nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan Reader
5/13/10 10:18 a.m.

http://frankfrazetta.org/

Just saw his obit in the Wash. Post. I wasn't a fan or anything, but his artwork was certainly popular. He also worked with Molly Hatchett, Yngwie, and Nazareth.

Lesley
Lesley SuperDork
5/13/10 10:50 a.m.

Marvelous artist. I learned a lot from him, used to read all the Conan stuff just to study the anatomy. RIP.

NYG95GA
NYG95GA SuperDork
5/13/10 11:05 a.m.

Sad to hear. His fantasy work was superb.

aircooled
aircooled SuperDork
5/13/10 1:05 p.m.

BTW - It is of course bad for the internet to hotlink pics in the thread:

fastEddie
fastEddie Dork
5/13/10 1:19 p.m.
Lesley wrote: ...used to read all the Conan stuff just to study the anatomy.

Um, sure.... "study the anatomy" never heard it called that before. Sound like "reading the articles" to me!

SillyImportRacer
SillyImportRacer Reader
5/13/10 2:58 p.m.

My dad had a couple of books of his art when I was little. Kinda shaped my taste in art.

R.I.P.

SilverFleet
SilverFleet New Reader
5/13/10 3:17 p.m.

Now who's going to paint the side of my custom van???

RIP epic fanatsy art man.

mattmacklind
mattmacklind SuperDork
5/13/10 3:34 p.m.
SilverFleet wrote: Now who's going to paint the side of my custom van??? RIP epic fanatsy art man.

Well said. When I joined Blockbuster online (like Netflix) one of the first movies I put in my queu was "Frazetta: Painitng with Fire". Its a 2-DVD documentary about his life and work, was always "Very Long Wait", and after almost a year it was finally my turn. Very cool. As a former D&D player and fantasy/sci-fi fan I've always appreciated his work, even if I wouldn't necessarily want it on the walls of my house.

On a van? No question. RIP.

4eyes
4eyes Reader
5/15/10 6:36 a.m.

Yup I'm a fan. He pretty much shaped my taste in women.

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