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Art Bookstore
What
is Fantasy Art?
Fantasy
art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes,
ideas, creatures or settings.While there is some overlap with science fiction,
horror and other speculative fiction art,there are unique elements
not generally found in other forms of speculative fiction art.
Depictions of ancient myths and legends,
as well as depictions of modern day fantasy in the form of divine interventions
and other magical or supernatural forces, are very common elements,
and help distinguish fantasy art from other forms.
Dragons, wizards, fairies and other fantastical and mythical creatures
are common features in fantasy art.
Fantasy art is strongly linked to fantasy fiction.
Indeed fantasy art pieces are often intended to represent specific characters
or scenes from works of fantasy literature.
Such works created by amateur artists may be called fanart.
There is a large subculture based around the creation of amateur fantasy art.
This is largely centred around websites such as Elfwood.
Such sites are noticeably less male-dominated
than some other pursuits related to the fantasy genre.
Fantasy art should not be confused with the fantastic art genre,
which can contain fantastical elements that are not always considered "fantasy"
per se.
One of the most exciting sub-genres of fantasy art features the women warrior.
Whether they are battling dragons, attacking castles, or fighting as gladiators,
these images have fascinated men and women.
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What is Erotic Fantasy -Art?
Erotic fantasy
is a subgenre of fantasy fiction and utilizes erotica in a fantasy setting.
These stories can essentially cover any of the other subgenres of fantasy,
such as high fantasy, contemporary fantasy, or even historical fantasy.
Erotic fantasy is often very similar to romantic fantasy,
but is far more graphic and goes into much more detail when describing sex
scenes.
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LionHeart
(Painting
above by Frank Frazetta)
Spectrum
Series
Cathy and Arnie
Fenner
Spectrum
Fantastic Art
Believing that there was a tremendous amount of high-quality fantastic-themed
art work
created each year that some how wasn't being represented in other annual
art books and shows,
Spectrum was established in 1993 by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner
with the intent of providing creators with a regular showcase for the best
fantasy,
science fiction, horror, and otherwise uncategorizable artwork created each
year.
Spectrum was
the first to specifically feature categories devoted to 3D, comics, and
unpublished works.
They are open to every artist who wishes to participate
and can adhere to the competition's rules: international entrants are welcome.
Students, fine artists, and illustrators are all treated equally.
There are no limits on the number of pieces an artist can submit
and there is no pre-screening prior to judging.
Spectrum doesn't exist to categorize or define fantastic art; rather,
it exists to honor the imaginations of very special artists who delight
in helping us see the world in a wonderfully different light.
It's our job to help them reach a wider appreciative audience.
Frank
Frazetta
Frank
Frazetta Online Gallery
Today, Frazetta's work is so highly regarded that even incomplete
sketches of his sell for thousands of dollars.
Frazetta's primary commercial works are in oil, but he also works with watercolor,
ink and pencil alone.
He currently lives with his wife Ellie on a 67-acre estate in the Pocono
Mountains of Pennsylvania.
They maintain a small museum, open to the public, on the estate.
Some of Frazetta's sons make a living selling reproductions of his artwork.
In his later life, Frazetta has been plagued by a variety of health problems,
including a thyroid condition that went untreated for many years.
Recently, a series of strokes has impaired Frazetta's manual dexterity to
a degree
that he has switched to drawing and painting with his left hand.
He still continues to find an outlet through sculpture and other means.
In 2003, a feature film documenting the life and career of Frazetta was
released entitled,
Frazetta: Painting With Fire .
H.R.
Giger
Giger's
Official Website
Hans Ruedi Gigeris
an Academy Award-winning Swiss painter, sculptor,
and set designer best known for his design work on the film Alien.
Giger's design for
the Alien was inspired by his painting Necronom IV and earned him an Oscar
in 1980.
His third published book of paintings, titled Necronomicon (followed by
Necronomicon II in 1985),
continued his rise to international prominence,
as did the frequent appearance of his art in the magazine Omni.
Giger is also well known for artwork on a number of popular records.
Giger got his start with small ink drawings before progressing to oil paintings.
For most of his career, Giger has worked predominantly in airbrush,
creating monochromatic canvasses depicting surreal, nightmarish dream-scapes.
He has largely abandoned large airbrush works in favor of works with pastels,
markers or ink.
His most distinctive stylistic innovation is that of a representation
of human bodies and machines in a cold,
interconnected relationship, described as "biomechanical".
His paintings often display fetishistic sexual imagery and are considered
disturbing by some.
His main influences were painters Ernst Fuchs
and Salvador Dalí.
He met Salvador Dalí, to whom he was introduced by painter Robert
Venosa.
He was also a personal friend of Timothy
Leary.
Giger is perhaps the best-known sufferer of night terrors and his paintings
are all to some extent inspired by his experiences with that particular
sleep disorder.
He was originally educated as an architect and made his first paintings
as a way of art therapy.
BROM
Brom's
Website
Born in the deep
dark south in 1965.
Brom, an Army brat, spent his entire youth on the move and unabashedly blames
living in such places as Japan, Hawaii, Germany, and Alabama for all his afflictions.
From his earliest memories Brom has been obsessed
with the creation of the weird, the monstrous, and the beautiful.
At the age of twenty, Brom started working full-time as a commercial illustrator.
Since that time Brom has been working feverishly for every facet of the genre,
from:
Novels (Michael Moorcock, Terry Brooks, R.A.Salvatore,
E.R. Burroughs),
Role-playing (TSR, White Wolf, WOTC),
Comics (DC, Chaos, Dark Horse),
Games (Doom2, Heretic, Diablo2, World of Warcraft),
Films (Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Galaxy Quest,
Ghosts of Mars, Scooby Doo, Van Helsing).
Brom's powerful and haunting visions can be found in
his two art books
"Darkwerks" and "Offerings" and also his illustrated novel
"the Plucker".
Most recently, Brom has turned his hand to writing a series of illustrated
novels.
His first novel "The Plucker" (a twisted children's book for adults)
has over 100 paintings
and received numerous nominations and was awarded a Chesley.
His latest edition "The Devil's Rose" (a western set in Hell) is
due out summer of 2007.
Brom is currently kept in a dank cellar somewhere in
the drizzly Northwest.
There he subsists on poison spiders, centipedes, and bad kung-fu flicks.
When not eating bugs, he is ever writing, painting, and trying to reach
a happy sing-a-long with the many demons dancing about in his head.
(From Info@BROMArt)
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Boris
Vallejo and Julie Bell, Luis Royo, Erotic Fantasy Artists, 3D
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