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August 21, 2012 at 9:48 pm #990047
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
August 22, 2012 at 3:17 am #1170016I 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 HoweAugust 22, 2012 at 2:11 pm #1170018your own opinion makes them a top 10 thanks im gonna give them a look.
August 22, 2012 at 7:09 pm #1170019Fantasy, 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 JacobsonAugust 22, 2012 at 10:16 pm #1170014Frank 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.
August 27, 2012 at 12:11 am #1170017im 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.
August 28, 2012 at 2:29 pm #1170015Frank 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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