Favorite Artists

[tomtravers]

Hey all, just curious what other types of art and artists Joe's fans are into?

Personally, I like a wide range of artists from comics, animation, illustration, fine art, and pretty much anything that involves good drawing.

The real big people on my list of favorites, in no particular order, are J.C. Leyendecker, Peter de Seve, John Singer Sargent, Glen Keane, Alex Toth, Mike Wieringo, Travis Charest, Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes, Ed Mcguinness, Joe MAD, Greg Capullo, Phil Hale, Jeffrey Jones, Moebius, Frazetta...it goes on and on.

So, who are the big guns that inspire you?

[Madman!]

Wow I got so many it's hard to choose..I'll try though but I know i'll be missing some and probably could change some around.

Old School Masters: Da Vinci(I have so many books on him it's crazy), Mucha, Watterhouse.

Current: kevin Chen, Feng Zhu, Iain McCaig, Ryan Church..hell all the artists that were on Star Wars, Andrew Jones, Nox, Jason Manley..again most of the artists featured on Concept art.

An artist I just came arcoss Cannibal Candy www.mercilessdesign.com/ check out his sketchbook and everything on his site truly inspiring.

and of course is Joe Mad! hands down the winner.

[maverick1104]

I agree with Madman! So many to list! But heres the artists that come to mind for me....

COMIC ARTISTS
Well, Joe Mad! goes without saying. Leinil Yu is in the top three along with the great Jim Lee. Travis Charest is great, too. Other comic book artists in no particular order are: Joshua Middleton, Dustin Nguyen, Michael Turner, J. Scott Campbell, Chris Bachalo, The Kuberts (All), John Romita Sr. and Jr., Phil Noto, Jae Lee.

ANIME/MANGA ARTISTS
Metal Gear Solid's Yoji Shinkawa is also a great influence. Ayame Kojima from the Castlevania series and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki are both great. The guy who did Trigun is good. As well as whomever did the series Outlaw Star.

PAINTERS
Um....Drew Struzan's movie posters are so amazing (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, etc.). They just released the Indiana Jones 4 movie poster. Awesome. Frank Frazetta and the great Norman Rockwell are up there too. Oh, and Alphonse Mucha. Can't forget that one!

SO MANY!!!!

Hmmm....well, thats all I can think of right now. I'll post some pictures up maybe along with anymore artists I think of. Alright, lets keep this list going. Ready....go!

[tomtravers]

I love seeing people's favorites, gives me a chance to look up some names I am not familiar with!

Both you guys mentioned Mucha, I have to third that for myself, love his work. Rockwell and Sturzan are also biggies I failed to mention for myself.

Jamie Hewlett, the genius behind the Gorillaz artwork is another big time favorite of mine!

Still more favorites come to mind...

Comics
Cary Nord, Andrew Robinson, Humberto Ramos, Carlos Meglia, Stuart Immonen, Tommy Lee Edwards, Ashley Wood

Animation
Robin Joseph www.patchoforange.blogspot.com/, Gabriele gabrielepennacchioli.blogspot.com/, Daniel Lopez Munoz daniellopezmunoz.blogspot.com/, Cheeks cheeks-74.deviantart.com/

Illustration
Carter Goodrich, Bernie Fuchs, Mark English, C.F. Payne, Gary Kelly

Man, there are so many, I just can't get enough of the stuff. Keep the favorites coming, I want to find some new inspirations!

[Madman!]

Ah some I forgot that are big ones

James Jean, Peter Paul Rubens, Glen Keane, Dermot Power

again I'm sure I'm missing some.

You have seen my links page.. right?

[kable]

I like this one
Here is my humble opinion for the mix!

CLASSIC
Gerome - inspired the film Gladiator and his famous work is my avator
Frazzetta - just look at the nude painting of the panther & Woman
Da Vinci - Inspired everyone
Constable - Probably Englands best landscape artist??
Carravagio - A true rebel bad ass, injected true sinister nastyiness into his works.

MODERN MEDIA
Scott McDaniel - Dynamic
Adam Kubert - great all-rounder
BW Smith - Loved his works on Conan - made the comic read like an epic movie
John Bryne - inspired the best today, easy to see why
Joe Mad - like Ali is to boxing!

[AstaL]

I see a lot of names I like here, and some new ones to check out! My favorites are Joe Mad, Damion Scott, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hyung Tae-Kim, Kinu Nishimura (Capcom's finest), and a lot of others too many to list.

[forich]

My favorite artist is Joe Mad, but I also like these two:

-Greg Capullo (Best Spawn-covers ever)
-Claudio Castellini (very good at drawing womens anatomy and mens torso muscles).

[onslaught36]

My overall favorite is Joe Mad! Other artists I like are J. Scott Campbell, Jim Lee, Ed Benes, Travis Charest, UDON, Svetlana Chmakova, da Vinci, Rembrandt.

[Madman!]

Well I went to the Massive Black convention this weekend, that's why I haven't been around. It was truly amazing to see so much great art and listen to some really helpful instruction demos. I've been a fan of these guys work for a long time but after seeing it up close it's truly amazing. Two guys that really stood out are people I've had on my favorite links page for awhile Wes Burt and El Coro seeing their sketchbooks this weekend blew my mind, the details and creativity that are in them are amazing. If you haven't check out their links on links section..I really wish you could see the art in person..I would kill to have one of their books. Oh and they are super cool guys too Wes answered every question I had and I listened the whole time and he answered everyone's questions.

[upschris]

bachalo, ramos, jim lee, dale keown, matsuda, frank miller, mike kunkel, mignola, alvin lee, sean galloway, john byrne, art adams, marc silvestri, larry stroman, madhouse animation,
wb animation, disney 2d animation, and god rest his soul, Mike Weiringo.

[Madman!]

One I forgot is Anders Zorn I wish I could find a book of his stuff.