Artists you like

Don't forget to post pictures!

Off the top of my head, I'd love to be able to draw like Monkey◊ Punch◊, who did Lupin III.

I'm partial◊ to Gustav Klimt◊.

Klimt has such a bizarre style. Kinda cool, though.

I like Dalí◊ (that's about the Spanish Civil War), Bosch◊ (fuckhuge image, the Last Judgment), Giger◊, Nihei◊...

Dali is awesome.

Does Michael Turner count as a 'real' artist?

*Wikipedia* Witchblade or this dude? Either way, Sure, Why Not?

Mark◊ Bagley◊ and Kosuke◊ Fujisima◊ will always be the best to me.

If we can include realism, I'm a fan of Norman Rockwell. His work is amazing.

I mean Witchblade, although I haven't seen his work on that. I've seen his drawings on Superman/Batman and Fathom, and they look so alive, so organic.

vermeer is awesome as is raphael, the least well known of renaissance painters

Seconding Dali and Bosch. Also, Max◊ Ernst.◊

Less weirdly, John◊ William◊ Waterhouse◊, although I admit that's partly due to his propensity for redheaded ladies.

Copypasting from a post in another thread:

William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Young Shepherdess Standing◊. Her Pre-Raphaelite spunkiness inspired a character of mine xD.

Also from Bouguereau: Bacchante◊. I have yet to decide whether the character inspired by this will actually figure into the novel outside of flashbacks and mentions, but yeah.

I'm very fond of Ralph Steadman's work:

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edited 26th Apr '10 7:51:05 PM by Bill

Somebody involved with Hunter S Thompson? (Wikipedia says yes. What an iconic image that last one is, sorta)

that ralph steadman man

he is a good artist I just wish he whould paint realisticly and not abstract

What's wrong with some abstraction? I mean, that's hardly up to Frankenthaler levels.

I mostly like realistic scenes

or epic scenes but abstraction always seemed pretensious to me

A self-portrait covered in paint and what looks like a sewing machine◊ is pretentious?!

No, my friend.

This◊ is pretentious.

ehh some abstaraction is good

(for instance I type in an abstract way)

I'm partial to the Dutch Golden Age, Post-impressionism and the High Renaissance. Favourite artists are Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer. Vermeer's◊ realism is amazing, and Rembrandt's work with light and shadow◊...pure love.

New forum makes Yuan very, very happy.

Frank Frazetta

Geof Darrow

James Mc Neil Whistler

H. R. Geiger

Egon Schielle

Jean Honre Fragonard

All of these Guys

Peter Chung

Michael Zulli

Dante Gabriel Rosetti

edited 27th Apr '10 10:51:52 PM by Roman

yuan is officially my forum best friend

Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Peyton, Al Hirschfeld, the whole Urban Realist genre, and more I'll post later, probably a separate post for cartoonists I love.

There's others, but I'll start with Francis Bacon◊ and Francisco Goya◊.

edited 27th Apr '10 11:24:47 PM by DarkDecapodian

I'm kind of a Darwyn◊ Cooke◊ whore◊. There's just something beautifully retro about his style and coloring.