Raised on a diet of Marvel comics, Muppet monsters and battlestars, he was born in North London and grew up in such contrasting climes as Jamaica, The Bahamas and Massachusetts before returning to London just in time for the 1990s. Graeme Aymer has been writing about creativity and design for over ten years for titles that include Computer Arts, Computer Arts Projects and MacWorld. The ‘Masters of Dragon Art’ section includes such favourites as Don Maitz and Bob Eggleton.Ī fascinating discussion of dragons and fantasy art runs throughout the book, alongside a large selection of the best work out there at the moment, which is interspersed with features presenting artists’ works-in-progress, providing invaluable insight on technique.ĭragon Art is an inspiration and a feast for the eyes. The inspirational foreword is by fantasy legend and Lord of the Rings film concept artist John Howe. Art Book Inspiration, Impact and Technique in Fantasy Art by Graeme Aymer. Kerem Beyit, on the other hand, decided to embrace the old style of D&D and change it up a bit - making it into digital art rather than traditional.Dragon Art: Inspiration, Impact & Technique in Fantasy Art (Inspirations & Techniques)ĭragon Art is a stunning survey of amazing contemporary fantasy artwork, specifically of dragons - that most popular of fantasy creatures. Dragon Art is a stunning survey of amazing contemporary fantasy artwork. I envisioned the dragons in Todd Lockwood’s style, one of the original Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) artists, which made each different type of dragon look unique. Items related to Dragon Art: Inspiration, Impact & Technique i.Aymer, Graeme Dragon Art: Inspiration. Impact & Technique in Fantasy Art, by Graeme Aymer (Flame Tree Publishing, 2009). The inspirational foreword is by fantasy legend and Lord of the Rings film concept artist John Howe. Here be dragons: Festival in the Shire interviews John Howe. For the majority of my life, I have always loved art related to dragons, but it seemed no artist could capture how I envisioned them. Dragon Art is a stunning survey of amazing contemporary fantasy artwork, specifically of dragons - that most popular of fantasy creatures. The reason why I am so fond of Kerem’s art is because, in my opinion, he has captured the true essence of dragons in his art, and his detail in his other fantasy art is breathtaking. Kerem has also been featured in the book Dragon Art by Graeme Aymer: a book featuring the best dragon artists of all time (a link to Dragon Art on amazon.ca can be seen at the end of this post).

He is famous in the fantasy artist world and is followed by over 79,000 people on DeviantART (his page alone has gotten over 2 million views). He has done countless artwork in the fantasy realm ranging from card art to cover illustrations, character concepts to game art for World of Warcraft. One of my favourite illustrators of all time is Turkish illustrator Kerem Beyit.