Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls - Art Contest

Blizzard has been a huge influence on my art for a long time. 
When they sponsored an art contest with Deviant Art.com I was all over it. 
This is an account of my process towards the final piece I submitted to the contest.

Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls - Art Contest Entry

Concept sketch and work in progress images below. Click on Read More

Original concept

Work in progress

Work in progress. This version was pretty close to being finished before I sent out for critiques. 

In response to great critiques from some peers I changed a few things. I needed to tighten up some areas and make other things more feasible to a functional character; like not tripping over her front tabard. :) I also took a few more ques from the original concept from Blizzard.
Over all I had a ton of fun with this illustration and can't wait for the next challenge. Here's to fingers crossed on placing in the contest. 

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Crusader - Blizzard character art

Finished piece -  Full Res here

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