Sunday, January 10, 2021

The late, great master Frank Frazetta was one of my very early idols and my main inspiration for applying to art school at the University of Washington.

Little did I know in 1977 that the art world thought little of "illustrators", regardless of their impact, skill and artistic footprint.

The below drawing, titled "The Hunter" is a pen and ink drawing on paper, and was part of a drawing assignment at the school. I recall the otherwise affable and nice drawing teacher denigrating it as "illustration rather than art."

Feh!

THE HUNTER - A 1978 Campello drawing done in the style of Frank Frazetta
"The Hunter"
1978 pen and ink on paper by F. Lennox Campello
Done in the style of Frank Frazetta