Artist Highlights: Gray Morrow
A short clip of fantasy art from Gray Morrow (I especially love his Orion and Edge of Chaos titles). He had wonderful rendering skills– especially his line work:
Don’s Musings
Illustrating Fairy Tales
A short clip on fairy tale storytelling featuring work from various illustrators, such as Arthur Rackham, from Kennesaw State University:
Unsung Heroes
Artists not getting the credit or recognition that they deserve? Sadly, this seems to be the case for many, many, many artists and craftsmen:
Graphic Novel Progress
A few sample pages from A Home Without, in various stages of penciling, inking, and painting:
The Hobbit (1977 Animated Film)
A short clip of an encounter with Smaug from the 1977 animated Rankin/Bass Hobbit film. Despite a few flaws, I believe this animated version to be much closer in style and aesthetics to Tolkien’s book (as opposed to Peter Jackson’s live-action take). The hand-drawn character designs and backgrounds are incredible: