Artist Series - Day 243: Laurent Cagniat

Staying away from North America today again with today's artist - I do love me some French comic book drawings :)

Artist Series - Day 242: Nick Sergeev

Time for another 19th century Russian Realist!  I know nothing about this guy at all,but man, I love his stuff.

Artist Series - Day 241: Garrett Hanna

Today's artist is another crazy good concept guy who worked on Wildstar.  I love his character designs, they are dripping with appeal :)

Artist Series - Day 240: J. Scott Campbell

If cartoony pin-up fantasy is your thing, today's artist is your guy.  I like the sense of life, the simplicity of line and the exaggeration of form.  I certainly looked at this guy a lot when I was starting to draw.

Artist Series - Day 239: Ian Miller

You could not play Warhammer in the late 80s and early 90s without being influenced by today's artist...and I played a LOT of Warhammer.

In many ways, Ian is one of the reasons I thought I could never be an artist, because his work pretty much defines the fantasy art I enjoyed at the time, and there is no way in HELL I'm every making something like this...my brain functions in a different way :)

That being said, it's neat to go look back at his stuff, because I definitely see how he influenced my compositions, my themes and the moods of my paintings.

Artist Series - Day 238: Thomas Moran

Some days, you just feel like landscape painting...and on those days, you could do a lot worse than looking at today's artist.  Hudson River School, fantastic use of light, amazing brush strokes.  *drool*

Artist Series - Day 237: Craig Shoji

Today's artist does concept work in the film industry - I love his website, it shows tons of variations of ideas and props - you know, REAL concept art stuff :)

Artist Series - Day 236: Serge Birault

Today's artist does a lot of pinpus, but they are mostly of the humourous variety.  I love his caricatures.

Artist Series - Day 235: Brenoch Adams

I know very little about today's artist, but his stuff is super cool!

Artist Series - Day 234: Zorin Vasili

Today's artist is a Russian illustrator, and all-around badass.  Enjoy :)

Artist Series - Day 233: Kazu Kibuishi

Today's artist first showed up on my radar with the "Flight" anthology, but now is probably best known for his series "Amulet", the sixth book of which just came out this week :)

Oh yeah, he also did a complete set of Harry Potter covers.

Artist Series - Day 232: Romek Delimata

I love picking up new "Art of movie" books, because I scan to see who did the the work. In the case of today's artist, I found him in the "Art of Guardians of the Galaxy."

Artist Series - Day 231: Jasper Francis Cropsey

On my way back from #GenCon, I spent a day in Chicago, and, of course, checked out the Art Institute of Chicago.  There, in the "American Artists pre-1900" wing, I rediscovered today's artist.  One of the first Hudson River school painters, and highly influential on a host of artists since.

Artist Series - Day 230: Zdzislaw Beksinski

Mention creepy European art, and people tend to think of H.R.Giger.  Good stuff, sure, but for my money, I'm going with today's artist.

Artist Series - Day 229: Jeff Smith

Today's artist is almost certainly best known for his comic book series, "Bone."  I equally enjoy his more adult series RASL, and just in general, am a huge fan of his environments, and use of graphic black and white to tell a story.  I actually hugely prefer his uncoloured work - like TMNT, it was made to be in B&W, and that's how it reads best to me.

Artist Series - Day 228: Kerem Beyit

Today's artist just won a Chesley award for 2014 Best Paperback cover award.  I would love to see more of his process work, I get the sense that he often works from a REALLY tight line drawing, but I can't be sure.

Artist Series - Day 227: Katy Hargrove

Today's artist is an amazing character and creature designer, who happens to be an amazing 3D modeler as a day-job.  She works at Motiga in Seattle.  Like many of the people I feature, she gives an amazingly insightful crit too!