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TurboYVR · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 6:50 pm

Who are your art heroes? Those talented artists who stand out in your mind and whose work inspires you to greater graphic works..

Mine are -

Dhabih : I was amazed by his mag covers. Then I stumbled on his page one day, and instantly added it to my favourites when I saw the gallery. Love it, Dhab! <applauds>

Joe Madureira : of Battle Chasers fame. Just pick up the comic, or the recent collected hardcover of BC #1-5. Beautiful! His anime-inspired style is great!

Craig Mullins : in-freaking-credible. Love that Macross image, even though iut reminds me of Transformers more than Macross. Deceptacons, TRANSFORM!

Bill Watterson : Calvin and Hobbes. Need I say more? Simple, yet great art combined with two now cultural icon characters and great gags and plots...

I have more, but I can't remember then now... I'll be back with more later

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Affected · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 1999 8:52 pm

Mullins, here, too.
Also Dave Mckean.
Although I wouldn't call them heroes, just people who make me go 'whoa, I need to practice more'

Darthlunch · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Oct 1999 Posts: 3

J. Scott Campbell,

The guy who pencils Danger Girls and Gen-13!!

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Kusanhagi · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 1999 10:20 am

I have been and always will be a huge fan and worshiper of Gil Kane.

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Happy_Meal · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 1999 12:40 pm

All those below + Micheal Turner (though all his boys are huge and his girls are 40-20-40)
Great art.... lack of good plot in Fathom.

Mongoose · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 1999 5:14 pm

How could you guys miss Todd McFarlane!?

.. Given, he is crap now, but that's just because he doesn't draw anymore. But Spawn 1-20 or so (excluding issues by Greg Crapullo) were incredible.

In addition to him, Dhabih, Craig Mullins, Christian Haley, Jason Passons, and Steve Garafolo server as my "art heroes".

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Dhabih · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 1999 9:16 pm

hmm, i think these are my fav:
Brom, Frank Frazetta, Joe Mad, Simon Bisley, Craig Mullins.

-dhab

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Funfetus · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 1999 1:49 am

Definitely Brom and Frazetta for me as well. I also really dig Luis Royo, Phil Hale, Rick Berry (http://www.braid.com -- an incredible digital artist), and John Bolton (http://www.johnbolton.com). On the comics side, I've always loved Brian Bolland, Adam Hughes, and Kevin Nowlan.

Nocturnal · member Member # Joined: 24 Oct 1999 Posts: 97

::: runs in , grabs links, leaves quietly :::

Grift · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 1999 4:47 am

No Frank Miller fans?

Grift
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Affected · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 1999 4:54 am

Miller is great, of course, just haven't seen his work for a while.
The name Hugo Pratt came to mind just now, his work is great. (The best-known of which is probably Corto Maltese)

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Doc Holliday · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 1999 6:36 am

My art heroes:
1. JC Leyendecker - Illustration GOD
2. NC Wyeth - another illustration god
3. Every old school comic book artist -neal adams, walt simonson, miller, mignola etc etc
4. Katsuhiro otomo -akira comic book
5. Moebius - www.starwatcher.org kick ass comic book art
6. akira toriyama - dragon ball -great stuff
7. too many list and i need breakfast

Affected · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 1999 7:41 am

Oh yeah, Moebius of course.
And also Enki Bilal. Anyone seen this guy's work?

Doc Holliday · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 1999 7:50 am

Yeah Bilal is pretty good too, im not to familiar with it but the stuff i have seoen is impressive. He has a new book out, i might pick it up soon.

