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[Doc Holliday]

http://sandboxworld.com/frank-frazetta-dead/

 

[Funky Papa]

Today is such a sad day for sci-fi and fantasy fans around the world.

Goodbye Mr. Frazetta.

 

[besada]

RIP, you bad mofo.

 

[Callo Merlose]

FUCK. I was hoping that the typo in the thread title was real. I just bookmarked one of his pages a few weeks ago. This man was as legendary and the content of his work.
About his covers:

"I remember fans would approach me at conventions and say "What a fabulous cover. I read the entire book awaiting to read about the scene on the cover and never found it. So I read it again thinking I missed it, but no luck." Never judge a book by its cover." - Frank Frazetta

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

That sucks. I was just reading up on some of his stuff last week.

 

[borghe]

god damn.. I seriously had no idea he was still alive.. I had assumed not considering most of his most famous paintings were from books and pulp from the 50s and 60s.

R.I.P. Frank Frazetta. Very very very very few fantasy artists anywhere near the same caliber. Off the top of my head only Larry Elmore, Boris Vallejo and Luis Royo would I consider even close.

 

[wRATH2x]

Damn those drawings are awesome.

R.I.P.

 

[yacobod]

might want to fix the thread title to the correct spelling, but ya awesome fantasy artist

 

[somnific]

legendary artist-- sad to see him go.

RIP

 

[7Th]

There goes one of the greatest artists of our time.

 

[Jocchan]

._.

 

[SUPREME1]

RIP - Frank.

This man('s art) has held a special place in my heart for over 16 years now.

Dat ass.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

This man has held a special place in my heart for over 16 years now.

So true. I can't think of much that I could stare at and pick apart, visually, so much. Such a great loss.

 

[OnkelC]

nm.

 

[Megadragon15]

RIP to one of the best sci-fi artist.

 

[Rorschach]

FUCK. I was hoping that the typo in the thread title was real.

Yeah, I kept ignoring the thread...

I still have some of his works and magazines. Bummed my day.

 

[zoukka]

Don't know the man. Beautiful works. Looks a bit like those Slaine comic covers.

Traditional drawing <3

 

[soultron]

Awesome work. Style wise it looked ahead of its time.

 

[GDGF]

Sadness

Loved this guy's work.

 

[borghe]

Don't know the man. Beautiful works. Looks a bit like those Slaine comic covers.

Traditional drawing <3

as much as a "sometimes fan" as I am of Bisley (he did those covers and stories, Lobo, Melting Pot, etc), he isn't in the same ballpark as Frazetta, nor would he ever claim to be. At his best he is an awesome cartoonist, but IMHO doesn't really compare as a "fantasy artist".

 

[Extollere]

RIP to such a great artist. Will post some images of his that I love later. Despite this being a big loss, Frazetta was 82, and whilst he was no longer producing fantasy art like he was in his hay day, he had a prolific career and left a legend that is all but impossible to live up to. RIP man, RIP....

 

[Confusion Illusion]

He was a legend. He influenced so many fantasy artist.
R.I.P Frank Frazetta

 

[Zozobra]

Such a talent, it's a shame that he's gone, but I'm thankful for what he did while he was around.

I've been meaning to pick up an art book of his. Any recommendations? I'm looking for one that's really image-heavy, I'm not particularly interested in reading about them.

 

[Doc Holliday]

How the hell did I put a P in the tittle? :/

You guys should check out his the documentary Painting with Fire. The guy is amazing, he had a stroke not to long ago and lost control of his right hand. So he learned how to draw left handed

He was also a pretty good baseball player

 

[Sir Garbageman]

RIP to one of the best sci-fi / fantasy artists of all time. Solid collection of some of his work, amazing stuff:

http://frankfrazetta.org/

Warning though, some of it is borderline if not downright NSFW.

 

[ymmv]

I always loved his work. So sad...

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

WHHAT??

Oh MAN.

RIP.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

god damn, i remember reading heavy metal magazine when i was a kid and being inspired by his work, sucha big loss. today's artists can learn a thing or two hundred form him.

 

[Ducarmel]

We lost a master artist today, R.I.P!

I always wanted to emulate his art (I still suck) and always envisioned if I ever married my wife would look like the girls in his art.

Frazetta - Painting with Fire (2003) everybody should watch the documentary on him if you have not seen it before, very good doc.

 

[BattleMonkey]

That sucks, what amazing talent.

 

[Ether_Snake]

We shared the same taste in womanly form.

RIP

 

[the_log_ride]

Aw man wtf

 

[GONz]

Respect and RIP

 

[UrbanRats]

Superb artist. A sad departure. Respect for the man.

 

[Jangaroo]

I loved his artwork and his covers. They took him and Nujabes Who will the universe rob from us next?

 

[Scythesurge]

:-(

 

[Zenogias]

This is really sad news. I remember my dad showing me his work when I was a kid...really fired up the imagination(was a bit young to notice the women back then )

 

[victreeb3l]

Amazing artist. RIP.

 

[adamsappel]

I really loved his work.

 

[Mobius 1]

A true legend. RIP

 

[jmdajr]

rip

 

[Apharmd Battler]

Looks like we've lost another legend.

 

[SUPREME1]

Keeping this thread on the front page out of respect.



One of my favs:

 

[Alucrid]

Didn't know of him until now, however his use of oil paints and his paintings get my respect.

 

[SUPREME1]

Didn't know of him until now, however his use of oil paints and his paintings get my respect.

Check out his LEGACY and ICON (coffee table) books...

So good.

 

[Space Runaway]

Damn. He was another one of those people I felt always needed to exist... Don't really know what to say other than I'm sad.

 

[TheCardPlayer]

RIP.

Huge talent, we just lost.

 

[Laguna X]

Damn it! Frazetta was one of my favorite artists ever. RIP master artist

 

[SimleuqiR]

What! I just read about this! Noooo!

 

[Dabookerman]

Incredible artist. A sad loss