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Favorite artist?

ok, this is obvious, who's your favorite artist?

I don't really have one.

Katsushika Hokusai has to be at the top of my list for inspiration :3

well, I like alot of artists, but I would have to say Vantid would be biggest source of inspiration. ^^

richard bartorp and his beautifuls vixxxens^^

If I had to choose just one, it would be Syd Mead.

I have loads but three in particular that spring to mind since they're here are Nambroth, Vantid and Thornwolf. All three great artists who somehow put up with the fangeeking and just such nice people in general :)

*hugs Feather Dancer* :3

My favorites are Vantid, oCe and Shoomlah. I usually look to them when I need inspiration. Also Bonegoddess on DA. I wish I could color like that.

I'd have to say Vantid, watching them work in painter is just awe inspiring :o Of course there are many more here and on DA :)

Gosh you guys... ._.;; Thank you! I am all a fluster.

My favorite artists:

Melody Pena: Best known for her work for the Windstone Editions sculpture line, she has a flair with creating a lot of life and personality in all her works, whether they are dragon sculptures or hamster sketches. http://www.windstoneeditions.com/galleries/thumbnails.php?album=16&page=1&sort=dd
http://www.windstoneeditions.com/index2.htm

She is also super nice and knows so much about everything whether it be art, life, love, or llamas.

Jennifer "Nambroth" Miller: Ok so she is one of my best friends but she is also one of my favorite artists. Great light, great emotion, great color. I love her artistic vision.

Rembrandt Van Rijn: The Rembrandt! His work with light and rich rich colors and portraiture makes me giddy. Just google him!

Guy Coheleach: http://www.guysart.com/ Ye olde wildlife artist. Forget painting every hair (which he does sometimes), my favorite pieces from him are the thickly painted gooey paintings, where fur is rendered with smooshings of bright color, motion is swept with broad streaks of oil, and the form of the animals is laid in with heavy, perfectly tapered points of flight and shadow. Plus he has awesome lighting/composition/everything.

Claire Wendling: A french illustrator. Her animal sketches are lively with strong Frazetta influences. I have incorporated some of her form building techniques into my own.

Terryl Whitlatch: This woman can make anything look real. Best know for her work in the Wildlife of Star Wars and the Katurran Odyssey, she has worked on a plethora of projects in Hollywood and out. I love her sketchy style. I also took some of how she constructs her animals and worked it into how I work.

Renee Lalique: He was a jewelry and glass maker in the early 1900's. His company still makes collectible glassware today, although I much prefer is enameled jewelry to his glass work. It was very art nouveau. He worked realistic yet stylized plants and animals into the designs. I've attached one that I really like.

Well someone has to still embrass you cus you DO put up with an awful lot of fangeeking from us... :) Specially from me apparently, I'm terrible for it.

Patricia Piccinini: http://www.patriciapiccinini.net Probably one of my biggest influences in terms of subject matter and statement, if not stylistically.

Daniel Lee: http://www.daniellee.com Particularly his "Nightlife" and "Manimals".

Koren Shadmi: http://www.korenshadmi.com His comics in particular have inspired me to work on my own graphic story, in a somewhat similar style.

Bonnie Marris: http://www.bonniemarris.com My wildlife art is heavily influenced by hers. She is spectacular with color, emotion, narrative, and lighting.

Jon Van Zyle: http://www.johnvanzyle.com I love his sense of composition and the sense of palpable cold in his winter paintings. He has also had some influence on my paintings, particularly winter scenes. When I have to paint something wintry, I look to him for inspiration. He is the official artist of the Iditarod.

Fernand Khnopff (best known for "The Caresses") One of my favorite 19th century Symbolists, a movement which has had tremendous influence on my art.

Georges de Feure: Another 19th century Symbolist best known for his painting "The Voice of Evil" which is one of my favorite works of all time.

George Everett Millais: Another Symbolist who created the well-loved "Sir Isumbras at the Ford" painting among many other beautiful works. My favorite of his is "Autumn Leaves".

I'll admit, I don't pay much attention to "fandom" type artists etc., but there are a few whose work has influenced mine or otherwise been an inspiration:

"Uglydog", an inspiration and longtime friend who has requested that his artwork not to be publicized. He could not be further from me, stylistically, but in terms of composition and narrative he has had quite a bit of influence on my work.

Iolarnula: http://iolarnula.deviantart.com Fantastic, believable, ALIVE works.

RedCoatCat: http://redcoatcat.deviantart.com Some of the best use of anthropomorphization as symbolism/metaphor I have seen, her setting is well-researched, and utterly believable.

Synnabar: http://www.synnabar.com

Stephanie Lostimolo: http://www.nethersphere.com The way she colors has been influential especially on my digital work.

oCe: http://oce.critter.net I love her more figurative stuff, like "Road Dragon".

