— Musings —05.11.2010 10:02 AM
Frank Frazetta, R.I.P.
When we were nerdling teens (and when we became nerdling adults), he was a big deal to us – brawny sword-swinging brutes, buxom princesses, scary creatures roaming the landscape, all rendered with an unforgettable style – and we vainly tried to copy his art. And it was art.
R.I.P., Frank. (Some of his work can be seen here.)
Oh noooo . . his stuff was/is SO good!
His work has so much life, mystery. I don’t like this uber-detailed superhero art that I see now. Frank could really paint. I’ve got a book of his art somewhere.
He’s one of the very few, maybe the only one — who draws/paints horses *accurately*, and with life, fire, and as someone who must have spent time around horses. Speaking as one who started drawing horses at 6.
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/death-dealer-frazetta.jpg
But not like that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coj-WuKTY54
Women, Wizards, Warriors. And it is great Fantasy Art. Art never dies.