• 28 Aug




    Today we travel to imaginary worlds created by talented concept artists to experience battles, war and conflict.

    This showcase includes three different aspects of a battle: the preparation before, the actual battle and the following aftermath.

    The images are extremely dynamic and full of motion and are sure to bring back memories of similar types of movies or video games.

    Even when the image represented is not threatening, pay attention at how the slightest detail can represent a silent gesture towards hostility or unforeseen violence.

    Here are 50 incredible examples of battle art that we selected for your inspiration.


    Compiled exclusively for WDD by Liz Fulghum.

    Which ones did you enjoy the most? Please share your comments with us…




    • http://armeda.com Dre

      These are amazing pieces! Talk about talent. You can give these folks an idea and a copy of Paint, they would be just as brilliant!

    • http://www.analton.com.ar Analton

      AWESOME!!!!!!!!

    • dorji

      there are really amazing pictures. it is inspire me.

    • http://klaupiu.wordpress.com klau

      nice! :) love some of those picts ^^

    • http://dapetilmu.blogspot.com idblack

      omg…those are wonderful rare collection…i never saw most of them
      thanx for shared this…:) so inspiring…

    • ana

      j’ais seulement dit: wow.

    • http://www.creatuswebdesign.nl Gert van den Brink

      I can only say one word: Amazing!

      I would like to draw like that…….

    • http://www.aledesign.it aledesign.it

      Incredible. Some works are really amazing. Colors and faces are fantastic!

    • http://www.kamikazemusic.com Dave Sparks

      Some nice artwork there, is one of them a cover from a Tom Clancy game?

      I recommend checking out any of the artwork from Games Workshop, some stunning fantasy and sci fi battlefield images there.

    • http://www.geldik.com Misafir

      thanx for shared this

    • http://www.sorinistudor.ro Sorin Istudor

      Nice pack, the first image is repeating :)

    • http://www.moinid.com Most Interesting Ideas

      Incredible art works of battle art. Respect to artists

    • http://blog.microlite20.net greywulf

      Wow!

    • http://www.brettwilliamsfiction.com Brett Williams

      Nice. Thanks for sharing. :-)

    • Tam

      Uninhibited glorification of war, what’s the point? If the war is by and far an experience that is a combination of fear and boredom that’s worst kind of mental torture for those that survive to tell about it. The war is hunger, fear, sleep deprivation, insanity, cold, loneliness, misery, pointless cruelty, devastation,… Something quite different than these pictures allude it to be.

      Sad, pointless crap.

    • http://www.bebop-ad.com BebopDesigner

      Wow! amazing work… Thanks for posting

    • http://essenmitsosse.de essenmitsosse

      I think this post should be titled “50 images from deviant-art that have ‘battle’ in their title“ While some of the pictures are pretty good (and others don’t), you might have found some better one, if you searched … well … in more then one place. Or at least for another keyword. Especially because much stuff from deviant looks the same and there are so many other great artists out there.

      I mean you forgot Craig Mullins
      http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2217/1592077150_2d25660740_o.jpg
      http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/1592120044_fd2e643bbe_o.jpg

      And there are some easy to find other examples
      http://anry.ru/gallery/frost_dragon.jpg
      http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/767/3727/1600/What-If-Final04.jpg

      And ever heart of the old master?
      http://www.awesome-art.biz/awesome/images/medium-om/Amazon%20Battle%20by%20Rubens.jpg

      I don’t want to be rude (even if it may sound so ;) , but it’s really not that hard to do some more research …

    • http://essenmitsosse.de essenmitsosse

      I’m sorry, I just saw, that some of the picture are also from other sources, than deviantart :D

    • http://www.creativeindividual.co.uk Laura

      Wow, these are amazing. Thank you for sharing. I am so jealous and envious of the talent showcased here.

      Not to be a prat, but there’s 2 copies of The Battle…though it is really amazing so I’m quite glad to see it twice ;)

      Once again, a big thanks.

    • http://www.karlbowers.co.uk Karl Bowers

      Some stunning pieces of artwork here. I’ve always been a huge fan on concept artwork, it’s usually better than the end result in films!!!

    • http://oddworlddesign.com Jeff

      Oh I really like this collection especially the mechbot kinda ones… The old school war ones are really interesting too. Great Job!

    • http://www.crearedesign.co.uk Adam

      Stunning artwork, I absolutely love it. What’s that attack on the Eiffel tower from?

    • http://www.sametomorrow.com/blog Adam

      Nice post, some really good stuff

    • http://www.caruccioweb.net Francesco Caruccio

      Great works!

    • Kate Madigan

      Battle’s really not my thing, but I have to say that some of these are technically brilliant.

    • http://adstem.stemshop.co.uk Roch

      Empire Total War is not only a fantastic game, but the art work is amazing!