Threnody · junior member Member # Joined: 26 Oct 1999 Posts: 37

In no perticular order:

Eni Oken
Bill Watterson
Craig Mullins
Dhabih Eng
Frank Vitale
Thomas Kinkade

WildCard · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 1999 7:56 am

Micheal Turner
J. Scott Campbell
All Rio
And uhhhhhhhh......... Some others

yellow · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 1999 1:57 pm

Art hero's of mine:

Joe Mad!
Dhabih Eng
Zid!
Steve Goad
Mark Monciardini
ummmm...... who else.
Me think

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Mr.Monkey · junior member Member # Joined: 30 Oct 1999 Posts: 1

ugh

FRANK MILLER
AKIRA TORIYAMA
OLD PRE ANIME JIM LEE
AMNO
MORBIUS
MASAMUNE SHIROW
DON MARTIN
BILL WATTERSON
CHRIS PRONOWSKY (Character Designer for DownTown)

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

Pavel Lagutin because.. because he's russian, god damn your ass! hehehehehhehehehe and he also hates anime (errm, gotta ask him about that)

http://www.3dpalette.com/race/index.html

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Fig · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 1:11 pm

One more that no one's mentioned, I love Humberto Ramos' stuff, it's got a different look to it that's just cooooooooool...

Chris http://figdigital.com

yellow · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 3:42 pm

Yah thats one guy i missed, i totally agree with you! He is one artist that is overlooked alot, like Crimson is fuckin awesome. You cant tell me hes not an awesome artist.

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Doc Holliday · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 4:03 pm

Hes not an awesome artist

TurboYVR · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 8:43 pm

he;s the guy who draws absolutely massive feet, right?

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Shrimpish · Guest Member #

I found this guy a while ago, and I don't know if he followed Craig Mullins' style or Craig followed his, but their styles are strikingly similar (-remember, I said style, not talent--Mullins is better=)-).
He also does stuff for like movies and simulation rides'n stuff.

Check his site out at: http://www.alyudesign.com

Kusanhagi · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 1999 12:28 am

Does anyone know the name of the artist who did the animated series Aeon Flux. I think his style was awesome.

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imdaking · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 1999 12:37 am

D-Tron and Michael Turner from Top Cow...

SHWING SHWING SHWING.....

god damn... i'd give my right arm and hand for there artistic abilities...

*note... im left handed so i wouldnt care! =P

Muzman · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 1999 4:03 am

does Ken Scott count?
and the Quakecon poster guy (he's probably been mentioned, but I don't know his name off hand)
or the father of them all, H.R Giger

Fig · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 1999 10:38 pm

Peter Chung is the guy that did Aeon Flux, some cool stuff. If we start getting into designers there's some really cool guys like Syd Mead or even Doug Chiang. I consider some architects in that category as well, there's some awesome work out there from guys like Michael Graves, Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Antonio Gaudi...

Chris http://figdigital.com

Sumaleth · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 1999 11:58 pm

It's really interesting to read who people like when it comes to art. There have been many mentioned that I totally agree with, but strangely quite a lot that I totally disagree with too

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My list in no particular order;

Craig Mullins (been a HUGE influence on my own stuff and probably the artist I most admire right now)

Syd Mead
Frank Frazetta
Ray Harris-Ching (Frazetta-style wildlife artist)
Kruger (the German caricature artist)
Thomas Kinkade (was surprised to see someone else mention him too)
Carl Brenders (photorealistic wildlife artist)
Alex Ross (only just gets into the list..)
Ken Scott (can't help but be influenced by his Q3A work)
Wayne Barlowe (for his alien designs in Expedition)
RA (old-school demo artist)
Bob Stevenson (the artist that got me interested in digital art way back in the early C64 years - now one of the head guys at Planet Moon Studios)

Thats all I can really think of although I'm sure I could fill a book with artists that have influenced me in one way or another.

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Shrimpish: the reason that artist looks a bit like the work of Mullins is because they are both heavily influenced by the work of Syd Mead. ie. they are both more like Syd Mead than they are of each other. Nice catch, BTW, there's some excellent art on that page.

Rowan
(Sumaleth)

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Muzman · Posted: Wed Nov 03, 1999 12:44 am

yeah those wildlife guys are easy to over look.