Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Sc-fi and Fantasy

  • Leo Dillon, 1933 – 2012

    —

    by

    cparker
    in ,

    I’m sorry to report that renowned illustrator Leo Dillon died on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Dillon, along with his wife and long-time artistic collaborator Diane, were particularly well known and influential in the fantasy and science fiction art communities. It would be difficult to sort out Leo Dillon’s work separate from that of Diane’s, nor…

  • Kieran Yanner

    —

    by

    cparker
    in ,

    Kieran Yanner is a concept artist and illustrator working for a variety of clients in publishing and the gaming industry. Originally from Darwin, Australia, Yanner now lives and works in Seattle, Washington in the U.S. His clients include Hasbro, NCSoft, THQ, DC Comics, Marvel, Upperdeck Entertainment, Decipher, Wizards of the Coast, Wizkids, White Wolf, Vivendi…

  • Bruce Jensen

    —

    by

    cparker
    in

    Presumably starting from sketchbook in which he playfully doodled out freeform alien creatures, Alien Menagerie is a blog in which illustrator Bruce Jensen is, in his words, “painting groovy things from another planet”. Jensen’s wonderfully loopy creatures are usually painted in acrylic on watercolor paper, though at times on post-it notes, and are supplemented in…

  • Simon Dominic

    —

    by

    cparker
    in ,

    Simon Dominic (who you will sometimes see referred to as Simon Dominic Brewer) is an English illustrator and concept artist. Like many contemporary concept artists and illustrators working in the science fiction and fantasy vein, Simon works digitally, painting his compositions in Corel Painter and Art Rage Studio Pro (see my 2011 review of Art…

  • Stop PIPA and SOPA

    —

    by

    cparker
    in , , , , , ,

    If you stopped by Lines and Colors yesterday, January 18, you may have noticed that Lines and Colors had gone dark, along with a significant number of other sites, in protest, and to raise awareness of the “anti-piracy” internet censorship bills looming in the U.S. Congress. If you didn’t happen to stop by yesterday, but…

  • Patrick Woodroffe (update)

    —

    by

    cparker
    in , ,

    English artist and writer Patrick Woodroffe is self taught as an artist, having studied languages at the University of Leeds. He is noted for his illustrations for books and record album covers, basically in a fantasy vein, but with a unique approach and artistic roots in artists like Bosch and Bruegel as well as Surrealism…