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  • Allen Douglas

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    Allen Douglas is a freelance illustrator working in the genres of fantasy, science fiction and fantastic art. His clients include Penguin Putnam, Tor Books, Berkeley, Random House, HarperCollins, and others. His work has been recognized in competitions and publications including The Society of Illustrators of New York, Step By Step Graphics and the Spectrum collections…

  • John White Alexander (update)

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    When I first wrote about American painter and illustrator John White Alexander in 2006, not many image resources were available. Since then, the internet has done that which it does best, grown at an incredible rate, and several additional sources of images for this wonderful painter have appeared, and I’ve collected some of them below;…

  • The 50 best comic covers of 2010 on Robot 6

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    Comic book covers, like the covers of books and magazines, have a singular purpose, to attract your attention, get you to pick up the book and plunk down your hard earned dollars in exchange for the promised wonders within. Comic book covers are important enough that, though they are sometimes created by the artists who…

  • Charles Kaufman

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    Charles Kaufman is a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist. His work has appeared in a long list of publications, from underground comix and CARtoons to the Wall Street Journal-Europe, Focus, Computer Artist, Editor & Publisher, New Media and a host of others, along with a range of commercial clients. His is the creator of…

  • Oswald Achenbach

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    Oswald Achenbach was a 19th Century German landscape painter who found his greatest inspiration in italy, in particular in the area around the Bay of Naples, with it’s dramatic vistas of Mt. Vesuvius, and Rome and its environs. He found drama in landscapes and cities of Southern Italy as well as the daily lives the…

  • Peter Van Dyck

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    Painter Peter Van Dyck studied at Wesleyan University and at the Florence Academy of Art, and is currently a member of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His academic background shows in his dynamically balanced compositions, superbly handled color and refined draftsmanship. Though his subjects include portraits and still life, he…