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The 3D Passion’s grassroots…

The 3D Passion’s cool adventure had initially grown its seeds way before the first personal website launch or with the 3D creativity process on computers. Arts had always fascinated me, be it using a digital medium or on paper. The first video games were considerably impressing me with their cool pixel art: the designers had something like a few thousand pixels at their disposal to express creativity, and they always had good results. Some were even very impressive! And you may note, pixel art is coming back currently as it is invading lots of commercials, films, and even cartoons!

A drawing about video game characters — Some small video game characters I drawn **in 1996 on paper:** an evil’s beast and a magician.

A drawing about a video game character — Another small video game character, **a big troll,** that I drawn **in 1996 on paper.**

So my art adventure started with the paper. I created or copied (just by looking at the original) drawings mainly from the heroic-fantasy and comics genre. Always as an amateur self-taught, in my spare time, only as a passion: nothing serious. A few tools, just basic standard pencils, print paper, then later good paper and some pastels. People were always saying to me that I should have been attending an Arts school because I was very talented! Instead, I had chosen computer programming in the industrial field, my other passion (computing). 3D Passion was born later at the intersection of the two: doing arts using a computer…

Fast drafts drawing with random characters — I call these ones **« fast drafts »:** no planning and no aim to a specific result, just the pencil guiding the imagination and not the inverse, with **less than ten minutes** to create one character/object. You just start with a first line, and you focus on the lines and not the result!

A drawing about a futuristic fighter girl — Some fighter girl wearing **a futuristic cybernetic armor.**

Marvel comics to the rescue!

Like a lot of people before, I discovered Marvel comics when I was a teenager, and I was in awe of the drawings. So much action and movement were transpiring in them, and the details were astounding! The lines and the characters were just perfect, and the mastering of the design process was without fault. We know what happened after: their universe was so dense and detailed that we had all those films on cinema, and now Marvel Entertainment is owned by Disney, which should tell a little about the genius behind those drawings. So I attempted reproducing some of them:

A black and white drawing of The Hulk from Marvel Comics — **The Hulk** was one of my first Marvel comics to replicate. The astounding level of details made these requiring **quite some time** to finish them.

A colored drawing of The Hulk from Marvel Comics — The Hulk **in a colored version.**

A black and white drawing of The Hulk’s head from Marvel Comics — **The first Marvel Comics head** I had realized. It’s quite hard as faces, in general, **have specifics** you must not miss (and especially in comics), and sometimes **a little detail** can dramatically change the overall result, to the point the character **is not recognizable** (because people know them well).

A drawing about Conan from Marvel Comics — Conan was **quite a challenge** to achieve… For three reasons: **first,** there’s a huge level of detail. **Second,** the characters’ design was perfect and should be perfect as well. **And last,** the action: the drawing must restitute the action of the scene. This is the most impressive characteristic of the Marvel Comics: the action is inserted in the drawing, even if it’s still. You must be able to look at the drawing and **feel the intensity** of the action and the movements of the characters.

Fast drafts drawings of Marvel comics’ characters — **Some fast drafts** about Marvel comics characters.

Unfinished drawing of a fighter girl — **Sometimes** some drawings are never finished!

Warcraft and the sacred Heroic-Fantasy genre

The heroic-fantasy genre was a large source of inspiration as the drawings were very appealing. One day I discovered Warcraft II and its original illustrations from the excellent artist/game designer Chris Metzen, the person behind the major award-winning media franchises for Blizzard Entertainment: Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft, the super video games stars of our era. I fell in awe when looking at the drawings: there was so much research, detail, and style! So I knew I needed to take the challenge and do some of them myself: I knew I would acquire more drawing skills by studying them. When Marvel comics was focusing on action and movement, he was focusing on volumes and style. Two different genres, but with the same sky-high level of detail and attention for each character!

A drawing about an orc from Warcraft II — **An orc** with two axes from **Warcraft II designs** that I drew in **1996.** The original design is © Blizzard Entertainment.

A drawing picturing heads from Warcraft II characters — **Two heads from Warcraft II characters,** a human and a big double-head troll that I drew in **1996.** The original design is © Blizzard Entertainment.

A drawing about a faction flag from Warcraft II — **Faction flags** from Warcraft II.

A drawing picturing a double-head big troll from Warcraft II — Another **double-head big troll** from Warcraft II. Added some subtle details.

A drawing about the demolition squad from Warcraft II — **Demolition squad** from Warcraft II. Added **some context** to the original drawing.

A drawing about a demon with a flaming sword — **A demon** that I drew in **1997.**

A drawing about a demon from Warcraft II — **A demon from Warcraft II designs.** The original design is © Blizzard Entertainment.

A drawing showing a malefic sorcerer on a dead horse — I drew this **superb illustration** from the **Warcraft II book** in **1996.** The original design is © Blizzard Entertainment.

A drawing about orcs having decapitated a human — Warcraft II had some **gore aspect… great design** that I had pleasure reproducing in **1996.** The original design is © Blizzard Entertainment.

A drawing showing an orc killing violently a human — Another **gore illustration** from **Warcraft II** that I drew in **1996… The orcs** were not tender! The original design is © Blizzard Entertainment.

A drawing illustrating a magician being dominated by a warrior — **Superb design** from **Chris Metzen** for Warcraft II. I drew this one in **1997.** The original design is © Blizzard Entertainment.

A drawing about a lonely warrior finding an amazing treasure but being followed by malefic ghosts — I started designing **my own warriors** after some drawing work on the Warcraft II designs. This drawing has been made in **1997,** the year I started to have enough drawing experience to design myself. This was **my first warrior** try. Later in **2002** this drawing **has been recreated** using **computer graphics** and included in the 3D Passion memberships. The image has been called **“Malefic Treasure”.**

A drawing picturing a dark magician summoning a power spell on top of a mountain — Another design of mine. **For the story,** it has been drawn **when attending classes** in school, during French classes… what a **bad student** I was!

A drawing about a magician casting a spell on a skeleton warrior to dominate it — This is another simple design of mine. It was a try to design a **skeleton warrior.**

Drawing on Canson paper

One day I had enough of the print paper that was not strong enough to support colored drawings or smooth drawings. So my last designs were made using some Canson paper, and I started using some pastels for backgrounds. Then I had run out of time quickly, as I needed to finish my studies seriously, so I stopped drawing, then later, I started creating computer graphics, which led to 3D Passion!