK: deivcalviz.deviantart.com/art/Diablo-3-Barbarian-311468647
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SOME NOTES AND STUFF I LEARNED:
- This piece was the first one I did. It was actually inspired by Michael Kutche's Viking illustration which has a similar composition with two enemies framing the hero.
Anyway, I initially did this for the contest (where I didn't place) but then this also later inspired me to push creating the set of d3 fan art.
-As you can see in the video, I started out with a TERRIBLE colored sketch which I'm quite ashamed of. After blocking of the character and elements I thought I had a good grasp as to where the final look is heading but I was dead wrong. What happened was that I started coloring it without even knowing what kind of armor he's wearing or what kind of expression he's showing. This used up a ton of time for revisions AGAIN and AGAIN. I should have started color at a later time after I had sketched out the armor and pose which I did after failing again at my 2nd piece.
-To be completely honest, I am still the least satisfied with the pose in this piece. I tried acting his pose again and again in the mirror and I looked at tons of references and even resorted to using DAZ3D to help me with the pose. A lot of people would surely get disappointed knowing that I "cheated" with a 3D program. I will admit that I still have a ton to learn about anatomy and posing BUT my logic for doing this was that given my abilities and time constraint for this piece, I figured that instead of shooting myself with studio lights, which was difficult, why not just pose a 3D model and use it as reference? The problem that this would bring is the dependency on 3D. This just showed me my weakness dead on and gave me more reason to practice anatomy. Also, 3D models are not reliable because they were made through an eye of another artist which will be stylized and also muscle tension doesn't work like in real life. So just a reminder to you guys and to myself... STUDY ANATOMY! NO EXCUSES!
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Thanks for watching!
Did this in around 24+hrs.
For more of my art please check out my site! Thanks!
deivcalviz.com
and like my faceboook page!
facebook.com/DeivCalviz
#1 of the set. I would recommend reading my write up in order so that it would make sense better.
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#1 - Barbarian - youtube.com/watch?v=Nbr-hgHUxhA
#2 - Wizard - youtube.com/watch?v=UHkaWjV2tkg
#3 - Monk - youtube.com/watch?v=XLCrrvOREJQ
#4 - Demon Hunter - youtube.com/watch?v=XElAtRs0goI
#5 - Witch Doctor - youtube.com/watch?v=8CKHA0oNWU0
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Anyway, I made this fan art because I'm a big Blizzard fan. I wanted a glamour/action type of full body portrait that would go well as a poster on my wall. I also wanted full body shots because I wanted to design their armor myself, staying close to the original but still giving it a lot of personal touches.
For this one, I actually love the twist of how they depicted that barbarian as an extremely buffed old man who spins around with his attacks like a ballerina.
WARNING: Lots of half naked muscle-ly dudes flashing from time to time!
FINAL ARTWORK: deivcalviz.deviantart.com/art/Diablo-3-Barbarian-311468647
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SOME NOTES AND STUFF I LEARNED:
- This piece was the first one I did. It was actually inspired by Michael Kutche's Viking illustration which has a similar composition with two enemies framing the hero.
Anyway, I initially did this for the contest (where I didn't place) but then this also later inspired me to push creating the set of d3 fan art.
-As you can see in the video, I started out with a TERRIBLE colored sketch which I'm quite ashamed of. After blocking of the character and elements I thought I had a good grasp as to where the final look is heading but I was dead wrong. What happened was that I started coloring it without even knowing what kind of armor he's wearing or what kind of expression he's showing. This used up a ton of time for revisions AGAIN and AGAIN. I should have started color at a later time after I had sketched out the armor and pose which I did after failing again at my 2nd piece.
-To be completely honest, I am still the least satisfied with the pose in this piece. I tried acting his pose again and again in the mirror and I looked at tons of references and even resorted to using DAZ3D to help me with the pose. A lot of people would surely get disappointed knowing that I "cheated" with a 3D program. I will admit that I still have a ton to learn about anatomy and posing BUT my logic for doing this was that given my abilities and time constraint for this piece, I figured that instead of shooting myself with studio lights, which was difficult, why not just pose a 3D model and use it as reference? The problem that this would bring is the dependency on 3D. This just showed me my weakness dead on and gave me more reason to practice anatomy. Also, 3D models are not reliable because they were made through an eye of another artist which will be stylized and also muscle tension doesn't work like in real life. So just a reminder to you guys and to myself... STUDY ANATOMY! NO EXCUSES!
*********************************************************************************
Thanks for watching!
Did this in around 24+hrs.
For more of my art please check out my site! Thanks!
deivcalviz.com
and like my faceboook page!
facebook.com/DeivCalviz
