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Daniel Dociu is a Romanian video game art director and concept artist. He was the chief art director for NCsoft North America and also worked for its subsidiary ArenaNet until February 2017.
Dociu was born in Cluj. He obtained his master's degree in industrial design at the Fine Arts Academy in Cluj in 1982. Throughout the decade, he taught at the academy as an assistant professor and later worked as a graphic designer in Athens, Greece, a product designer and a freelance artist. He moved to the United States in 1990. From 1992 to 2003, Dociu did work for various video game developers including Square, Electronic Arts, and Zipper Interactive.
His face was also used for reference for the character Father Grigori in the critically acclaimed video game Half-Life 2.
His son, Horia Dociu, is also an artist and Art Director for the video game company Sucker Punch Productions and will replace him as the chief art director for NCsoft North America.




Awards



Spectrum, The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art

Spectrum 19, Silver Medal, Concept Art
Spectrum 17, Gold Medal, Concept Art
Spectrum 16, Gold Medal, Concept Art
Spectrum 15, Gold and Silver Medal, Concept Art
Spectrum 14, Gold Medal, Concept Art
Spectrum 13, Silver Medal, Concept Art
Spectrum 13-19, numerous pieces published
Lürzer's Archive

200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 2011–2012
200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 2009–2010
Into The Pixel

2012 gallery show selection, one/16 pieces
2010 gallery show selection, one/16 pieces
2009 gallery show selection, one/16 pieces
2008 Judging Panel
2007 gallery show selection, one/16 pieces
2006 gallery show selection, two/16 pieces
EXPOSÉ, Ballistic Annual

EXPOSÉ 9, Grand Master, Career Achievement
Past honorees: Syd Mead, H R Giger, Ralph McQuarrie
EXPOSÉ 7,
Master Award, Concept Art
Cover Illustration, Limited Edition
EXPOSÉ 6,
Master Award, Environment Art
Excellence Award, Science Fiction Art
EXPOSÉ 5,
Master Award, Transport Art
Excellence Award, Creature Design
Excellence Award, Science Fiction Art
Excellence Award, Concept Art
Excellence Award, Environment art
EXPOSÉ 4,
Master Award, Best Environment
Master Award, Best City-scape




Works


Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
FIFA Soccer 95
FIFA Soccer 96
FIFA Soccer 2002
Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars: Eye of the North
Guild Wars Factions
Guild Wars Nightfall
Guild Wars Prophecies
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
James Bond 007: Nightfire
Half-Life 2
MechWarrior 3
MechWarrior: Pirates' Moon
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Recoil
ReBoot
Secret of Evermore
Shadow Madness (as Worlds Within)
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs
SSX Tricky
SSX 3
Triple Play 2003




References






External links


Daniel Dociu's art website
Daniel Dociu's Gallery with biography and artbooks on Inside Your ART
Daniel Dociu on Facebook

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Leviathan Wakes
• Guild Wars 2
• Daniel Dociu
• Nemesis Games
• The Mercy of Gods
• Leviathan Falls
• Tiamat's Wrath
• Persepolis Rising
• Leviathan Wakes
• Secret of Evermore
• Abaddon's Gate
• Babylon's Ashes