Frazetta: Illustrations Arcanum

by Frank Frazetta

Illustrations Arcanum (Illustrators Artbook Series) [Jun 01, 1994] Frazetta, Frank

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for work in comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, record-album covers and other media. He was the subject of a 2003 documentary.

* Complete list of his book covers.

Reviews

[Drew Canole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some brilliant late-period (90s) pieces by Frazetta done in pencil. It's in pencil but these are certainly not sketches, they're fully realized pieces in my opinion. Some are familiar, others are brand new to me.

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains a set of pencil sketches drawn by the fantasy art master Frank Frazetta. Most of them depict violent scenes of humans in conflict with monsters of several types, from the large reptiles, to four-legged mammalian predators to humanoids. In many cases one or more of the humans in the fight are scantily clad females (generally topless with large breasts) and the weapons are spears, knives and swords. While the females are sometimes depicted as in a state of helplessness, in some of the images they are portrayed as effective fighters.
All of the images are drawn in great detail, you can see the strain in the muscles, fear in the faces and the viciousness in the heads of the monsters. This is Frazetta at his best, depicting fantasy in images that snap your attention to them.

[MB Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice (although small) collection of very detailed fantasy pencil drawings by Frazetta. Contains 30 full size drawings.