These series of posts are a fascinating picture into the production of women in fantasy art. It’s a great hint into how two great artists work together. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. The three posts focus on the production of the “John Carter of Mars” painting.
First, we see the original women in fantasy art sketches and some back story…
This is the latest fantasy woman art from Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell who wrote that this is a part of their newest book titled, “The Ultimate Illustrations: The Drawings of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell”. Word is that it’ll be available in 2009. This was just posted on their blog (see reference at bottom of this email for URL).
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.)
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.)
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!
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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