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Boris Vallejo is a fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator, prominent in especially the '70s-80s
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See here for more Conan art by
Frazetta, Frank https://imgur.com/gallery/kwVPlPR
Norem, Earl https://imgur.com/gallery/ffx58A4
TheRicM
Excellent post! Thanks for providing this! Such iconic style
ElvisParsly
Here is a picture of Boris handing me my autographed artwork. Super nice guy.
Kiloran1
Damn I loved Vallejo’s work. Such fantastic scenes.
IgnisInvictus
I thought this was Boris. He's got fantastic art.
Kiloran1
(Chuckle) Boris Vallejo.
NotTinyPancakes
Aw yeha vintage Grognaks
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LarvaLamp
What always fascinated me was not how well he painted people (he used models, of course), but the monsters! They're so realistic, it has a very "Pickman's Model" vibe going on.
ThatGuy42
I'm here for the dark fantasy vibes.
Rusarules
I think you mean Golden Axe art. Minus the dwarf.
netsgnut
He draws nice butts
jetact12
Before ther was xena there was sonja
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FuzzyOne313
My favorite book when I was a smal lchild was "The Boy who Saved the stars". Before I could read it, I knew the artwork in it was spectacularly different from anything I'd seen in other books. years later, I found it amongst our books after a move. The Author? Doris Vallejo. And Artwork by her then-husband, Boris.
DeepLlama
I remember my high school art teacher telling me my art looks like Vallejos...never knew if it was a compliment 🤣
ButterflyBuddha
I found his art inspiring as a sheltered girl becoming independent as an adult. The women were powerful and tamed some beautiful beasts. Beautiful artwork! ❤️
crackajackin
Just had to go rewatch korgoth for the 70th time
TheHuntedSnark
#3
RestlessVagabond
#1 was the poster that followed me to every new home and adorned every bedroom I had growing up.
TheMeatClownCometh
What artwork is best in life?!
IAmNotNSAsodonotbeparanoid
To crush your enemies pigments, see them drawn before you, and to hear the admiration from their women.
illmx
Boris was very ….influential in my teen years
jimmythehat1
I don't know why, but when I read Boris Vallejo's name, I sing it to the tune of Gypsy King's Bamboleo. It's dumb.
cruxofthebisquit
Larry Elmore!!
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mirrorz
Boris Vallejo and his wife Julie Bell painted some of the best stuff out there. They both were super fitness buffs as well as amazing painters.
Bleppo
My first image hoard, when I was like 16, was just Vallejo, Frazetta, and random dragon paintings. Good times
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DAKP
Ah, Boris. And Ah, Frazetta. Frazetta seems to have more "life/passion" in his art, but Boris was more photo-realistic.
Ngugi
Aye; I argue Frazetta's art feels most kinetic [ie has the greatest sense of movement, force and impact] among artists in the same vein - such as Vallejo, Earl Norem, Chris Achilléos, [Boris' wife] Julie Bell, Keith Parkinson, or Jeffrey Catherine Jones. I fancy many of Vallejo's early artworks, but among his peers he ranks low to me personally as he came to prefer depicting people posing rather than in a scene and gave up on grit to make it shiny and polished.
leodavinci1
IIRC, I read somewhere that Jeff Jones was related to Frazetta and studied under him for a while.Although I never saw any Jones stuff with Frazetta style figures, there was a certain similarity in their work.
Ngugi
I can't find any reference to Jones being a relative or student of Frazetta; but they knew each other and hung out some when Jones started out (CFA-APA nr 8, 1987)
TripleDane
i offer you the dansih jewel that is .. RONALD THE BARBARIAN
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SaturnineCult
Fantasy artists perfect answer to over-sexualizing female characters: Do the same to men too!
starhewn
When you've spent ages getting good at depicting humans and developing an understanding of anatomy from the artist's perspective, you want to show off your work and effort.
Ngugi
Q: Who shall have some kind of lointcloth and no shirt? Sword & sorcery artists:
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
And, if you're Boris Vallejo: Marry a woman who looks like she jumped straight out of a Conan novel and is also an insanely talented fantasy artist on top of being a bodybuilder (Julie Bell)
periwinklepanda
Then why aren't more of the women he painted ripped like his wife? Even when fighting, the women are depicted with less muscle.
SmoeAhsolse
"Draw me like one of your Hyrkanian girls."
NotTinyPancakes
well that's handy for reference work :D
bigdinger81
She's my second favorite artist in the genre, after him
flipj
Boris is the best for Conan art. His stuff is simply fabulous.
IAmNotNSAsodonotbeparanoid
I used to have these in trading cards.
LADOW
Me, three! One of my favorite 90's trading card boom sets. I have a Frank Frazetta set, too.
Hemispheres
I still do.
LarvaLamp
Same!