Anthony Rivero

Anthony Rivero at WWI 2008.

Anthony Stabley Rivero is the Senior Character Artist on the Diablo III development, and he has been with Blizzard since they developed Diablo II.

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BioEdit

Anthony writes on his blog:

Born and raised in San Francisco. I'm a Senior Artist currently working at Blizzard Entertainment. I've been working in the games biz since the mid-nineties. All artwork posted on this site is the copyright of Anthony S Rivero unless otherwise stated.

The first game company Anthony worked for as an artist was Gravity Incorporated (in the mid-nineties). The company was working on a real time 3D game called Banzai Bug. After getting tired of work on real time 3D games, he eventually ended up applying for a position at Blizzard Entertainment due to an advertisement he had seen in Game Developer [Magazine]. Matt Householder (who was producer on Diablo II at the time) called Anthony, interviewed, and hired him. [1]

Notable Concept/ModellingEdit

Diablo II

• Giant Mosquito
• Tentacle Beast
• Mephisto

Diablo II: Lord of Destruction

• Druid
• Death Mauler

Diablo III

• Witch Doctor - Concepts and modelling the female
• Scavenger
• Grotesque/Corpulent
• Goatman Shaman
• Goatman
• Malformed
• Skeleton - Concepts

PersonalEdit

• Astrological Sign: Gemini
• Zodiac Year: Rat

Anthony's interests include Arts, Fishing and Slacking. His favourite films include Aliens, Godfather, Bladerunner, Empire Strikes Back, Incredibles, Departed and Lord of the Ring. He has so many favourite music tracks, he cant even list them, but likes the books Fast Food Nation and Dark Ages America.

GalleryEdit

Anthony has made a lot of artistic contributions to the Diablo games.

• Female Witch Doctor armour concepts
• Male Witch Doctor attack
• Male Witch Doctor pose
• Skeleton pose

ReferencesEdit

• Anthony's Blog
• BlizzCast 6 Anthony Rivero Interview