Books: Fantasy Art Techniques

Illustrator: Boris Vallejo
Text: Boris Vallejo
Size (hb): 11.2 x 8.8 ins
Size (pb): 11 x 8.2 ins
Published: December 1984
  Fantasy Art Techniques, book coverCover: A composite image

In this book Boris describes the techniques he uses when painting. It would probably be of enormous interest and help to someone with artistic talent, but to the majority of us it provides a great selection of his pictures in a large format. There are examples of sketches and the image that resulted, the reference photograph used for the final painting, and photographs of works in several stages of progress.

I am not including every sketch and line drawing, nor the photographs. My purpose here is to indicate the paintings which you will get if you buy the book but I have also included a few additional drawings that may be of interest. The numbers are the page numbers in the book. Where a title is followed by a second title in parentheses, the first is the title given in this book, the second the title referenced elsewhere, usually a majority vote.

Geert Damhoff, of the Netherlands, has a book of the same title, in this case a 1996 reprint edition published by Fireside, ISBN 068481904X, which differs from my edition in that the image on page 71 is Sagittarius, the Archer.

Geert has also identified the components of the composite image as two of the lasses from Barbarian Queens, the green monster from page 7, and parts of The Executioner and Iron Warrior, with the Master's Hand from a picture illustrating the rendering of Chrome Robot.

005 Title Page
(Alone)Alone, Boris Vallejo
007 Contents
(Green Dragon)
Green Dragon, Boris Vallejo
010 Siren Song
 Siren Song, Boris Vallejo
013 Bursting Out
 Bursting Out (1983), Boris Vallejo
014 Dragon Tattoo - detail
(Tattoo)Tattoo, Boris Vallejo
015 Counterfeit Lover
 Counterfeit Lover, Boris Vallejo
016 Centaurs - prelim
 She Centaurs - preliminary art, Boris Vallejo
017 Vampire
(She Vampire)She Vampire, Boris Vallejo
018 Isaac Asimov - prelim
 Isaac Asimov - preliminary art (unsigned), Boris Vallejo
021 Lavalite WorldThe Lavalite World, Boris Vallejo 022 WebWeb, Boris Vallejo 024 The Micronauts
The Micronauts, Boris Vallejo
025 Molly HatchetTake No Prisoners, Boris Vallejo 026 Full MoonFull Moon (1984), Boris Vallejo 029 In the Moons of BoreaIn the Moons of Borea, Boris Vallejo
031 White MagicThe Magic Goes Away, Boris Vallejo 032 Busch GardensThe Loch Ness Monster Lives, Boris Vallejo 033 Tree of DeathTree of Death (1979), Boris Vallejo
034 ColossusBerserker's Planet, Boris Vallejo 035 Lord of the WolvesThe Ginger Star, Boris Vallejo 036 The Red TerrorsThe Red Terrors, Boris Vallejo
037 The Mountain BeastThe Mountain Monster, Boris Vallejo 038 Sword FightWar of the Citadels, Boris Vallejo 039 AndroidCrisis on Citadel II, Boris Vallejo
040 Primeval PrincessPrimeval Princess, Boris Vallejo 043 At the End of the WorldAt the End of the World, Boris Vallejo 045 NubiansNubian Warrior, Boris Vallejo
046 Of Men and MonstersOf Men and Monsters, Boris Vallejo 047 The Last BattleLast Stand, Boris Vallejo 048 Iron WarriorConan the Wanderer, Boris Vallejo
051 Football HeroFootball Hero (righthand side), Boris Vallejo 052 TalismanBroken Stone, Boris Vallejo 055 GamesGames, Boris Vallejo
057 Gryphon's EerieGryphon's Eyrie, Boris Vallejo 058 The Victorious - prelim 061 The VictoriousConan the Victorious, Boris Vallejo
062 Never Say Never Again - prelimNever Say Never Again - preliminary art #1, Boris Vallejo 065 NJ Bodybuilding Championships sketchNJ Bodybuilding Championships - preliminary art, Boris Vallejo 067 The Dragon 1992 - prelim
Dragon belt buckle - preliminary art, Boris Vallejo
067 unknown designUnknown design - preliminary art, Boris Vallejo 071 Scarecrow AngelScarecrow Angel, Boris Vallejo 072 Executioner - prelim
073 ExecutionerFour Wishes, Boris Vallejo 074 The Magnificent - prelim 075 The MagnificentConan the Magnificent, Boris Vallejo
076 Barbarian Queens - prelimBarbarian Queen - preliminary art, Boris Vallejo 077 Barbarian QueensBarbarian Queen (1985), Boris Vallejo 078 Dragon's BirthDragon's Birth, Boris Vallejo
080 National Lampoon's European Vacation - prelim 1National Lampoon's European Vacation - preliminary art 1, Boris Vallejo 081 National Lampoon's European Vacation - prelim 2National Lampoon's European Vacation - preliminary art 2, Boris Vallejo 083 National Lampoon's European Vacation - prelim 3National Lampoon's European Vacation - preliminary art 3, Boris Vallejo
085 Vacation
(National Lampoon's European Vacation)National Lampoon's European Vacation, Boris Vallejo
087 King's Daughter
 The King's Daughter, Boris Vallejo
089 Broken Sword
 The Broken Sword, Boris Vallejo
091 SorceressConan the Freebooter, Boris Vallejo 093 Red AmazonWhen Hell Laughs, Boris Vallejo 094 InvictusEndithor's Daughter, Boris Vallejo
096 WildernessThe Chronicles of Amber, Boris Vallejo 097 Eternal ChampionThe Eternal Champion, Boris Vallejo 098 MercenaryMercenary, Boris Vallejo
099 AdventurerForces from the Federation, Boris Vallejo 100 Flying MenaceThe Web of Wizardry, Boris Vallejo 101 Space guardianThe Space Guardian, Boris Vallejo
102 Ice SchoonerThe Ice Schooner, Boris Vallejo 103 Witch and her FamiliarWitch and Her Familiar, Boris Vallejo 104 Heavy Metal - prelimHeavy Metal - preliminary art, Boris Vallejo
111 Heavy MetalHeavy Metal, Boris Vallejo 115 Female WrestlersFemale Wrestlers - 15th anniversary, Boris Vallejo 121 Chrome RobotThe Edge of Tomorrow, Boris Vallejo
122 CorkscrewCorkscrew, Boris Vallejo 124 Bar GirlBar Girl, Boris Vallejo 124 Bed DeathBed Death, Boris Vallejo
125 HatchettHatchett, Boris Vallejo 125 Ape's LandThe City, Boris Vallejo


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