It depicts a menacing armour-clad warrior wearing a horned
helmet, whose facial features are obscured by shadow, atop a horse, holding a
bloody axe and shield. Despite the technical skill of many of its
practitioners, and despite (or arguably because of) its popularity, Frank Frazetta art
is not considered part of the canon', or 'fine art', in the faculty that it is not afraid in galleries, subsidized by governments, advised in art schools etc.
The artists' creativity has simply overflowed into new ideas
that would never have occurred to the majority of us. It therefore seems silly
to me ignore a very large aspect of popular art which has dominated book
covers, illustrations and movie posters for the past century. The first Death
Dealer comic book series was published by the company the 4-issue series was
written and illustrated Death Dealer. Frazetta
provided covers for the books as well.
The Future of Fantasy Art reinforces the importance and
prevalence of this contemporary art form and features the best contemporary
fantasy artists from across various media—from graphic novels to book covers to
trading card sets to computer and video games—created digitally or through hand
illustrations or photographs. It's not
the densest encyclopedia of fantasy map making techniques you can get (are there
any?) It has some great inspirational examples, step-by-steps on all the
aspects of pulling together a compelling fantasy map (I wish there were more
steps, more variations). For more information, please visit our site http://www.frazettagirls.com/
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