Do you have a favorite fantasy artist?

[Nikki1989]

[abc3643]

That picture looks like a Roger Dean work.
Is it?

Roger Dean is famous for doing the covers of albums for Yes and it is obvious those album covers helped inspire James Cameron when he made "Avatar".

www.hollywoodreporter.com/.../

TITLE: Yes Album Cover Artist Roger Dean Talks L. A. Art Show, ‘Avatar’ and Moon Bases
SUBTITLE: Yes album artist Roger Dean, who will show original works at the 24th L. A. Art Show, discusses his dismissed 'Avatar' lawsuit and building a moon base in Hawaii.

BY JORDAN RIEFE
January 22, 2019 7:00AM

...
Less gratifying was his interaction with director James Cameron in the wake of Avatar. Dean’s copyright infringement lawsuit, in which he cited 14 of his paintings as direct influences on the production, was dismissed by a U. S. District Court judge in 2014. “When I saw the film, I was astonished because to me it seemed like the whole of the planet Pandora was based on my work,” the artist recalls. “The positive was I thought my stuff looked fantastic on the screen. The negative is that it was taken without my consent.”

[ShiftingMonke]

Who did that?

The only one I can name off the top of my head is H. R. Giger, so that's my obvious entry. Lol

[Nikki1989]

That is a Roger Dean work.

And yes, HR Giger is one of my favorites too.

[ShiftingMonke]

I'm gonna have to look into him! it looks like the backdrop to a Ralph Bakshi film. I like it!

[Nikki1989]

He is famous for doing album covers for bands like Yes, Gentle Giant, Budgie and Greenslade to name a few.

[ShiftingMonke]

I was gonna ask, does he animate too? But that's awesome, thanks for the tip!

[AngryCarl2]

I used to like Frank Frazetta. Here's one of his Conan artworks.

Conan the Adventurer artwork by Frank Frazetta

[CrimsonAngel09]

Nipuni: She draws amazing Dragon Age Inquisition art. She's done other works as well.

LaeyrdaValna on Etsy: Another Dragon Age artist, she has gorgeous prints, which I have bought from her a few times. She kind of does the pictures in like a tarot card style. She has also done Bloodborne and Cyberpunk.

[Mansearching]

Never really pin pointed to just one. Plus never known who did the pics. Ones i like probably done by different artists... lol

[bolverk]

Ronald William "Josh" Kirby who did the cover art for the 'Discworld' books by Terry Pratchett.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

Not really. However, many of the art on Magic the Gathering cards are really cool.

[A_Nihilist]

InCase, they're an adult artist. But they do great story behind their comics.

[collie22]

I should, I need to think on that

[21Cowboy21]

Lars Von Triers

[LemiaOfThunder]

Does Stan Lee count

[Grond21]

No, but I have seen some that I just love

[Chad345]

Rodney Matthews.

[Anonymous]

Roger Dean.