Who did it?

Dan dos Santos

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

A year or so ago, I received a call from Karen Haber, asking if I would take part in a book called “Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art“. The book contains tons of paintings and tutorials from many of my favorite artists, including Donato Giancola, Rebecca Guay, Brom and James Gurney, amongst many, many others.

Last week I received a few copies of the book, and I was honestly blown away by the quality of the reproductions and the content of the articles. I highly recommend this book to any aspiring artists who would like a peek at what goes into making a professional illustration.

Having a few more copies of the book than I knew what do with, I decided to distribute them to the students of this year’s IMC class (which I am still at right now). Since there are obviously more students than books, we decided to play a game to determine who would win one.

On a large screen, we projected these small details of famous artist’s works. Whomever could identify the artist first, won a copy of the book. The most amazing thing about the challenge, was that no matter how obscure the detail was, even of less popular works, every single one was identified with relative ease. It really reinforced how apparent the hand of the artist is in his/her work, regardless of medium… even a particular flick of the wrist can be as important a signature as one’s name.

Below are the images we presented. Can you identify each of these Illustrators?
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The answers, and full images, will be presented tomorrow.

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14 Comments

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    Clean3d on June 16, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    I'll guess at a few…

    2nd Eric Fortune
    3rd Moebius
    6th Petar Meseldzija
    8th James Gurney

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    Glen on June 16, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    4th J.J. Palencar
    5th Bob Peak? Richard Amsel?
    7th Greg Manchess

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    Mike Burns on June 16, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    Adding to Clean 3d…
    4th John Jude Palencar
    7th Greg Manchess

    I like this game 🙂

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    bill on June 16, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    1 Martiniere?
    8 Gurney?

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    Mark vanderVinne on June 16, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    1. Android Jones
    2. Eric Fortune
    3. William Stout
    4. John Jude Palencar
    5. Bob Peak
    6. Petar Meseldzja
    7. Greg Manchess
    8. James Gurney

    Those are my guesses

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    Petar Meseldžija on June 16, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    I can’t resist…
    Number 8. is definitely J.C. Leyendecker.

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    Scott Brundage on June 16, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    1-Stephan Martiniere, maybe?
    2-Eric Fortune
    3-Moebius, maybe Brad Holland
    4- JJP
    5- Bob Peak?
    6- Petar Mezela;lskdfja;dsfi
    7- Greg Man-chest
    8- JC Leyendecker

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    cegebe on June 16, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Hmmm …

    3: Moebius
    6: Petar Mezeldzija
    7: Greg Manchess
    8: J.C. Leyendecker

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    Forest on June 16, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    I would have guessed:
    1) Stephan Martiniere
    2) Eric Fortune (100% sure)
    3) Moebuis
    4) John Jude Palencar (3 and 4 I'd be very unsure of)
    5) No clue
    6) Petar Meseldžija (100% sure)
    7) Greg Manchess
    8) No clue (but after seeing the Gurney guess I'd believe that one)

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    Tom Babbey on June 17, 2011 at 12:23 am

    Here's my stab;

    1) Stephan Martiniere
    2) Eric Fortune
    3) Moebuis
    4) John Jude Palencar
    5) Bob Peak
    6) Petar Meseldžija
    7) Greg Manchess
    8) J.C. Leyendecker

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    Dan on June 17, 2011 at 1:19 am

    @ Tom:
    Bingo!

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    Tom Babbey on June 17, 2011 at 5:00 am

    Sweet! With the exception of the Martiniere and Moebuis bits, I'm pretty sure I know the exact pieces the shots are taken from.

    Can't wait to buy that book myself, and hope you're having a blast at IMC; Say hello to Doug Stambaugh (and everyone else, for that matter) for me.

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    Brady on June 17, 2011 at 5:23 am

    Man, I wanted to guess. Of course I would have gotten 3, 5, and 8 wrong.

    Cool contest and post!