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Category: Sc-fi and Fantasy

  • John Anster Fitzgerald

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    Despite his lack of formal art training, Victorian painter John Anster Fitzgerald became accepted by the Royal Academy, exhibited at the British Institution and established himself as well-known portrait painter and illustrator. However, “Fairy Fitzgerald” earned his nickname as a “fairy painter”, a popular niche genre in Victorian painting that focused on the depictions of…

  • MicroVisions 5 auction

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    MicroVisions is a yearly auction of small (5×7″, 12x17cm) paintings by noted science fiction and fantasy artists, arranged by Irene Gallo and Dan Dos Santos, the proceeds of which go to the Society of Illustrators student scholarship fund. This year’s participating artists include Scott Altmann, Scott Bakal, Rick Berry, Bill Carman, Jon Foster, Donato Giancola,…

  • Frank Frazetta

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    Frank Frazetta was one of the best and most renowned fantasy illustrators in the history of the genre. Frazetta died yesterday, May 10, 2010 at the age of 82. Frazetta began his career as a comics artist, starting as a teenager as an assistant to other artists. He worked for smaller comic book publishers, producing…

  • Dan Seagrave

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    Born in the U.K. and now residing in Canada, Dan Seagrave began his career with an album cover for a local band. That expanded into a series of notable covers for other bands, though within a specific genre. Seagrave has continued to produce art for music groups, but his intricate, intensely detailed and highly imaginative…

  • Tyler Jacobson

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    California illustrator Tyler Jacobson recently graduated from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and has embarked on a career as an illustrator, with an eye to working as a concept artist for the film and gaming industries. His clients include Wizards of the Coast, Dungeons and Dragons, NBC, Texas Monthly and Simon and Schuster.…

  • Concept Art World

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    Concept Art World is a blog (or blog-themed magazine) devoted to film and gaming concept and production art and related disciplines. It features artists from around the world, and offers articles on concept art from particular projects and a listing of artists and studios, as well as resources like books and some how-to features. You…