Phroilan's stuff

New Starcraft Book

2011-09-30T17:45:00.000-07:00

Did this almost 3 years ago! Finally on shelves :) Go buy it! I'm sure it's awesome.

Friend's friend portrait study

2011-03-31T07:39:00.000-07:00

Another quickie. About 3 hrs last night.

Smile

2011-03-14T23:36:00.000-07:00

Quick painting before bed.

More from Blizzcon 2010

2011-03-05T09:05:00.000-08:00

Here are a few early concepts for the Ranger which eventually lead to the Demonhunter class in D3. I can't wait to play this class the way it finally turned out. In my opinion it's the closest thing to a Gothic-fantasy styled character in the current Diablo hero lineup.

These all range from 3-7 years ago. In order, newest at top:

Random bits

2011-03-02T05:16:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pieces that have been shown at recent Blizzcons that I never got around to posting.

Barbarian sketches and a badguy concept from about 6 years ago...!

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-27T23:28:00.000-08:00

A bit late, but whateves.

Here's a Night Elf chick used for a Standee or something in Europe.

Portrait time

2010-12-21T18:12:00.000-08:00

My noseless friend sans her cat since I don't know how to paint a cute cat...I'll figure it out. Also, trying on a new style.

Shaolin Vs. Lama!

2010-12-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

One of my last assignments at Blizzard from earlier this year. Goblin Vs. Worgen. I remember hating this piece when I finished it which is why I didn't sign it...but I kinda like it now.

Posting Hiatus over!

Black Magic Woman

2010-07-19T17:44:00.000-07:00

Or HAIRBIRD!

Lion-O WIP (Updated 7/4/2010)

2010-06-26T19:42:00.000-07:00

Sketched this while en route to boston. I seem to favor the upshot.

VR color rough

2010-06-22T10:05:00.000-07:00

Chugging along.

I was planning on painting Lion-O or Thor next, but now I kinda want to stick to MGS. Maybe some Sniper Wolf or Solid Snake...

Vulcan Raven

2010-06-21T11:46:00.000-07:00

I have always wanted to paint a series of portraits of my favorite cartoon/comicbook/ and videogame characters. So instead of saying "I have always wanted to paint em...", i'm just gonna paint em.

Here's the first. Vulcan Raven from Metal Gear Solid. Just a sketch for now, but I will post WIP's as I move along. This is a very public way to embarrass myself.

The figure in the middle was me drawing poorly. My linework has suffered over the years and it doesn't get any better than getting used to a cintiq then having your computer break and being forced to resort to the old Wacom tablet you used to use years ago. Anyway, I tried to make the initial pose more dynamic with the recomposing of the figure on the right. Thank god for PS warp tools. More to come!

Is 1o heads tall too much? Critiques welcome ;)

X-Men cover WoW style

2010-06-12T13:11:00.000-07:00

World of Warcraft: Call of the Crusade patch art from last year.

I made drawings exactly like this in high school of the X-men. Goofy stuff.

The Lich King

2010-05-18T13:35:00.000-07:00

Coolest character from Warcraft 3 - Arthas as a Death Knight. I think this piece has seen use as a magazine cover somewhere, so naturally it gets posted in here. :)

Random WOW TCG cards

2010-04-28T23:33:00.001-07:00

Here is a sample of WOW TCG cards I've done over the last 4 years in no chronological order. These were a lot of fun to work on, and since I've had no formal training in illustration, this is basically where I cut my teeth in full color. So saturated!

Hyper cover #2! No guns or swords!

2010-04-28T15:28:00.000-07:00

That would be the monk from D3. Yes, I am slacking on keeping this blog updated. Starcraft 2 is a time destroyer. But i'm #1 in the gold division! woo

And page 1 has the fallen!

Tosh

2009-10-05T19:59:00.000-07:00

More work work. I need to find some time for personal stuff. Here is Tosh from Starcraft 2. This piece was used in the Blizzcon 'o9 pamphlets. Next post I promise will be something without a gun or a sword.

My Print cover debut!

2009-09-09T00:52:00.000-07:00

Call me old-fashioned, but this means more to me than any internet appearance. Makes me wish i spent more time on the face. Whoops! This is the cover of the Oct issue of Australian videgame magazine Hyper >>.

Pesky text removed! Truthfully, i liked that they covered up the wonky perspective on the guns.

Barbarian

2009-06-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

I thought this would be fun to put up. Here are a pair of rough concepts I made for the Diablo 3 barb in 2006. The touch up's I made for Blizcon 2008...I need to get back to posting new stuff.

Zbrush modelling!

2009-05-31T20:08:00.000-07:00

Here are my first attempts at Zbrush sculpting. I'm a bit late getting on this bandwagon but better late than never, eh? For those of you who don't know what Zbrush is, it's a cool program for high resolution 3d sculpting. I barely have a grasp of the tools or the potential of the thing. Basically i click things and grunt till the little gray mesh starts to resemble...men. Apparently i like sculpting men.

The first few shots are the initial result of this ham-fisted method of approach. The next three are a refinement of that same model hence the identical ears and hair. The ears are wonky looking because like i said, i don't know what the hell i'm doing.

The Fallen

2009-05-31T18:43:00.000-07:00

Art created for the Fallen reveal last week. These two are portraits of two of the figures in the main image. I was a little rushed here as evidenced in the lack of costume detail. Oh wells, next time.

yay!

2009-05-30T19:36:00.000-07:00

So i thought it would be good practice to start painting portraits. This one is pretty straightforward, but i'd like to explore other styles. We'll see if i can keep this up...about 4 hours

The Archivist

2009-05-30T19:13:00.001-07:00

Hello! My first post, hooray! I hope having this blog will help keep me honest in producing art outside of work. It's something i've wanted to do for awhile, but somehow it never happened. Anyways, boring!

This was used for Blizzard's april fool's joke earlier this year. It's up on the website, so i'm guessing it's ok to post it here. Enjoy!