Since I’m in a position where I actively screen, interview and hire artists now, I’ve been trekking across the net to find the best artists I can. Here’s a few artists I’ve really been enjoying:

Skottie Young - This guy has an amazing cartoony style. Love it.

Daryl Mandryk - Amazing action-filled fantasy and sci-fi paintings. Absolutely gorgeous work.

Guild Wars Factions - Arenanet team post - This is concept art from NCsoft’s latest expansion pack for their ridiculously successful Guild Wars. Keep scrolling all the way down. The quality of art here is phenomenal, and there’s SO MUCH of it!

I’ll post more as I find it. :)  This stuff is so much fun. Been spending the last couple weeks sorting out our art needs, writing documentation and style guides, mobilizing to hire contractors, getting ready to issue art tests, digging into my contacts, and basically wrapping my head completely around this game’s asset production. I’ve never felt so challenged or alive!