Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist, best known for his fantasy illustrations published in numerous art books, magazines, and various other media including book and music CD covers, video games and Tarot cards.
Beginning his career as a furniture designer, he was attracted to the comics industry in the late 1970s, and nine years later turned to art as a full time career. Within a few years, he was publishing art in many magazines as well as providing cover illustrations for a number of publishers.
Another great collection of Royo art - interesting seeing the same themes and poses with different characters, ala Wings of Dreams 2. There's No More Wind was one of my favourites in this collection, and can be seen on the back cover. His way of mixing a fairly muted brown and grey palette with striking red, as in Light and Darkness, is very effective.
Royo is my favorite fantasy artist. Every woman, naked, half-naked or fully clothed is gorgeous, every man buff, every monster grusome and every weapon beautiful. Royo's work is not for the faint of heart but is well worth the look.