June 20, 2008
Wow, a totally drop-dead gorgeous fantasy landscape art piece.
City of Elldwin (mostly done in Photoshop)
Andy Simmons was born in Reigate, England, 1963. He has always been artistic by nature, but never studied art or enjoyed the way it was portrayed at school.
It wasn’t until his early 30s that he rediscovered his dormant passion for art. In 1994, Andy started learning traditional media and studied portrait and landscape painting in oils. In 1997, he discovered computer art, began with Bryce 3d and was instantly hooked.
Andy invites you to hop over to his website, and take a look at his extensive online art gallery.
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June 3, 2008
1. Little Empress — “The white lily symbolizes innocence. But childhood days will be over soon, as the ship — the ferry to adulthood — indicates.”
2. Ecce Ancilla Domini!
Images © Kristina Gehrmann
Kristina Gehrmann is 19 and from Meerbusch, Germany. She is a student and freelance illustrator.
She considers her artistic strengths to be story illustrations and character concepts, in both realism and anime styles. To finish a painting, she takes approximately 15 to 50 hours (digital painting). Kristina works on a very big format and spends a lot of time on the small details. Traditional media painting takes less time — an oil or watercolor painting could about 3 to 20 hours. Studies and speedpaints usually don’t take more than 2 hours.
Her answer as to why she paints is straightforward: “Because I have no choice.”
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May 21, 2008
Army of Eternity
World of Warcraft has a bunch of lovely wallpapers (each available in 4 or 5 sizes) — these two are from the fan wallpapers section. The official wallpapers are very spiffy too, but I thought the fan ones were a little more unusual (:
PS: Blizzard’s University Relations program, mmm.
Gnome Warlock Shop
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May 19, 2008
French miniature, 14th century — “Nature offers Machaut three of her children - Sense, Rhetoric, and Music.”
Guillaume de Machaut was a famous French poet, and one of the greatest composers of the 14th Century too. He was greatly admired and imitated by other poets including the likes of Geoffrey Chaucer.
He studied theology and took holy orders. In the service of King John of Bohemia he traveled through Europe on chivalric expeditions.
The theme of Foy porter is of the irresistibility of love. Gemstones were believed to have healing properties. The idea that courtly love improved one’s character was a crucial part of the tradition at the time.
“I want to stay faithful, guard your honor,
Seek peace, obey
Fear, serve and honor you,
Until death,
Peerless Lady.”
~
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May 14, 2008
“Winter Child” - A pregnant fairy amongst crisp winter winds and frost.
“Preparing for seduction” - A succubus taking a bath in the moonlit pond.
Images © Madeleine Gusdal. Taken from www.elverquisst.se with permission.
Madeleine Gusdal is 26 and from Sweden. She considers the Wacom Intuous II “the best thing (she’s) ever bought in her entire life”. Her favourite style of digital art is fantasy realism.
Her online portfolio features only the best of her work, and the main medium is digital. Madeleine’s older art can be viewed on other art galleries, at Epilogue [contains the most =)], Elfwood and DeviantArt.
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May 8, 2008
1. The Dragon Ryu
2. Interior Illustration for ‘Realms of Fantasy’ Magazine
3. Life and Death
Kiriko Moth always knew she was going to be an artist — in the sense that even if it wasn’t a career path, she’d still be drawing all the time.
Kiriko was born in Sacramento, but grew up in Santa Fe and Nashville. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a BFA in graphic design and illustration. She now lives in San Francisco, where she is working at immersing herself more in the local art community.
She dabbles in just about every method and medium. She loves to mix the traditional with the new — her work begins in pencil and ink on bristol paper, which is scanned and colored in Photoshop.
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