Here’s a cropped close-up of the cover painting we just finished for our 2010 calendar, published by Workman Publishing. Just think…by the time you can see the full image, we’ll have all had another birthday!
Boris and Julie
(This posting is from Paint and Brush.)
Artist Profile - Greg La Rocue
(From Mr. LaRocque’s Website:)
Greg LaRocque has been a working professional artist for more than 30 years. Starting as an assistant teacher for The Professional Institute of Art in Baltimore, Maryland when he was just 17 years old. After a brief stint in advertising he migrated north to NewYork city to pursue his childhood dream of working in comic books.
He began working for both DC Comics and Marvel in 1980, being one of the 1st artists allowed to work for both of the major comic companies at the same time. He has illustrated almost every major character including Spiderman, The Avengers, Justice League, IronMan and Thor. He received his greatest recognition for his work on Legion of Super Heroes and The Flash.
The latest installment in our Tarot series featured in Heavy Metal Magazine is now on the newsstands! We show three new Tarot cards each issue, and since the four of us are creating the set, one of us gets a break. This month, it was Boris’ turn to just hang out and listen to Rachmaninoff.
(This posting is from Paint and Brush.)
Olivia De Berardinis - Tailspinu
This is interesting. First reminder is of Halley Berry as Cat Women. It also starts to pose a question that this Blog will try to answer. That is when does fantasy art become porn? Welcome your comments or thoughts.
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Meredith Dillman is an artist I stumbled upon this evening and someone I look forward to following. I’ll try to keep up with her work here. I encourage you to visit her blog directly (see “worth a visit” link to the right).
She Writes about this photo…
Kyrn is a character I began writing and drawing in high school. I was asked to redraw her by someone who had a seen a much older picture. Originally she had dark hair and the white came about once when I decided I really liked a drawing in an unfinished state. Long, long ago, Gargoyles was my first fandom so Kyrn herself had gargoyle wings in one form.
My ideas have changed a lot since then with every painting, and now I associate her with magic, life, growth, change, and ivy. The title this time was surprisingly easy because there wasn’t anything else it could be.
If you’ve read my comic she’s in there a little bit so far.
This set of photos is coming from Boris Vallejo himself and his site: Paint and Brush (also listed to the right under “worth a visit”. When posting this image, Boris and Julie write:
It’s been said that she is THE most influential force in the direction of science fiction/fantasy art today and we would wholeheartedly agree–Irene Gallo of Tor Books has posted an interview with us in her super popular blog The art Department. She is introducing our ongoing and upcoming Tarot card project. Thanks, Irene! Once again, your energy and enthusiasm inspires us!
Painters | Harry Roland | Comic Art Commissions
Artist Profile (http://www.catskillcomics.com/roland.htm)
Harry Roland is best known for his work with Warren Publications doing cover paintings for Famous Monsters of Filmland. He also was commissioned to create a portfolio of prints based on the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs for the Panthans, a Burroughs Bibliophile group. Two ERB paintings have been published in Heavy Metal Magazine. Harry is accepting commission requests and selling some of his originals here. You can view the gallery below for samples of his work.
The description below of fantasy art women was pulled from the wonderful folks over at artistsuk.co.uk. The site authors write that fantasy art is,”the art of the fantastic where dreams and fantasy are brought creatively out into the real world.” What a great description.
It is true, as they go on to say that the depiction of women in fantasy art has been around a long time. The artistic medium doesn’t matter when creating fantasy art women. Regardless of the style, technology, or platform, the vision and source are one and the same. When reading this site, I especially enjoyed the quote, “Today’s fantasy artists explore the magic that is missing from today’s technological world. Dragons, angels, faeries, wizards, demons and ghouls amongst others inhabit the realms of fantasy. Science has yet to explain fantasy and imagination so the art that springs from fantasy is a marvel beyond modern science.” You can visit them at http://www.artistsuk.co.uk/fantasy.html
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So, here, we’ll explore the role of women in fantasy art and explore the work of artists from Royo to Bell, Vallejo, to De Berardinis to uncover how this form of art has impacted fantasy as a medium. And yes, we’ll try to post a whole lot of photos.
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