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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2022 14:08:12 GMT -5
Advice from a Master: Frank Frazetta
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Post by Von K on Apr 16, 2022 14:34:03 GMT -5
Advice from a Master: Frank Frazetta That's awesome Hun, thanks.
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Post by kemp on Apr 17, 2022 9:22:34 GMT -5
That's what I always loved about FF's cover art, that combination of the strong lights and darks, shadows and light in much of his best works. The use of murky and hazy backgrounds with often muted colours of brown, grey and black, sometimes green, red and other hues, juxtaposed with foreground figures that just kind of jump out at you.   I have seem elements of this in the old masters such as Rembrandt. For some reason this subtlety of light and dark is missing in much of todays fantasy art. Frank Frazetta wasn't just a great fantasy artist, he was a great artist full stop. |
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Post by Von K on Apr 17, 2022 16:18:49 GMT -5
I have seem elements of this in the old masters such as Rembrandt. For some reason this subtlety of light and dark is missing in much of todays fantasy art. Frank Frazetta wasn't just a great fantasy artist, he was a great artist full stop. Agreed on all three points.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2022 2:33:30 GMT -5
A new GIANT Frazetta book published by Taschen:  FANTASTIC WORLDs OF FRANK FRAZETTA HC
Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 10 years since his death. With his paintings now breaking auction records, he's long overdue for this ultimate monograph. Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. He claimed to only make art when there was nothing better to do - he preferred playing baseball - yet began his professional career in comics at age 16. Strip work led him to the infamous EC Comics, then to oils for Tarzan and Conan pulp covers. He used his first-hand knowledge of muscle and macho, gained from living on the streets of Brooklyn, to redefine fantasy heroes as more massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before. As counterbalance he created a new breed of women, as nude as censorship allowed, with pixie faces and multiparous bodies: thick thighed, heavy buttocked, breasts cantilevered out to there, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. Add in the action, the creatures, the twilit worlds of haunting shadow and Frazetta's art is addictive as potato chips. This monograph is the biggest and most complete ever produced on the artist, done in collaboration with the Frazetta family and with top collectors.$200.00 Release Date: 4 January 2023 Link: previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP222030 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2022 3:11:31 GMT -5
...Sara Frazetta interview!
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Post by garbanzo on Sept 10, 2022 6:31:45 GMT -5
Wow, two new Frazetta books on the horizon, and I still haven't even bought the latest one from Vanguard. Choices, choices!
Honestly I'm more keen on the covers book than a giant Taschen volume, but I'll probably end up with the lot...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 17:26:13 GMT -5
...a new Frazetta book from Vanguard  Frazetta Book Cover Art: The Definitive Reference Vanguard follows last year's hit Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta book by J. David Spurlock with definitive reference on Frazetta Book Cover Art.Frazetta is the revolutionary fantasy artist of Conan, King Kong, Death Dealer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lord of The Rings and more, whose original art sells for millions. This new 2022 Frazetta book follows last year's hit, Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta and is similar to Vanguard's earlier Frazetta Definitive Reference book. But, it is superior in at least one regard. Instead of cataloging Frazetta items with mostly smaller illustrations, this new book is devoted solely to the artist's single, most beloved venue, Book Cover Art. By focusing on this specific area, the book boasts room enough to feature every single one of Frazetta's famous and highly collectable illustrated book covers, beautifully and authentically reproduced at a larger size on a page to itself. All are presented in chronological order which, gives readers a unique ability to follow Frazetta's evolution as an artist. Accompanying text includes commentary, original publication titles, publishers, dates, and rare quotes from the artist himself. For this Definitive Reference to feature the Complete Collection of Frazetta's decades of book cover illustrations, in a single beautifully produced volume, is a dream come true for Frazetta fans, art and book collectors and historians alike.Hardcover Size: 8.5 x 11 inches 168 pages $39.95 Slipcased Deluxe HC The Slipcased Deluxe edition will feature a 16-page bonus folio comprised of vintage Frazetta frontispiece drawings which, often opened early books Frazetta painted covers for. Size: 8.5 x 11 inches 184 pages $69.955 RELEASE DATE: 28 June 2022 Amazon Links: www.amazon.co.uk/Frazetta-Book-Cover-Art-Definitive/dp/1934331848www.amazon.com/Frazetta-Book-Cover-Art-Definitive/dp/1934331848 |
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Post by kemp on Nov 1, 2022 0:35:11 GMT -5
...a new Frazetta book from Vanguard Frazetta Book Cover Art: The Definitive ReferenceVanguard follows last year's hit Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta book by J. David Spurlock with definitive reference on Frazetta Book Cover Art.Frazetta is the revolutionary fantasy artist of Conan, King Kong, Death Dealer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lord of The Rings and more, whose original art sells for millions. This new 2022 Frazetta book follows last year's hit, Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta and is similar to Vanguard's earlier Frazetta Definitive Reference book. But, it is superior in at least one regard. Instead of cataloging Frazetta items with mostly smaller illustrations, this new book is devoted solely to the artist's single, most beloved venue, Book Cover Art. By focusing on this specific area, the book boasts room enough to feature every single one of Frazetta's famous and highly collectable illustrated book covers, beautifully and authentically reproduced at a larger size on a page to itself. All are presented in chronological order which, gives readers a unique ability to follow Frazetta's evolution as an artist. Accompanying text includes commentary, original publication titles, publishers, dates, and rare quotes from the artist himself. For this Definitive Reference to feature the Complete Collection of Frazetta's decades of book cover illustrations, in a single beautifully produced volume, is a dream come true for Frazetta fans, art and book collectors and historians alike.Hardcover Size: 8.5 x 11 inches 168 pages $39.95 Slipcased Deluxe HC The Slipcased Deluxe edition will feature a 16-page bonus folio comprised of vintage Frazetta frontispiece drawings which, often opened early books Frazetta painted covers for. Size: 8.5 x 11 inches 184 pages $69.955 RELEASE DATE: 28 June 2022 Amazon Links: www.amazon.co.uk/Frazetta-Book-Cover-Art-Definitive/dp/1934331848www.amazon.com/Frazetta-Book-Cover-Art-Definitive/dp/1934331848So is this basically a collection of paperback cover scans, or the cover art pieces prior to the splashwork..... I might do a flick through of the book at our local entertainment and comics den before grabing this collection. |
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Post by kemp on Nov 2, 2022 1:36:26 GMT -5
Seems to be a visual reference guide to FF's paperbacks and other cover art. Collectors might find this collection of great interest.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2023 23:21:19 GMT -5
Artbook | UNBOXING Preview | The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2023 4:25:06 GMT -5
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Post by Von K on Jun 25, 2023 17:03:59 GMT -5
That's incredible! The more time passes the more he seems like the Rembrandt of fantasy art.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jul 9, 2023 19:50:57 GMT -5
That's incredible! The more time passes the more he seems like the Rembrandt of fantasy art. Indeed, and I'd say this is one of his top tier paintings, too. 6 millions may be a bargain a decade from now. |
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Post by hun on Sept 24, 2023 8:30:51 GMT -5
Omar has a butcher's at the Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta:
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