Δευτέρα 28 Απριλίου 2014

Derek Riggs


Derek Riggs (born in 1958) is a contemporary British artist best known for creating the heavy metal music band Iron Maiden's mascot, "Eddie the Head". Riggs is self-taught in his art, both in his traditional painting and in his digital work. He also attended art school, but he was expelled after complaining about the course. Riggs' most famous achievement is his work with Iron Maiden and his creation of Eddie, the band's mascot and subject of their album and single covers. Riggs' first picture of Eddie was originally entitled "Electric Matthew Says Hello," and was actually painted for a possible punk cover. Iron Maiden's management came across it while looking through Riggs' portfolio, and asked him to add hair to the figure to make it look less punk-like. The resulting picture was used for the debut album, Iron Maiden, released in 1980 and Riggs went on to work with Iron Maiden throughout the 1980s and into the 90s, creating many of the band's famous album covers. In 1992, however, the band decided to accept contributions from other artists for their next album, Fear of the Dark, resulting in much less input from Riggs in recent years. Riggs has also designed the cover of World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden, the self-titled debut album by the all-female tribute band, The Iron Maidens, a piece which was inspired by the Killers album, featuring a similar "Kinky Sex Shop" which featured in the Iron Maiden artwork. He has also worked with Iron Maiden lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson for his album Accident of Birth, Stratovarius for their album Infinite, Gamma Ray for their Power Plant album, Artension on their 2004 album Future World, Gillman on their 2003 album Cuauhtemoc, and with many other bands and companies most of which are featured on his website.

















Δευτέρα 21 Απριλίου 2014

Sanjulián


Manuel Pérez Clemente (better known as Sanjulián) is a Spanish painterof epic fantasy, most notable for his magazine and novel covers. He was born 24 June 1941 in Barcelona, and studied at Belles Arts of Sant Jordi. Sanjulián began working for Selecciones Ilustradas circa 1962, and Warren Publishing in 1970. He has had multiple shows at The Society of Illustrators in New York City, and was a guest at the 2008 Emerald City ComiCon.










Δευτέρα 14 Απριλίου 2014

Jeff Christensen


Jeff Christensen is a contemporary surealistic artist. Visit his deviant art and facebook for more of his work













Δευτέρα 7 Απριλίου 2014

Richey Beckett


Richey Beckett is a contemporary illustrator from UK, who works with pen and ink for album covers and various promotion illustrations for many metal bands like Metallica, Mastodon, Kvelertak, etc. His main dark inspirations are from late 19th century illustrators, Harry Clarke, Gustave Dore, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Alphonse Mucha, etc. You can read interviews by him HERE and in crack magazine . Visit his Tumblr, and instagram for more of his works.

Phantom Lord: Illustration for the 30 years of Metallica's Kill em All