Great fantasy artists? (here be pictures)

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 25 Sep 2006, 03:16

I'm not arguing that .... so you may be right, but it doesn't matter

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 25 Sep 2006, 10:34

DaemianLucifer wrote:I didnt say an angel should necesarilly be a warrior,but that the guy on the BF should be(yes,I know peasants arent warriors,but they arent usefull on the BF either).

She's a Rod planter Leader. And there are other units that have no damaging attack.

Gaidal Cain · Unread postby **Gaidal Cain** » 26 Sep 2006, 17:37

I ran across a site with Arpil Lee's work. Here's a picture of Legolas she did:

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 26 Sep 2006, 17:50

Ahem:

In The Hobbit his father Thranduil was described as having "golden" hair, so many assume that Legolas must have been blond also (Indeed, both Ralph Bakshi and Peter Jackson make him blond in their respective film adaptations). However, Tolkien describes his head as "dark" when he shoots down a Ringwraith's fell beast in The Fellowship of the Ring in the following quote, suggesting the contrary to some:

'Frodo looked up at the Elf standing tall above him, as he gazed into the night, seeking a mark to shoot at. His head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind.' (The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Great River")

According to this camp, his hair must be either dark brown or black, as was the norm for the Sindar. (Blond hair was mostly exclusive to the Vanyar.) However, the "blond" camp points out that the above quote takes place at night, and opines that his head may have appeared "dark" due to shadows or the darkness itself, rather than his actual hair colour.

I don't like his hair for some reason. Cool pic otherwise.

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 26 Sep 2006, 17:59

Bah!Who cares about tree shaging pixies anyway?

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 26 Sep 2006, 18:17

DaemianLucifer wrote:Bah!Who cares about tree shaging pixies anyway?

The Trees?!

DL, how about you contribute something?

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:20

hey!! elves are cool - check out my Av, now if that's not the epitomy of elvishness then I don't know what is

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:29

Give me J.R.R.T. or give me death.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:34

Nival grants you death .... use it wisely

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 27 Sep 2006, 01:39

Meh... i already died twice (3 times if you count getting sucked in a vampiric sword), and Nival's no Elder God.

LordHoborgXVII · Unread postby **LordHoborgXVII** » 01 Oct 2006, 22:40

Among my favorite fantasy artists are John Howe and the artist(s) of the Disciples series. Perfectly dark and elegant art from them, full of contrast and detail.

And of course, there is Kouta Hirano, the artist I respect most of all:

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 03 Oct 2006, 02:58

wow .... seems to be a fair bit going on there .... looks good thou

Swordmaster · Unread postby **Swordmaster** » 17 Oct 2006, 09:53

Another Larry Elmore painting. Published as cover for the R. A. Salvatore novel "The Crystal Shard". Haven't read the book, but the painting is great nonetheless:

Marzhin · Unread postby **Marzhin** » 17 Oct 2006, 09:58

Swordmaster wrote:Another Larry Elmore painting. Published as cover for the R. A. Salvatore novel "The Crystal Shard". Haven't read the book, but the painting is great nonetheless.

The problem with Larry Elmore : it's too static. That's why my favourite is the one he did for MM6.

edit : I'm also a big fan of hayao Miyazaki water colours :

Swordmaster · Unread postby **Swordmaster** » 17 Oct 2006, 10:27

Marzhin wrote:
Swordmaster wrote:Another Larry Elmore painting. Published as cover for the R. A. Salvatore novel "The Crystal Shard". Haven't read the book, but the painting is great nonetheless.
The problem with Larry Elmore : it's too static. That's why my favourite is the one he did for MM6.

Not all of his work is as great as this and the MM6 one, that's true. But it's a matter of taste. Paintings beeing static does not become a problem for me, it is the atmosphere and feeling of the painting that is important to me. From that point of view, "The Crystal Shard" is wonderful. IMO.

Mytical · Unread postby **Mytical** » 04 Nov 2006, 09:17

http://drakonis.135.it/

This link has some amazing pictures/avatars and other various things. I have found (already) dozens of avatars I personally would like (that mods would actually let me have) as well as even more the mods would never allow. Whoever does these may be one of the best out there...they are amazing.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 07 Nov 2006, 02:47

checking it out now Myst .... looks very cool - thanks for the link

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 12 Jan 2007, 20:48

Alex Ross rocks my socks off:

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 12 Jan 2007, 20:53

On the topic of fantasy art: isn't this just an awful cover for the Silmarillion? I mean, who the heck is that guy supposed to be, Túrin?

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 12 Jan 2007, 21:16

theLuckyDragon wrote:I mean, who the heck is that guy supposed to be, Túrin?

Generic fantasy guy with sword, with 6 articulated joints. In store now. But i've seen worse, not that it's a good thing. Very few fantasy books have covers that i really liked.

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