Daniel Dociu is Chief Art Director for ArenaNet, the North American wing of NCSoft. Projects in which he participated: Guild Wars, Need for Speed, FIFA Soccer, MechWarrior, James Bond 007. Great architecture, fantastic and bright world you can see in his beautiful artworks. Some of amazing illustrations featured below were created for computer games. Hope his art will impress you with its immensity and grandeur!
The Hub of Time
Guild Wars 2 Iceberg Ship
Valley of the Kings
Guild Wars 2 Orr Ring
Robed Guy
Preparations for Test Flight
Train
Swan Ship
Hydra
Nornarch
Skybridge
Delta Temple
Pagodas
Guild Wars 2 Dredge Caves
Guild Wars 2 Robots
Guild Wars 2 Dragon Scar
Guild Wars 2 Dragon Pit
Guild Wars 2 Divinity
Guild Wars 2 Charr architecture
Dragon Alley
Floating Rings
Tower
Mists
Manmade Island
Floating Temple
Big Ass Structure
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The first one, the “Hub of Time” is so amazing I just can’t get over it. Just imagine a city on top of all the gears, the gears slowly grind away as the cities on top slowly spin with them.
Just seems like something that would be amazing in a video game 🙂
OMG this is so amazing. I’m going into graphic design and now my new goal in life is to be this good.thanks!
Can someone please tell me which software was used to make all these?
Human brain 1.0
OMG this is so amazing. I’m going into graphic design and now my new goal in life is to be this good.
Robed Guy is my facebook profile pic also. and no im NOT taking credit.
holy shit these are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why has he not designed video game levels?
he is designing levels–in Guild Wars 2.
This is an amazing art!
Romania has great artists and designers!
great superb i dig it
Unbelievable! Superb!
rating: 100%
so cool!!!!! awesome
These images are amazing, especially love the Floating Temple 🙂
Love the floating temple. Great detail, too.
Love all beautiful works. Awesome.
Very beautiful works. Congratulations! I think you have cracked it 🙂 very inspiring (heads off to go n find sketch pad n pencil)
Heh…guys, he’s already got a job with ArenaNet, and they pay him to draw this exact stuff. Of course it’s as good as what you see in games; it IS what you see in games!
best stumble evarrrrr
mad skills! very good
Very Creative Work.
awesome, really like it
absolutely exquisite.. they look effortless.. you are officially my fave digital art artist now..
Oh my God! i seriously love most of them. Really inspirational Art hat’s off to the Artist 🙂
Btw Pagodas was outstanding
absolutely exquisite.. they look effortless.. you are officially my fave digital art artist now..
Hey i would like to feature your art on my site if its ok with you. Its a work of fantasy i bet my members will love. from one artist to another this is pritty impresive!
its good. really…..its very hard to imagine. thanks
I’m so scared of dying
Beautiful.
wow! i love your art so much it’s very inspiring. i hope that one day i will be as good as you ;p
Wow these are absolutely incredible! I was playing a Star Wars video game recently, and you could unlock art and drawings and your artwork was as good as theirs or better! I think Halo has art like that too. I honestly think that you should contact Lucasarts and/or Bungie and send them some of your art. Perhaps you could get a job at one or both of them.
“Big Ass Structure” eh?
wow what a silly name for such art
Awesome and incredible! !!!
These are incredible! How much time did it take to complete each one? They are very useful for inspiration.
i love it ..WOW very creative
Wow amazing art! Very impressed.
why hasnt anyone made a movie based around this?
…Epic. Total and complete, WIN.
Hey, I was wondering if someone knew a way I could purchase some of this artwork, and how much it costs. Legitimate answers much appreciated. Contact at adambaszczynski@yahoo.com.
those were awesome pictures! can you say plenty new backgrounds 🙂
dude, you are just amazing!, mind blown amazing 🙂
I can’t fathom the amount of talent it takes to create these illustrations. I fear there is little money in it — I could be wrong, I hope so.
Xtra Ordinary, Incredible Talent, Once in a Lifetime Artist
normaly I don’t comment on stuff I find via StumbleUpon, but this time I wish it had more than two buttons..In addition to “dislike” and “I like it!”, I’m missing a button called “awestruck!” hats of for an amazingly creative mind, and skillful hand!
fantasy at its best.great.
Kool artworks!
It’s been a real pleasuer to play in your GW invoirment for 5 years, the game is so beautiful. Really looking forward to GW2
I was pulled in by the swan boat, marvellous! Having played Guild Wars for several years I was very happy to see some old friends lol plus some hopefully soon to be viewed in game new friends!!
If I ever came across one of scenes in a video game that would be it for me I would be hooked.
This is real art!
Only attracted to the dark side, as so many are. It’s so easy, so tempting.
Your art is sad, it depicts sad stories of power and violence. Only the dark sides of humanity.
How do you think your pictures influence the next generation?
Try the other side. Draw nice and enjoyable lives, make us smile, laugh.
Make the future a better place, by drawing better places.
he’s a romanian artist and i’m proud to be romanian to 🙂 at least, for this time
i love guild wars and this is best stumble i have ever come across
awesome m/
amazing. really amazing =]
very good work really amazing
inspired by Rodney Matthews?
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=rodney+matthews&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=7VG2S_irIaay0gT1_sAt&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCIQsAQwAw
All This Stuff Reminds Me Of Like Hell And Heaven And Stuff… Lol IDK Why… Looks Really Cool Though. KEEP EM COMIN…
I loooove this artwork! Demand a high price for your work but most importantly, keep going. These are so amazing.
assume!!!!!!!!!!!!I like the dragon ones
I always liked the art work of Guild Wars, been playing it since its early days. Cant wait for GW2 to come out. Also you can get a book with concept art for GW2,and maybe some posters for the original GW
What a imagination! Beautiful futuristic art work.
Good lord this is INCREDIBLE. The Direction you’re going in IS the future of Sci-fi
reminded me of a dark angel from Warhammer 40k
bravo!!!:)foarte frumos
OUTRAGEOUS
Pretty unreal. I would love to have some of these as posters! Anyone know if they can be bought?
the “Robed Guy” reminds me alot of Zelda for some reason, I think it’s the bird thing on his chest
Whow! Just… Whow! 😮
That’s just amazing ! Priceless views
bravo, this is really amazing 😉 good stuff..
my god….
ive never seen anything like it before…
if i could id shake his hand…
excellent work
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Very creative
Wow, …wonerful! These are perfect fantasy worlds from a real artist.
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Sven
Unbelievably good. Fantasy Art just keeps getting better and better!
Wow, I was real impressed with the Swan Ship, but as I scrolled further I couldn’t believe half of these exist! These are so amazing… great work. There’s so much depth in your artwork.