New Artwork...

Finished up this past weekend, another "Master Copy" exercise working from a Frank Frazetta oil masterpiece, this time "Silver Warrior", which I added a little twist to and changed into Wonder Woman, haha! Just copying exactly would be boring for me so I have to do something to add some fun to the challenge of ATTEMPTING to emulate Frank's painterly style using colored pencils...I am very pleased with how this came out and rather like to think Wonder Woman fits this concept well. I tried my best to make her look like how a Frazetta Wonder Woman might look and I enjoyed designing the Wonder Sleigh! I learned some valuable lessons making this picture and that's what these copy exercises are all about. OK...next?

btw for those that might be interested I now have a facebook page dedicated to my art. I post all the finished work as well as Work in Progress and other fun and/or useless things

Frank Frazetta...

February 9th, 1928 - May 10th, 2010

Remembering Frank Frazetta...

Feb 9th, 1928 - May 10th, 2010

Thank You Frank

Happy Birthday Frank Frazetta!

Another tribute slideshow vid, this time showcasing some of Franks mind boggling pen/brush and ink work.

Frank Frazetta: Feb 9th, 1928 - May 10th 2010

Remembering Frank Frazetta...

"I want you to know that I have very little respect for anything on earth, except man's ability to produce work such as this" - Gail Wynand in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"

2010 saw the loss of some very talented and unique people in the entertainment field this year, but none hit me as hard or as personally as the passing of artist Frank Frazetta. So I wanted to say goodbye to 2010, ultimately a truly shitty year for me, by remembering Frank and his work with this little video I made. My advice for the 3 peope that will bother to watch this is save it to your HD if you can, watch it on full screen and crank up the volume!

Frank Frazetta - 2/9/1928 - 5/10/2010

More sad Frazetta news...

The exploitation and disrespect of Frank Frazetta and his legacy continues...

Sometime last week Frazetta's original cover art for EC's Weird Science Fantasy #29, long considered by many to be one of his finest works and arguably the greatest comic book cover ever sold in a private sale for $380,000....now this may seem like a tidy sum but in reality it is a pittance compared to it's true value as an astonishing piece of art and it's influence on an incalcuable number of artists and art lovers in the decades since its creation. That this iconic masterpiece was liquidated for such a bargain basement price less than a month after its creators passing shows a shocking level of disrespect on behalf of the sellers.

*scan courtesy of Mr Door Tree*

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One More Time...

Last of the Frazetta's for now...

"Rogue Roman"

"The Destroyer", my fave of all his Conan paintings!

"Winged Terror"

"The Hun"

"Death Dealer", arguably Frank's most iconic image.

More Frazetta...

Some more of Frank's mind boggling oil paintings...

"Cat Girl"

"Dark Kingdom"

"Death Dealer II"

"Man-Ape" - another intense Conan Painting!

"Neanderthal"

Frank Frazetta...

Some of my fave Frazetta pieces...

Frank's pencil and watercolor masterpiece "Golden Girl"

"Egyptian Queen"

One of his career-defining, genre-defining, pop culture defining Conan oil paintings.

"The Moon Maid"

Another oil masterpiece, "The Silver Warrior"

to be continued...

Frank Frazetta...

1928 - 2010

Thank you for changing my life.