Videogame Artists Pay Tribute to Late Fantasy Legend
Earlier this week, Frank Frazetta - an artist who all but defined the "heroic fantasy" look - passed away, and artists from studios like Blizzard and Double Fine have paid the legend a touching tribute.
It's difficult to overestimate the impact that the late Frank Frazetta has had on the visual styling of contemporary fantasy. The man helped define the modern-day look of characters like Conan the Barbarian and Tarzan, and became renowned for pictures of awesome-looking, muscular and half-naked warriors and hot, scantily-clad fantasy babes - you know, everything that's awesome about fantasy art.
On Monday, Frazetta Kotaku [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100603-Legendary-Conan-Illustrator-Dies-at-82] contacted some of the artists in question to see if they would draw a piece honoring Frazetta's style, influence, and memory.
Sure enough, many rose to the challenge. You have pieces from took a more pixelated, NES-era approach [http://kotaku.com/5539115/video-games-finest-pay-tribute-to-artist-frank-frazetta/gallery/3].
Perhaps the two most awesome pieces in the bunch, though, come from Capybara Games, a Canadian indie studio responsible for developing Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes for Ubisoft. a collection of Frazetta-inspired characters [http://kotaku.com/5539115/video-games-finest-pay-tribute-to-artist-frank-frazetta/gallery/7] that is more than a fitting sendoff to a legendary artist.
The full gallery is available over at Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5539115/video-games-finest-pay-tribute-to-artist-frank-frazetta/gallery/?skyline=true&s=i], and it's an excellent send-off to a man who inspired so many to pick up pencil and paper. Kudos to all of the artists who sent stuff in, and I hope we'll see even more in the days to come.
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Earlier this week, Frank Frazetta - an artist who all but defined the "heroic fantasy" look - passed away, and artists from studios like Blizzard and Double Fine have paid the legend a touching tribute.
It's difficult to overestimate the impact that the late Frank Frazetta has had on the visual styling of contemporary fantasy. The man helped define the modern-day look of characters like Conan the Barbarian and Tarzan, and became renowned for pictures of awesome-looking, muscular and half-naked warriors and hot, scantily-clad fantasy babes - you know, everything that's awesome about fantasy art.
On Monday, Frazetta Kotaku [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100603-Legendary-Conan-Illustrator-Dies-at-82] contacted some of the artists in question to see if they would draw a piece honoring Frazetta's style, influence, and memory.
Sure enough, many rose to the challenge. You have pieces from took a more pixelated, NES-era approach [http://kotaku.com/5539115/video-games-finest-pay-tribute-to-artist-frank-frazetta/gallery/3].
Perhaps the two most awesome pieces in the bunch, though, come from Capybara Games, a Canadian indie studio responsible for developing Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes for Ubisoft. a collection of Frazetta-inspired characters [http://kotaku.com/5539115/video-games-finest-pay-tribute-to-artist-frank-frazetta/gallery/7] that is more than a fitting sendoff to a legendary artist.
The full gallery is available over at Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5539115/video-games-finest-pay-tribute-to-artist-frank-frazetta/gallery/?skyline=true&s=i], and it's an excellent send-off to a man who inspired so many to pick up pencil and paper. Kudos to all of the artists who sent stuff in, and I hope we'll see even more in the days to come.
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