Conceptart.org ArenaNet's Concept Art - Guild Wars Guru Archive

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Joined Dec 2004

Aug 8, 2006 at 3:12 AM • #1

Well the post is back, not sure if any of you might remember but the ArenaNet art team had posted up their concept art before on ConceptArt.org but had to take them down until their Art book was released. And it's back in all it's glory. Check out all the eye candy here:

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74118

LordDeArnise

Krytan Explorer

The Elite Knights of Tarnia [PwnD]

Joined Jan 2006

Aug 8, 2006 at 3:29 AM • #2

Oh man, those weapons are sick. Maybe they'll be greens in a Canthan "Sorrow's Furnace" as an elite quest for all Factions players. As for some of the concept monster arts, I wonder if some of them will be on Nightfall.

Vermilion

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Mar 2006

Aug 8, 2006 at 5:52 AM • #3

I think my eyes just exploded. A lot of great stuff in there, mhm.

Alpha Moth

Krytan Explorer

Joined Aug 2005

Aug 8, 2006 at 6:49 AM • #4

omg head explosion!

s t o m p y

Frost Gate Guardian

Joined Jan 2006

Aug 8, 2006 at 9:26 AM • #5

kinda scary...(the monsters)

Riplox

Krytan Explorer

Shrophire Protectors [Lion]

Joined Apr 2005

Aug 9, 2006 at 5:41 PM • #6

I need to get up with a few of those people so I can get started on that career path. I LOVE ART. Must...get...art...degree.

Elena

Desert Nomad

Joined May 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 12:21 AM • #7

damn i'd love to see some of those monsters in nightfall

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

R/Mo

Joined Oct 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 1:31 AM • #8

gotta love painter

clarianaeneas

Frost Gate Guardian

R/E

Joined Sep 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 4:33 AM • #9

I'd really love to know for once and for all what this is...

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachm...d=11551651 12

this art has been around since prophecies.

Daemon Dremora

Lion's Arch Merchant

Seele Erntemaschine {Nein}

Joined Jul 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 5:10 AM • #10

that stuff is absolutely incredible. i do believe my brain just exploded. to much beauty to hold in one head. in all seriousness, that work is truly awesome.

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Joined Jul 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 5:52 AM • #11

This is better then the ingame stuff.

Why did this never take form?... It looks 1000x better then the 15k Kurzick.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ker/Post55.jpg

Heres another thing, a possible landmark. Landmarks were definitly lacking in Factions... In Prophecies you had stuff like Anvil Rock and what not.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...yHall-copy.jpg

Flesh Golems look so much better standing up.

[DE]

Hugs and Kisses

Scars Meadows

Joined Oct 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 3:14 PM • #12

Those were frikkin incredible. All the stuff looks even better than in the game. Half the weapons they drew and posted... well, I'd pay ALOT to get my hands on any of those.

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Joined Jul 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 8:45 PM • #13

H-O-L-Y C-R-A-P.

Wow, this thread is amazing.

Ventius Hozza

Wilds Pathfinder

Powerpuff Boys [PUFF]

Joined Aug 2005

Aug 10, 2006 at 10:27 PM • #14

Kuunavang looks much better standing on all fours, can actualy see what is happening and there aren't frames missing from his loop >_<

Also, why isn't all the cool stuff implimented in the game :P
You got all the really proleet ideas, now make em!

seven

Academy Page

Joined Dec 2005

Aug 11, 2006 at 12:13 AM • #15

why doesn't some of the "better"-looking ones doesn't get implimented?
perhaps just taking a personal guess here, but being in the same line of work;

it happens very often that when you try to do a pitch of a concept you personally love and spent so many hours refining and doing countless studies of ... that it just gets shot down completely and mercilessly by your client (or team boss)

the ratio of approved and disapproved designs is not even funny, but that's just the way it is.

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

Joined Jun 2005

Aug 11, 2006 at 4:36 AM • #16

Quote: Originally Posted by seven

the ratio of approved and disapproved designs is not even funny, but that's just the way it is.

Because of Time Constraints, Deadlines, and limits of what can be done. Some of those are REALLLY complex designs. It would take them too long to add some in with the short amount of development time they have.

The Lead Art Director gets the HARD job of what to add.

OMFGimCUTE

Krytan Explorer

I hop around

W/D

Joined Nov 2005

Aug 11, 2006 at 5:14 AM • #17

those art works were awsome!!!! eeeeeeeeeee i wished some of those creatures and people made it too the game. they looked cool. All those pictures reminds me of Magic The Gathering somehow.

Slainster

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Feb 2006

Sep 14, 2006 at 3:23 PM • #18

Check these pretty awesome pics...

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74118

manager

Frost Gate Guardian

Cold Black Eyes

Joined Aug 2006

Sep 14, 2006 at 3:34 PM • #19

I saw this when he posted it ... it's amazing. Actually, one of the reasons i bought Factions.

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

E/Mo

Joined May 2005

Sep 17, 2006 at 3:52 AM • #20

Um people, those arre the full glory of the art. Ingame skins cannot be as detailed without severe taxing of the graphics boards. This is why I have all the art books