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Lauren Panepinto, Creative Director of Orbit Books, wrote an interesting piece about science fiction and fantasy art this week on io9, in which she discussed ArenaNet Creative Director Daniel Dociu’s artwork alongside such luminaries as Frank Frazetta and Alan Lee.
Panepinto gives us a 101 course in appreciating fantastic art and describes her two vital rules of speculative artwork. Regarding Daniel Dociu’s work, she says:
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As with the work of Alan Lee, much of the magic is in the composition and balance of elements, but I love Dociu’s brush-heavy painterly style – which is ironic, since I know he paints digitally, not with a brush — it gives a real energy to his work that I love.
Read the whole thing right here!