    • http://twitter.com/Murlu Murray

      <3 the God Emperor!

      Excellent collection, now that's inspiration!

    • chris wilcox

      New wallpapers! :D

    • http://php-programming-tutorial.com Jonathan Bennett

      Wow, these are just breathtaking. I especially like the video game inspired ones. Thanks!

    • Bryan

      Awesome collection…but you used the first one twice. Sorry to be THAT a-hole (I might need to find meds for that; it’s a compulsion); otherwise, this collection totally made my day.

    • Gustav Gourmet

      Not only are these garish, they’re flat and totally uninspired. I have been following this site for a long time, and this is the first post I’ve ever seen that makes me not recommend this site to my friends in the industry.

      Pointless, vapid, and a disgrace to the reputation webdesigner depot has earned.

    • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

      Hi Gustav,

      Thanks for the honest feedback.

      I use all feedback good and bad to build the site in the best possible way. That being said, I don’t expect you or anyone to enjoy every single post in the same way.

      We’re all very different individuals and as you can see from the comments here, some do like it and some don’t, and that’s fine.

      In this particular instance the depiction of violence can be enough to make one person not like this and this would be a very valid point.

      I respect all opinions and your feedback is certainly taken into account.

      Thanks again!

    • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

      Noted and fixed. Thanks!

    • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

      Fixed, thanks for that :)

    • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

      Fixed, thanks for pointing it out.

    • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

      Thank you all for the feedback.

      Although there were some negative comments, I concede that this post may not be suitable to anyone.

      We’re in no way advocating violence or conflict, just to highlight some amazing concept art with emotionally charged scenes.

      Thanks.

    • http://pelfusion.com/ PelFusion

      really amazing artwork…thanks for sharing

    • http://www.orphicpixel.com Mars

      amazing battle art graphics

    • Tyler

      I’m sorry, but is there any way to remove the third entry, “The Battle,” from this list? It’s a blatant case of shoddy copypasta using screenshots from the Dawn of War opening cinematic, (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWnuxLbc34) and as both a fan of the Warhammer 40,000 games and of art, I find it offensive that it’s on the same list as some rather stunning pieces of art.

    • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

      Point taken. I’ve replaced the image.

      Thanks.

    • http://www.pianetaricette.it Pianeta Ricette

      Nice computer graphics! Great collection…

    • RoaldA

      Awsome, but suprised to not find many scenes from movies or games!

    • http://avidedesigner.com Avidedesigner

      nice compilation!

      my contribution : 155 pictures of concept art with a lot battle too ;)
      => http://avidedesigner.com/?p=5208

    • http://www.cmykpublicidad.es CMYK

      Very Nice Post!!!

      Thanksss for sharing!

    • http://partytow.com/e omary

      a great arts

    • http://fantikerz.com/ Ryan Hamilton

      Funny enough, I was wondering who created the art for the loading screens in Empire: Total War. Overall a very nice list; provocative stuff.

    • Paul

      Oh dear oh dear. What more can I say – these are amazing artists with loads of talent working in the fields of “Fantasy art”. Its fantasy – get over it.

    • http://www.5ivedance.com 5ivedance

      so so sosososo cool

    • Pablo Manitta

      I found this one some months ago:

      http://chain.gfxartist.com/artworks/150310

      I loved it!

    • Russ

      It’s ok sweetheart I’m sure Marcus and Dominic weren’t affected for their shot of the Gears of war 2

    • Russ

      I don’t think you need justify what it is you are doing here…

      This work is great!!! This is a designer depot right?

      If they can’t find inspiration from this and choose to instead argue what point it has, then like you say it’s up to them.

      Great post I say! I’m very glad you I saw it.

    • http://www.dzinepress.com Dzinepress

      you share such a great battles. thanks for this creative art images.

    • doug77

      very good, specially the first two, what is that, matte painting?

    • http://www.virtualmonk.com Virtual Monk

      Nice!

    • Mark

      What, no Frank Frazetta? Frank was and still is the MASTER of this type of art. These pieces are great but a nod to the grandfather of this style of art would have been nice…

    • http://www.r4-kort.dk r4i

      wow all the 50 50 Incredible Examples of Battle Art pics are just awesome. They are so crystal clear with the graphics.

    • Hamid

      awesome , you said art and i said just imagination , incredible imagination .

    • http://www.arcologodesign.fi/logon-suunnittelu.html Logon suunnittelua

      Thats art!

    • http://www.farmvillehileleri.tk farmville hileleri

      Thats art!

    • http://www.bilogr.com Kıvanç Akdeniz

      star trek is the best

    • http://doramarth.blogspot.comwww.flickr.com/andreaalemanno Andrea

      Wonderful illustration! good arts!

    • A2475810

      Outstanding work, but how could you leave out Clint Langley
      http://www.clintlangley.com/

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