Concept artist Daryl Mandryk has posted some of the early concept explorations he created for the role-playing video game, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Daryl has also worked on video game titles such as Prototype 2, Guardians of Middle-earth, Need for Speed: Underground 2 and Turok.

Link: www.mandrykart.com

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