Daniel Dociu
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Daniel Dociu is the Global Art Leader of NCsoft. Previously he covered the roles of Chief Art Director for NCsoft North America and Studio Art Director for ArenaNet, working on both Guild Wars 2 and the original Guild Wars. He was raised in Cluj, a big city in Transylvania, Romania. After graduating with Master in Industrial Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj, he moved to the United States in 1990 where he started working as a toy designer. After 2 years he decided to get into the games industry. From then on he has received numerous prestigious awards in the related field. According to The Making of Guild Wars 2 book, seeing his own art in motion, in a form of cinematic, is one of his proudest moments as an artist.
Gallery[edit]
- Primary article: Category:Art by Daniel Dociu
Interviews[edit]
- Exclusive Interview: ArenaNet’s Daniel Dociu, Tap Repeatedly
- GDC10: ArenaNet's Daniel Dociu discusses the art of Guild Wars 2, Massively
- Guild Wars 2 Artist Q&A Daniel, Richard, and Jason 1 of 4, YouTube
- Interview with ArenaNet's Daniel Dociu, ZAM (as seen on archive.org)
- Game/Space: An Interview with Daniel Dociu, BLDGBLOG
- Developing IPs; Styles, Technics & Leading like a Conductor | Devoted Speakeasy E02, Devoted Speakeasy, YouTube
Trivia[edit]
- Father Grigori from Half-Life 2 was modeled using Daniel Dociu's face as a template.
Trivia[edit]
- According to Josh Foreman, Dociu nearly threw out the idea of Super Adventure Box due being disgusted by the art style, having been born in communist Romania and not having the nostalgia for retro games.
See also[edit]
- Category:Art by Daniel Dociu
- Horia Dociu, his son and former Chief Art Director.
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