Browse
Register
Learning Paths

Learning Paths

Curated collections of Workshops organized by subject matter, such as Environment Art, Character Design or Effects Animation.

View All
Log in
By Category
By Instructor
Learning PathsBrowse

Hossein Diba

Lead Character sculptor at WWE

Hossein Diba is a Freelance 3D Character Artist who has worked with leading companies including Visual Concepts, Digit Game Studios, NetEase Games, Blizzard Entertainment, and CD Projekt Red. His responsibilities include modeling, sculpting, texturing, and shading characters and creatures for animation, games, cinematics, and 3D printing. Hossein's passion for studying human and animal anatomy is evident in his work, and he is highly regarded by his peers in the ZBrush community.


Since 2008, Hossein has been developing characters based on concepts and photo reference for a wide range of projects. He has worked as both a freelance and staff artist, contributing to titles such as WWE 2K16, likeness head sculpts for Love, Death & Robots, Evolve, Atom Universe, Alan Wake Remastered, Fallout: New Vegas, and Batman: Arkham Knight, bringing a high level of realism and anatomical accuracy to his character work.

  • Hossein is, by far, one of the most talented modern sculptors of the moment. The realism of his works is very inspiring to everyone who loves this kind of art.

    - Daniel Bel
    Sculptor & Art Director at Sideshow Collectables

  • Hossein is one of the top character artists in the industry. His likeness sculpts and attention to detail is on a level all on its own. Watching Hossein really inspires me and others artists to keep pushing forward. Technical, artistic and trend-setting: everyone should learn from Hossein!

    - Dan Roarty
    Studio Art DIrector / Founder at Roarty Digital Inc.

  • I've been following Hossein's work for a while and he is definitely taking it to the next level. He is killing it! The amount of work and the quality he's been pushing is great.

    - Glauco Longhi
    Character Artsit at Santa Monica Studio

  • Hossein's work is amazing, his likeness of The Rock is my favourite one!

    - Bruno Câmara
    Freelance Character Artist

  • I was blown away by his Wolverine, the likeness of Hugh Jackman was over-the-top awesome. It’s been a life-long dream of mine to create a project that required hyperrealistic likeness sculpts of digital humans, and after coming across Hossein's work, I knew it would finally be possible. I am excited about Hossein sharing his techniques and technical knowledge; he is one of the very few people in the world who can capture likeness with such attention to detail.

    - Jacques Broquard
    Creative Director at Broquard Studio]

  • Hossein's work is amazing, his likeness of The Rock is my favourite one!

    - Bruno Camara
    Character Artist at id Software

Visit the Gnomon School in Hollywood