<![CDATA[io9: daniel dociu]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: daniel dociu]]> http://io9.com/tag/daniel dociu http://io9.com/tag/daniel dociu <![CDATA[ Massive Crabfort Crushes Your Landscape ]]> Guild Wars isn't really known for having a science fiction element to it, but this concept art shows off an extremely steampunked Crab Fort, lumbering across the horizon. Enormous cogs and gears are evident in the construction work that looks like something straight out of a psychotic version of Burning Man. Everyone is standing around fairly calmly, not paying much attention to the GIANT FREAKING WALKING CRAB VILLAGE!

Daniel Dociu of ArenaNet has worked on many pieces of award winning art, including the Crab Fort above, and the Fish Fort, which looks like it could be a great model for a drive through fish restaurant. He won two Master Awards from EXPOSÉ 4, one for Environment Design (the crab fort), and one for his Urban Canal which won in the Cityscape category. You'll get 'em both if you pick up the book from the showcase.

He was raised in Transylvania, worked as a toy designer for years, and now focuses on creating concept artwork for Guild Wars. If we can find proof that he's actually a vampire, he might officially the coolest concept artist haunting the halls of gaming companies to this day. The link below includes massive versions of the above artwork that make for perfect wallpapers. [ConceptArt.org]

]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:00:23 PDT Kevin Kelly http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366608&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Floating Mosques for a Climate-Changed World ]]> An architecture firm in the Netherlands, Waterstudio, specializes in architecture that "makes friends with water." Its principle designers are environmental futurists, attempting to create structures for a world where water levels are much higher than today. One of their projects, which will be completed this year, is a floating mosque in Dubai. See the interior, and another concept for a floating mosque, below.

floatingmosqueinterior.jpg Daniel Dociu drew the amazing floating mosque below as Guild Wars concept art, and you can buy a print of it here. docivfloatingmosque.jpg

Floating Mosque [Waterstudio]

]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:40:34 PST Annalee Newitz http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=347384&view=rss&microfeed=true