Fantasy and Scifi Visual Reference web sites
Since there are so many artists and fantasy websites, this
list intends to show only some favorite artists. Fantasy & Sci-fi art and illustration
(Traditional and Digital) Slawcek's Ultimate guide to SF art on the Net
http://www.slawcio.com
Slawek's ultimate guide to science-fiction/fantasy/space and surreal art on the Net: an enormous list of links to sci-fi galleries, fantasy illustrators of all kinds. Most artists are
traditional contemporary fantasy illustrators. Go directly to the bottom, where an alphabetic index takes to the list of artists. Be prepared to spend hours... Galerie Morpheus
http://www.morpheusint.com
One of the best real galleries dedicate to surreal and art fantastique. H.R.Giger rules, but there are also other fabulous artists there. Check out the button "Museum Morpheus" to
see a list of all the artists. A must see!3D Artists at Raph.com
http://www.raph.com
Simply the best 3D gallery around. ASFA: Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists
http://www.asfa-art.org/gallery.html
Good gallery of artists affiliated to this association.Artists in Hinde Sight
http://www.ozcraft.com/scifidu/artists.html
Not many, but really well chosen examples of the best fantasy artists around.
Cool Dog Science Fiction and Fantasy Gallery
http://www.q-consulting.com/cdg/
Excellent site with tons of images of fantasy and scifi artists. Science Fiction Movies at About.com
http://fantasy.about.com/
Informative site with links to sci-fi and fantasy movie sites, including special effects, props and well known feature films. CGCommunity
http://www.cgcommunity.com/
Featuring some of the most amazing computer graphics
artists. Check out CGElite, while you are there. SciFlicks.com
http://www.sciflicks.com/
Science Fiction Cinema: featuring extensive list of scifi movies, with lots of imagery.
Fantasy and Sci-fi artists (traditional)
Robert Venosa
http://www.venosa.com/
Traditional fantasy artist whose work has a very strong
sense of texture, detailed and intricate.
Gil Bruvel
http://www.bruvel.com
or
http://www.chalk-farm-gallery.co.uk/artists/gil_bruvel.html
or
http://www.aejv.com/bruvel.htm
or
http://www.aejv.com/bruvel-ltd.htm
Fine artist working with traditional tools to produce whimsical
fantasy sceneries and human/machine hybrids. Beautifully colored work, very unique style.
Rodney Matthews
http://www.rodneymatthews.com
Traditional fantasy illustrator with a very distinctive stylistic
line , especially strong in record and book covers. A lot of world and environments scene and unusual funny characters. Dan Seagrave Official Site
http://members.madasafish.com/~danseagrave/
Dan Seagrave is a fantasy artist who created album covers in the 1990s and produces fantastically detailed and eerie scenarios.
Dan Seagrave Unofficial Site
http://www.geocities.com/danseagrave/main.htmlDonato Giancola
http://www.donatoart.com/
Realistic fantasy and scifi illustrator working with traditional tools and fantasy themes. Excellent examples of concept sketches.
Stephen Hickman
http://www.ulster.net/~shickman/
Fantasy illustrator working in very traditional lines and themes. D'holbachie.com
http://www.dholbachie.com/list/d%27holbachielist2.html
Very unusual, detailed and colorful whimsical style of art.
Initially one might think the style is for children, but many of the pieces are not children oriented. Jacek Yerka
http://www.museummorpheus.com/contemp/yerka/index.htm
Excellent surrealist fantasy artist.Tom Baxa
http://www.baxaart.com
Fabulously strong fantasy illustration, almost comic book-like.
Extremely dramatic compositions and themes. Kyle Anderson
http://kyleanderson.com
Fantasy digital artist with a very contemporary look.Marc Gabbana
http://www.marcgabbana.com
Fantasy illustrator with extremely exaggerated characters, and excellent sense of color.
Fantasy and Sci-fi artists (digital) Dmitry Dee`Mon Savinoff
http://www.savinoff.com/
Excellent 3D artist with the most beautiful sense of color and
especially, lightingNeil Blevins
http://www.neilblevins.com/
Young 3D artist with fantasy/horror flare who knows the value of overlap.
David Michalczyk
http://www.raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/ag-ap65.html
and http://www.visions-art.com/
Very good 3D scifi 3D artist. Pascal Blanché
http://www.3dluvr.com/pascalb/
3D artist creating characters with a very smooth, illustrative
quality. This artist really knows how to break the computerized look. Igor Posavec
http://3d-io.com/
Excellent whimsical 3D artist, creating fantasy worlds and objects. Mathieu Raynault
http://www.cgcommunity.com/cgelite/raynault.html
Great scifi landscapes in 3D.Steve Ogden
http://www.lunaentertainment.com/
Friend and amazing 3D artist Steve Ogden works for Cyan.
Fantasy and Sci-fi art tutorials
Dramatic Use of Darks and Lights
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/dramashade/dramashade.ht ml
Interesting tutorial on how to add more drama to imagery by
enhancing the dark and light areas of an image. Perspective
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/perspective/perspctv.html
Excellent article on understanding perspective for sketching.
Pencil Sketching by Max Bertuzzi
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/sketching/sketching.html
Basic introduction to sketching. Inking
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/inking/ink.html
Basic introduction to inking a-la-comic books. Sharp Inking and Effects
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/sharp_inking/shinking.html
More interesting tips on inking. Fantasy Art resources Fantasy Art Resource Project from Elfwood
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/
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