Fantasy Art

Alberto Vargas painted some of the most classically beautiful women the world has ever seen. His work was published in many issues of Playboy Magazine and, in the 40's, his pin-up girls illustrations were very popular among the American soldiers. He created a remarkable style and has had a lot of followers. We have tried to present a large portion of the best illustrations of this Master of the Pin-up girls.

Boris Vallejo is the most outstanding sci-fi artist of all the times. His work is known for its incredible detail, eroticism and unforgettable monsters. Most part of his work is evocative of the ancient times, but all present a supernatural quality. We have tried to present a large portion of the best illustrations of this Master of the Erotic Fantastic. Visit the Official Site of Boris Vallejo

Frank Frazetta was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1928. As early as age three he was drawing & at eight he is reported to have been selling his work! He later went to the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts. In 1944, at the tender age of 16, his first professional comic work appeared in Tally Ho comics, under his mentor John Giunta. This job would lead to others & for several years he illustrated funny animals for text stories in Coo Coo & Happy comics.

Hajime Sorayama was born the eldest son of a carpenter in 1947 in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. At school, he scored low in physical education and music, but received top grades in art. When he was in high school, he did pen-and-ink drawings of airplanes and ships. Sorayama entered Shikoku Gakuin University in 1965. After the publication of PINK JOURNAL in 1967, he left the school and entered the Chuo Art School. Graduating in 1969, he was hired at an advertising firm as a comprehensive illustrator. He began working independently as a free-lance illustrator in 1972. Sorayama drew his first robot in 1978. Visit the Official Site of Hajime Sorayama

Hans Rudi Giger was born and raised in 1940 at Chur in Switzerland, as a chemist's son. Even as a child he was highly interested in the morbid, death, and in the supernatural. In his parent's house he made a ghost ride in the cellar. After a few years, H.R. discovered books like 'La belle et la bete', which made his ghost ride somewhat primitive. So he started working on a 'Black Chamber', at the top floor of his parents house. It was meant to play jazz in with his friends, and to make out with girls. Go to the official Web site at Official site of H.R.Giger

Luis Royo paints both beautiful women from the past with swords and futuristic with lazerguns. He is mixing love with war, beauty with risk, seduction with challenge and passion with death. Women holding a masculine weapon in their hands is as dangerous as exciting. The images shows their blatant femininity, yet seizes masculinity by the most delicate angle. Magic!

Maurits Cornelis Escher, born in Leeuwarden, 17 june 1898, received his first instruction in drawing at the secondary school in Arnhem, by F.W. van der Haagen, who helped him to develop his graphic aptitude by teaching in the technique of the linoleum cut. From 1919 to 1922 he studied at the School of Architecture and Ornamental Design in Haarlem, where he was instructed in the graphic techniques by S. Jessurun de Mesquita, whose strong personality greatly influenced escher's further development, as graphic artist.

Olivia deBerardinis is one of the heirs apparent to Alberto Vargas whose work graced Playboy magazine for many years. Some of her most famous work depicts Betty Page in various poses. Betty was one of the original pin-up girls of the fifties. Olivia has a tremendous range and a personal style. Check out Olivia's official site at The Pinup Mall

Rowena Morrill is unquestionably one of the most significant female Fantasy painters in the world today. Her artwork brings together her diverse experience, vivid imagination, inspiration and talent. She developed a style and technique for which she is now very well known. Rowena has become a celebrity to science fiction fans, artists and art students. Aside from illustrating book covers for more than a dozen publishers in both the United States and Europe, she has participated in gallery and museum exhibitions throughout the country, and her work is found in important private and museum collections worldwide. Official Site of Rowena Morrill