Missmonster: http://missmonster.deviantart.com

There are a lot I am forgetting or neglecting to mention.

i <3 uglydog. i used to have - and this is going back a bit, i had an oooold computer up until a few years ago - several floppy disks full of his art. which sadly all corrupted by the time i got a new computer, and he had since taken his art down, le sigh, but i digress. i do so love his art.

i love lavacat and oce, too. i love the way they use colour. and i have always loved loba's art! since i was like, 12 years old, wow. way to make us both feel old, haha. and louvelex for almost as long, too. it's really awesome to kind of grow up and watch your favourite artists progress.

as for non-fandom artists, i love egon schiele, alfons mucha, craig mccracken, enki bilal, e.h. shepard, tite kubo, mark desalvo, the list goes on...

Has anyone mentioned Ursula Vernon yet? :3 I love her hilarious imagination and her real-media techniques ... the way she paints rocks and stone is amazing!

I love Miss Monster, too, both her choice of subject matter and her talent and style!

And of course I loffs all you guys here too, or else I wouldn't be here, watching the recents ^^ Thornwolf, and Vantid you seem really awesome and nice, plus it helps that you guys both do fantastic arts!!

Not sure if these have been mentioned, but I also love Goldenwolf, Wolf Nymph, Khyot, Nambroth ... man I forget all the names of the artists I used to hero-worship (and in fact still do, haha) back as a Yerf-lurker ... :B

Might I also say that I love Feather Dancer's creatures! ^^

And I wish I had WolfReign's motivation and crazy-fast way of learning ... <3

Fru, you strange person :)

Ursula's definately one of my favourites too, RedCoatCat/Winged Siamese for her awesome period cats, Endling as well is another favourite. Then there's Shinerai and Beast of Oblivion does some awesome designage. Serious envy for Bobby Chiu as well, I love his critters and the humour he throws into his images.

Damalia and defiantely Cara Mitten wherever the heck she's gone as well. I've been stalking both since Elfwood. Then Swandog, Synnabar, Tracy Butler with the brillant Lackadaisy...

I could be here all day, there are so MANY artists I just love staring at any art they put up. That said, complete blame goes to Tacimur for kicking me out the Pokemon style habit :)

Hmm...right off the top of my head Michael Parks, Sean Chen for his chiseled cool characters, and Hiroki Samura for his excellent human anatomy. I like the imaginative creatures and style Tim Burton comes up with, even if it is a bit cliche' to say so.

In the fandom, I first was most awestruck by Kyoht's work, and of course many of you locals make my favorites list! Louvelex, Blotch, Thorn, Vantid, Nevar, Shoom'lah, Maggock, Sulacoyote - I love seeing new work from all of y'all.

And anything I spot from Daniel Smith has always floored me. I mean really - how much more realistic can you get?
http://www.artusa.com/smith_prints_f-r.htm
So amazingly gorgeous...
I mean, if you have any doubt how important a background is to a painting, just look at this stuff. The habitat is perhaps more important to a painting than the animal itself sometimes:
http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/catalogue/hol05/images/AboveTheFalls.jpg

Oh and I guess I cannot neglect to mention good old Charlie Russel, having lived in MT for a good part of my life. Kind of the opposite of Smith when it comes to detailing, but color-wise and content-wise, he was a brilliant man. Almost every painting tells a story, and most of them are action-packed and full of life and movement.
http://www.cmrussell.org/shop/index.php?crn=65

Also, I respect him for his honest approach to the Western ideology. He lived it before he painted it, and because he knew and spent time with Native Americans, he portrayed them well and with honor and dignity, despite the stigma of the time. He's probably one of the only authentic "cowboy" artists that has ever existed, living the legend, then passing on that experience to others through a paintbrush. The authenticity shows.
http://www.cmrussell.org/meet

Oh and Norman Rockwell was an incredibly talented and HILARIOUS artist as well. Definitely a favorite. And if you haven't heard of HIM, you've probably been living in a cave all your life. An absolute genius of expressions. :D

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/rockwell/rockwell_self.jpg

Strange? Me? :9

Oh I totally forgot to say Tracy Butler, I've been looking at her stuff since before Lackadaisy. Yay she's so awesome!!...

I also forgot to say I love your stuff too Vizon, especially your groovy use of colour.

Okay I'm done now. Ha.

I'll try and think of some more artists I like *outside* the fandom ... :3

Tracy Butler is amaaaazing. Other great, more toonish, artists in the fandom I really like are Herbie Bearclaw and Jen "Spunky" Seng. Loooove Jen's work. Has been an inspiration of mine since first found her stuff back in 1999 I think it was. :\

soufex said:

i have always loved loba's art! since i was like, 12 years old, wow. way to make us both feel old, haha. and louvelex for almost as long, too. it's really awesome to kind of grow up and watch your favourite artists progress.

Aw, thank you! Just for fun I went and dug out some of my old pieces from back when I was on Side7...and holy cow, what happened? I used to draw such horrible stuff? Say it ain't so!

I agree, it's simply amazing to witness artists' evolutions, one's own or otherwise. I think your work has improved and matured quite a bit, you've developed a very unique and interesting style with a ton of personality. I have enjoyed watching your art evolve through the years as well!

If I had to choose a favourite among the Artspots artists, it would have to be Megan Giles.

She's an excellent artist too. ^^ Also want to add TaniDaReal to this list since it WAS her WeuUkoo Wolves pictures that got me to start drawing in the first place. ^^