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Anatomy of the Thorned Hulk

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A page from the Diabloii.net archives, showing the design progress of the Thorned Hulk, from concept art through rendering into the final game appearance.






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Every monster starts off with an initial design sketch made by a character artist. The sketch is then used to begin 3-D modeling of the monster. First, a wireframe model is built by manipulating polygons.
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Textures are then applied to the faces of the polygons, which make up the monster. The finished model can then be rendered at game resolution, or at a higher resolution for other purposes such as cinematics and press materials.


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And here we see the finished product, in two screenshots from Act III.