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Pony Slaystation · Dec 30, 2008, 01:20 AM // 01:20

I wasn't really sure where to post this, so I thought this would be the best place...

Has anybody ever read a book called "The Art of Halo"? It's a book of Halo concept art. I was wondering if there was anything similar to this for Guild Wars, and if not, it should definately be released soon.

I don't know if anybody else did this, but quite a few months back, PC Gamer released an issue that was an EotN guide, and I only bought it for the 40 pages of concept art.
Anyways, if there is any type of concept art book available for purchase, please tell me!

Free Runner · Dec 30, 2008, 01:28 AM // 01:28

Concept art books were released with the Collectors Edition versions of the game (eg Guild Wars Nightfall CE got the "Art of the Guild Wars Nightfall" book). I'm not sure if you can buy them seperatly or not. If your interested, the artists tend to post most of their work that appears in the books on the ConceptArt.org forums. An example being this Eye of the North art thread.

Clarissa F · Dec 30, 2008, 01:33 AM // 01:33

Post it in Sardelac. It's a good idea, especially since their artists win awards on a regular basis.

Konig Des Todes · Dec 30, 2008, 01:39 AM // 01:39

As far as I know, you cannot buy those individual books. There is a website with a bunch of Factions, Nightfall, and Eye of the North/Utopia artwork, forget the website though - should get it by Googling "Guild Wars Concept Art" or something of the like.

As mentioned in the Q&A video from the PAX, the artists were, at least at that point, considering making a book of all (or at least most) GW concept art. Hopefully, they will go through with that. Would be lovely to have.

Nightow · Dec 30, 2008, 02:18 AM // 02:18

Might be a good way for Anet to generate some revenue by selling those artbooks.

greyhawk · Dec 30, 2008, 02:29 AM // 02:29

there was a magazine that did a full mag on GW EoTN and there was a lot of concept art in there, of GW xpacks that didnt come out, nf, eotn, ext.

just went to look for mine, it is PC GAMER presents a special guild wars issue, guild wars guide.

not sure if you can pick up that mag anymore, if you can good luck, it was released 12/25/07.

There was also a code inside that mag for the mini destroyer

seut · Dec 30, 2008, 02:30 AM // 02:30

Concept art books were collector's edition only, maybe you can get them separately from ebay.

some links to online concept art pictures..
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74118
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84095
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108591

Daniel Dociu even won an award for his gw-concepts
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_...?story_id=3919

lots of links to Anet's artists and some animations in his 3D portfolio
http://bobbypontillas.com/

Codin The Great · Dec 30, 2008, 03:47 AM // 03:47

i got a concept art book from factions collectors edition and all i could think is that u can get concept art books from collectors edition and nowhere else.

shoyon456 · Dec 30, 2008, 04:16 AM // 04:16

Seen nearly all the gw concept art.
Would like to see gw2 concept art, or some proof of its' existence tyvm.

tasha · Dec 30, 2008, 02:20 PM // 14:20

NCSoft were giving out the concept books for free at Leipzig earlier in the year, you might be able to find a set on eBay or similar.

Earth · Dec 30, 2008, 02:35 PM // 14:35

Or you could look here:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Categ...et_concept_art

But that's not as nice as a book

Sirius-NZ · Dec 30, 2008, 10:45 PM // 22:45

GW2 concept art hasn't been released yet apart from the few pictures that were shown with EotN. Which were arguably more EotN art than GW2 art.

Operative 14 · Dec 30, 2008, 10:56 PM // 22:56

They should release it all as a hardbound book along side those paperback novels they were going to release.

I'd love to have a big fat book of the GW concept art, I think it's probably some of the best art I've seen anywhere.

Fril Estelin · Dec 30, 2008, 11:09 PM // 23:09

IIRC Prophecies "special edition" (in America it was called "One Million Edition") had an artwork minibook, called "Art of Guild Wars".

Factions and NF CE had bigger mini artbooks. There was more art in the "Official Guidebook" for Factions (not sure for Prophecies' Prima Guide).

PC Gamer from MAy 2007 #161 could be considered EotN's artbook (not sure if there was a book in the boxed version as I only bought mine from the online store).

And there's plenty of online art as mentioned above, in particular conceptart which has among the most fabulous pics. See also ten ton hammer:
http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/47

Kanjidude · Mar 23, 2010, 01:48 PM // 13:48

*Bump*

Does anyone know if any of the Guild Wars (Prophecies) concept art is available online? It feels like I've checked everywhere, including ConceptArt.org (where it apparently existed earlier at least) and Daniel Dociu's homepage, but results are scarce.

I own collector's editions of both Factions and Nightfall and love the included art books, but the Prophecies one is no longer sold anywhere so...

Little Shenanigan · Mar 23, 2010, 03:28 PM // 15:28

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Originally Posted by Kanjidude

*Bump*

Does anyone know if any of the Guild Wars (Prophecies) concept art is available online? It feels like I've checked everywhere, including ConceptArt.org (where it apparently existed earlier at least) and Daniel Dociu's homepage, but results are scarce.

I own collector's editions of both Factions and Nightfall and love the included art books, but the Prophecies one is no longer sold anywhere so...

from the GW2 thread on CA (here), a link is given to Daniel Doci's page (here) for prophecies art. maybe you weren't checking for the right years? there's also links to earlier threads...hope that helped some.

Kanjidude · Mar 25, 2010, 10:46 AM // 10:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Little Shenanigan

from the GW2 thread on CA (here), a link is given to Daniel Doci's page (here) for prophecies art. maybe you weren't checking for the right years? there's also links to earlier threads...hope that helped some.

Thank you! Yes, I believe I didn't look around Daniel's gallery as much as I should have.

The art book may no longer be available, but Dociu's artwork defenitely is the backbone of the GW universe. I simply adore his style.

JR · Mar 25, 2010, 01:01 PM // 13:01

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Originally Posted by Kanjidude

Thank you! Yes, I believe I didn't look around Daniel's gallery as much as I should have.

The art book may no longer be available, but Dociu's artwork defenitely is the backbone of the GW universe. I simply adore his style.

I assume you're probably aware of the newer art book, featuring a lot of Daniel Dociu's more recent work - 'The Art of Guild Wars 2'. If not, you can find that here.

Zebideedee · Mar 26, 2010, 02:46 AM // 02:46

I think the concept art is very broad when you first see it, then when you see it as part of the game, it makes more sense, not yet seen the finale of GW2 so can't comment!