Ten modern masters of fantasy and science fiction art discuss the creative processes behind their works. Some use traditional media, some use only computers,
and some find a happy medium between the two, but all produce distinctive, original works with whatever tools they choose.
Review
I found this discounted at a local art store, and I figured I'd kick myself if I didn't buy it. It's a nice gallery of the featured artists' works, with
interesting insights into art and the creative process, in general and related to specific works. Some of the stuff leans a bit too far toward abstract for my
tastes, but I can appreciate that that, too, is art, if not necessarily art that I like.
More modern masters of fantasy and science fiction art discuss their influences, inspirations, and techniques, with several examples of their work.
Review
Yes, I found this the same day I found the previous volume, and it was also discounted. For the price, I had to buy them both. The idea is the same as the
previous book, so there seems little need to repeat the same information here. I clipped it a point because most of the art is of the grotesque and/or abstract
genre and not, to my mind, fantasy or science fiction art as promised by the cover. Again, this is probably my own beef, but I like to have some idea of what
I'm looking at in a painting, especially a sci-fi or fantasy painting, and the vast majority of abstract art just doesn't "speak" to me on the same level as a
spellbinding spacescape or imposingly realized fantasy creature. Just plain bizarre images don't do the same thing to me, either. That said, I did like some
of the artists featured here, but the others I didn't connect with at all.
