Diablo Fanart: 2D, Justice and Terror (WIP)

[Archian]

Title: The Great Conflict or Justice and Terror (either one would do)
Tool Used: Photoshop
Inspiration: Heroes of Might and Magic 3, and of course, Diablo Lore (BOOK ONE: OF HEAVEN AND HELL)

The below image shows Tyreal (The Archangel of Justice) and Diablo (The Lord of Terror) engaged in an eternal war known as "The Great Conflict" between good and evil.
"The battles of the Great Conflict rage across both time and space, often infringing upon the very fabric of reality itself." - Quote from Diablo Lore (taken from Diablo 1 manual).

I'm looking for critique in particular on Diablo's current pose.

Constructice criticsm or just a slight comment is strongly encouraged and much appreciated!

 

[Dr Super Good]

I take it that between diablo's hands you are planning some sort of fire/energy attack that he will be charging up to throw? Otherwise it looks sort of like he could be preparing to run.

Not too sure what that mouth in the middle is though.

 

[Archian]

Originally I was going for Diablo wielding a 'hellfire sword', but instead I think I'm gonna go with a fiery attack from his left hand

Well, Diablo as seen in the cinematic trailer and in various artworks has a mouth on each of his shoulders.

 

[kola]

The little finger of his right hand looks weird, except that it's awesome xD.

 

[Skycraft]

It looks good, and the pose of Diablo seems fine to me.
The mouth in the middle is a bit.. odd, but I'm sure it'll look better when the image is finished.

 

[Archian]

The mouth in the middle is a bit.. odd, but I'm sure it'll look better when the image is finished.

Odd as in off? Or as in "that doesn't quite suit him"?
Well, I'm trying to follow the concept of Diablo, so...

 

[Skycraft]

Odd as in 'off', but then again I could be wrong because I never payed much attention to Diablo's arms in the cinematics :/

 

[Archian]

What exactly do you find off about it? Perspective-wise, placement etc. ?

 

[PROXY]

I guess it stands too much out right now, as it has more contrast than Diablo's other body, and the dark piece of the mouth stands out so much. It will look better I think when the picture is finished.

 

[Skycraft]

I guess it stands too much out right now, as it has more contrast than Diablo's other body, and the dark piece of the mouth stands out so much. It will look better I think when the picture is finished.

That's exactly what I was gonna say.

 

[Archian]

Ah, well. It's a work in progress

 

[Orcnet]

I don't know about diablo but archangel tyrael is looking good

 

[Mr.Goblin]

aaaaaand I'll be watching this thread closely

 

[M0rbid]

The connection between tyrael's arm and his body has some flaws in it, you should try to rework that a bit, because right now the angle of the components do not seem to fit each other. Also the left "breastplate" could stick out a bit more to the side.
It looks very promising though and with this words I subscribe.

PS: On a different note, even though I was not here when you were really active. Seeing a legend back is always nice!

 

[Jeutie]

Looks Good.