We particularly like the attention to small details, like the Hyperspace bypass plans on the wall, and the Babel Fish in the cup. Artist Nolan Worthington creates artwork for numerous projects, including some cool environments and vehicles for an unnamed science fiction project for toymaker Mattel. His art varies from architectural to cartoonish, and he's also in a band called The Cans, which makes him a real renaissance man. His artwork along with Andrew Wyld's helped the game win a BAFTA award. Not too shabby.

French artist Mathias Verhasselt works as a concept artist at Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine California, although his art tends to lean more towards science fiction than it does World of Warcraft. Maybe he's working on some of the designs for the much anticipated Starcraft 2. If you want see a lot more (and we mean a lot more) of his designs, check out his website, which is basically one giant gallery of images so be warned when you click on the link. He's tossed everything from steampunk tankbots to alien species in there, and most of it is very impressive.

The Necrum level had quite an impact on fans of Oddworld even inspiring fanart around the net. People loved the spooky setting the level took place in, and were drawn to the reverence of the resting place of the mudokon dead. In this part of the game, you have to drive out the baddies in the mines below and return the city to a place of mourning, which artist Rob Brown took into account while designing it.

Brown has worked as an artist and art director for a slew of companies from Disney to Activision, but his stint on the Oddworld games is probably what he's best known for, since he provided a real look and feel to this alien world. He brings a dark, brooding intensity to his artwork, which normally isn't seen in such a lighthearted game, and made it seem like a living, breathing world. Check out some of his other concept art on his website, and lament the loss of Oddworld.

I had to visit the sewer and water treatment plant in Lubbock, Texas once for a paper I was writing in college, and it didn't look anything close to this. It was filthy, dark, and full of rusty pipes. This look at Procter's sewer looks clean enough to eat off its floor, and even that yellow duct on the right-hand side doesn't look out of place, despite it's Brazil-esque patchy installation work. Give us something like this to process our waste with, and folks wouldn't mind working there anymore.

You can check out more of Ben's excellent concept art and film visuals at his website.

Of course, if pointy things and big guns are your thing, check out Ryan's website where you can see the concept art he created for War of the Worlds and the second and thirdStar Wars prequels. We never thought we'd see the new Star Wars movies as cool, but his concept art sure looks a lot better than the films ever did. In fact, note to George Lucas, we'd buy a DVD with filled with this artwork.