Sunday, January 17, 2021

Frazetta style

 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 Hunted" is a pen and ink drawing on paper, and was part of my application package to the school. I recall the otherwise affable and nice career counselor denigrating it as "illustration rather than art."

Feh!

THE HUNTED - A 1977 ink drawing by F. Lennox Campello done in the style of Frank Frazetta

THE HUNTED

1977 ink drawing by F. Lennox Campello done in the style of Frank Frazetta