Enjoy the artwork. Full details on the exhibition are at the end of the article.

Title: City 17
Artist: Jeremy Bennett
Game: Half-Life 2 Episode 2
Company: Valve Corporation

Title: Defeated Dragon
Artist: Daniel Dociu
Game: Guild Wars
Company: Arenanet

Title: Farm
Artist: Jeff Ballinger
Game: Team Fortress 2
Company: Valve Corporation

Title: Illustrated Scroll
Artist: Shigechy
Game: Dewy's Adventure
Company: Konami

Title: In the Rain
Artist: Cheol Joo Lee
Game: Dawn of War
Company: Relic Entertainment

Title: Iraq - Street
Artist: Bruno Werneck
Game: Blacksite: Area 51
Company: Midway

Title: Lab
Artist: Mike McCarthy
Game: Fable 2
Company: Microsoft Game Studios

Title: Lair concept art
Artist: Deak Ferrand
Game: Lair
Company: Hatch Production

Title: Persian Emissaries
Artist: Tomm Coker, Eric Nguyen, Maziar Golestanehzadeh
Game: 300: March to Glory
Company: WBIE

Title: Pinata Cascade
Artist: Ryan Stevenson
Game: Viva Pinata
Company: Rare

Title: Rabbids
Artist: Florent Sacre
Game: Rayman Raving Rabbids
Company: Ubisoft

Title: Rue Pachinko
Artist: Renaud Bec
Game: Red Steel
Company: Ubisoft

Title: Slave Mines
Artist: Björn Börkur Eiríksson
Game: EVE Online
Company: CCP Games

Title: Speed Architecture: AG Systems - NanoGraff Squares
Artist: Rita Linsley
Game: Wipeout Pulse
Company: Sony Computer Entertainment/CG Super

Title: The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
Artist: Lin Ran
Game: American McGee's Grimm
Company: Spicy Horse Games

Title: View Over the Pixel Ocean
Artist: Chris Delay and Andrew Bainbridge
Game: Darwinia
Company: Introversion Software Ltd.

Into the Pixel 07 is an exhibition on the art of the video game. The exhibit aims to highlight 16 works of video game art selected by a pane, from submissions made by artists all over the world, and showcase the artistic talents of the creative minds that bring our favourite hobby to life.

Amongst the selection, Valve have two highlights, "City 17," by Jeremy Bennett, features the distraught urban landscape of Half-Life 2 Episode 2. Team Fortress 2 was depicted by Jeff Ballinger, with the art piece "Farm."

MMORPG's recieved two highlights in the form of "Defeated Dragon" by Daniel Dociu, from Guidw Wars, and "Slave Mines" by Björn Börkur Eiríksson's, depicting the world of EVE Online.

Of a futuristic nature were Rita Linsley's "Speed Architecture: AG Systems - NanoGraff Squares" depicting the streamlined, abstract design of Wipeout Pulse and the world it is set in, whist "View Over the Pixel Ocean" highlights the surreal, emergent landscapes of Introversion Software's Darwinia.

Concept art from Lair, Fable 2, Blacksite: Area 51 and Red Steel, and Dawn of War also populated the Into the Pixel gallery.

Some art focused on the psychedelic, such as Shigechy's "Illustrated Scroll," from Konami's Dewy's Adventure. "Persian Emissaries" conveyed 300: March to Glory, and "The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn what Fear Was" shows off the always imaginative mind of American McGee, and his latest title "American McGee's Grimm".

Of course, not all of the art was intentionally serious or deliberately thought provoking, Florent Sacre's "Rabbids," showed off the humorous side of Ubisoft' Rayman's Raving Rabbids, and Piñata Cascade from Ryan Stevenson, inspired, of course, by Viva Piñata.

Information on the exhibition and the winners of this year's show can be founds on the Into the Pixel website, if you're interested in finding out more about this unique creative venture.

Tags : Blacksite: Area 51 : Darwinia : Dewy&amp;amp;amp;#039;s Adventure : E for All Expo 2007 : Fable 2 : Guild Wars : Half Life 2: Episode 2 : Into the Pixel : Lair : Team Fortress 2 : video game art : Viva Pinata : Wipeout Pulse

Comments

By: lockwood On: 11:13 Oct 20th, 2007 Offline	lol, Viva Pinata wins. Stands out the most.

By: boa On: 06:22 Oct 22nd, 2007 Offline	god there's some nice art there ^^

By: Evren On: 06:35 Oct 22nd, 2007 Offline	Wow, that stuff is just fantastic, I wish i could do something like that. Some of that was in Edge magazine, I reall wished I'd of been able to go and see these up close.

By: Corrine On: 12:57 Oct 24th, 2007 Offline	You know, I was going to reply to each and every one of these, but I really don't feel I have to. This kind of talent and effort is what I aspire to and wish I could do. I love nearly every piec here, and I'm very proud that this industry is having an event like this.