A meteoric legend has passed away, leaving behind an awesome trail of spectacular illustrations that depicted mythic heroes doing battle with twisted monsters spanning the cosmos. Whether he was laying down masterful brush strokes enlivening the flesh of sexy heroines or creating whole worlds of bizaare beasts, Frank Frazetta practically invented the swashbuckling pathos that defined the best of science fiction illustration. He was a creative volcano that erupted in a stale visual landscape that was the 50's. What young man, gazing at his brilliant planetscapes dotted with chaotic fight scenes, didn't want to journey to his fantastic worlds?
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This sample is from his book, "Rough Work", that catalogues just a few of his thousands of pencil roughs that would become illustration classics.
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You should see all the comments on Facebook from my art student friends-just about EVERYBODY was influenced a some large or small way by his work-especially guys growing up in the 70's. I painted our school mascot (a Viking) influenced by Mr. Frazetta back in 1977.
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