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    dreadheadnino
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        im lookin to become a game designer and branch out in to fantasy i was wondering if u guys had a top 10 of good artist to look at

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        RELusion76
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            I don’t know who the top ten artists are, but I can give you a list of my ten favorite.

            Boris Vallejo
            Julie Bell
            Luis Royo
            Bob Eggleton
            Joe Jusko
            Frank Frazetta
            H.R. Giger
            Alex Ross
            Roger Dean
            John Howe

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            dreadheadnino
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                your own opinion makes them a top 10 :) thanks im gonna give them a look.

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                Heraclius
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                    Fantasy, though a genre, is actually pretty varied and becoming more varied by the moment and truncating it down into a top ten list would be pretty hard honestly with so much talent past and present.
                    Even minding his deficiencies, any top-ten list in fantasy would generally have to include Frazetta. Beyond that would be just personally subjective favorites…
                    James Gurney
                    Wayne Barlowe
                    John Howe
                    Phil Hale
                    Craig Mullins
                    Khang Le
                    Dave Rapoza
                    Justin Sweet
                    Tyler Jacobson

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                    Adriantmax
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                        Frank Frazetta stands out for me if you like dynamic figures drawn from the imagination and virtuoso brushwork and then there are many, many other good artists I can’t really rank in any particular order.

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                        Canopus
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                            im lookin to become a game designer and branch out in to fantasy i was wondering if u guys had a top 10 of good artist to look at

                            Check out Don Lawrence’s artwork.

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                            Hoplite
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                                Frank Frazetta – dynamic in pose, composition, and brush work. The quintessential capture of feral nature. Boris Vallejo lays down paint beautifully and seductively, but his composition and “action” poses are hackneyed in comparison to Frazetta. Though Frazetta claims he wasn’t influenced (or at least,originally influenced) by Howard Pyle and Pyle’s student, N.C. Wyeth, he certainly seems to be in the same vein (two other illustrators I’d recommend, if not specifically fantasy).

                                Alan Lee – old fashioned limited watercolor palette and pencil. Often the fantasy element takes a background to the “background” of the natural settings he clearly loves.

                                John Howe – Not as accomplished in some aspects of some technical aspects of drawing people, but usually brings dynamic contrast and powerful imagery to his paintings.

                                James Gurney – handles color beautifully, and combines it with an inventiveness and playfulness to come up with fully visualized worlds. Wonderful architectural work in his paintings.

                                Don Maitz – Arrrrrrrrgh, what be this about fantasy? He does that, but it be them pyrates that I like, from the archetypal Captain Morgan of Rum fame, to whole crews and Gurneyesque National Geographic illustrations. He lays down paint with lots of different techniques, and has an attention of detail and bright color use that I am partial to.

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