Concept Art for GW2

I know! Even two whole hours after the initial post! -_-

But I'm loving the concept art so far. I can't ever seem to find anything on my own, so this thread is very helpful.

Do we know which artists are working on GW2 concept art? I've seen Daniel Dociu and Kekai Kotaki mentioned in the thread, but there are lots of other artists on the Art of Games site.

People prolly think it's another thread to ask for concept art.

A mod might change the title to: 'New GW2 concept art is out!'

I wish I could share the ones from ImagineFX #44. And also the Art of Guild Wars (hardcover edition, which has more than the softcover provided in the GOTY).

But... what about the ImagineFX #41 cover by Kekai Kotaki? Or his GW1 leftovers, here and there?

Or maybe unrelated to GW (probably not), this badass sword warrior or that mysterious lady? (is it just me of the word "carnival" is associated to quite some new artwork?)

Note: some of the pics we've seen here aren't new at all, see this and that from a year ago (the latter reminds me of Kekai's tip in ImagineFX #44 where she uses a Water Djinn to draw a sort of Margonite).

Note 2: Kekai will be at the Art of Games expo in Valle D'aosta in Italy. If someone makes it, let us know!!

Quote of the year 2008

Chronomancer oozes fantasy coolness like nothing else. Best AD&D source book of all time. Talk about fully destructible instances and a cop-out to reset them over and over to play endless varieties... ...Chronomancers are what you need as the perfect excuse. Either that or malfunctioning Stargates

What exactly would a chronomancer do? Can you build an entire class around manipulating time? Maybe chronomancer will be the new mesmer?

just off the top of my head:

buff skill or attack speeds, debuff opponents skill/attack speed

create "time bubble" where opponents slow down (allies not effected?)

damage spells based on "aging" opponents

etc.

A radical Elite spell could be one that somehow "replays" a scenario to try and avoid a wipe, but I don't know if such a mechanic would be a good idea.

I think a Chronomancer could be Mesmer like, Necro like, or even Monk like depending on where Anet was heading with their skill list. It will be interesting to see if some of the Chronomancer concepts make it into GW2.

(I say "was heading" because the Chronomancer is believed to have been a new Profession for the cancelled Utopia. I have not seen anything official even hinting at a skillset, however).

On Kekai's blog, you can find links on the right hand side to blogs from many Anet artists (not sure all of them are at Anet):
http://kekai.blogspot.com

EDIT:
Found one from ImagineFX #44, the eagle lady from Horia Dociu:
http://www.badideafactory.com/portfolio.php?itemid=140
(it may well be from GW1 as I may recall seeing that one, and a few others next to it are old)

Thanks! There are also some art he's done fro GW I hadn't seen before:

http://www.kekaiart.com/

The previous 2 pics (UNDEAD and WALL) are also published in the last 3 months.

And the WALL looks like the Ascalon wall, properly overgrown.

The one with the undead is one of my personal faves. Zombies FTW! :P

Wanted: zombies as a playable race! Quote: 'Cervelli... cervelli... mangiare cervelli...'

Also, while not GW-related, I wanted to bring my favourite piece from an Anet's artist to the forum's attention:

http://dougblot.blogspot.com/2008/10...e-for-now.html

Edit:

Another thing, there is an aggregated Anet artist blog at http://www.sketchwich.com/. The blog's about their off-work things that aren't covered by NDA, but it's well worth the visit, as some of the images that get posted there are mind-blowing. This page also has a sidebar with links to the individual blogs.

Zombies? WHERE?!

Quick, I got to take out my plants.

Shameful attempt of getting more people hooked.

...the zombies are coming....

Some of my friends are completely addicted to that game... I have resisted so far. ^_^

Most flash games can be addicting but only if you let them.

BTW, that ritualist one (http://www.badideafactory.com/images...alist_full.jpg) is really awesome.

Wooo. All these concept arts are awsome. I feel guild wars 2 is gonna take a drastic leap in terms of art, for the better!

That does look pretty nice, happy that their releasing more stuff about GW2.

When do we see you, Martin or Linsey posting some art on sketchwich?

If only it could look like that in-game, vanilla GW had that kind of concept art too, but the game didn't look very much like it. GW is still by far the most raw looking MMO, unlike WoW that looks like a cartoon series.

That one is actually from GW1, if I'm correct. Pretty sure it was in one of my 'the art of Guild Wars' books.

How do you people at Anet distinguish between the two Guild Warses anyway?

Guild Wars 1, Original Guild Wars, or just the plain 'Guild Wars' as opposed to Guild Wars 2?