I’ve been a fan of fantasy literature since I can remember, and one thing that’s drawn me to books (for better or for worse) is the cover artwork. A well-crafted painting can set the tone for a story, and create one of its own. I am a sucker for glistening dragons, lithe maidens and impossibly-muscled torsos, painted in blinding technicolor or murky dun. Pictures like this entice my imagination into a world completely different from our own; somewhere that I can step into the leather and steel boots of a warrior, where my life is as simple as journeying through breathtaking lands, from fight to fight and feast to feast. So enter a world of fantasy below with a collection of artwork by Andrew Goldhawk, Clyde Caldwell, Carol Heyer, Craig Mullins, Joachim Barrum, John Howe, Matt Wilson, Patrick Keith, Rob Alexander, Richard Hescox, Steven Stahlberg, Tomasz Jedruzek and Todd Lockwood.
Images via Fantasy Gallery
Dry By Andrew Goldhawk
Float By Andrew Goldhawk
Inferno 1 By Andrew Goldhawk
Shelli By Andrew Goldhawk
Space By Andrew Goldhawk
Weatherman By Andrew Goldhawk
Against The Tide By Clyde Caldwell
Fiddler Fair By Clyde Caldwell
Hands By Clyde Caldwell
Mind Of Magic By Clyde Caldwell
Wurm By Clyde Caldwell
Carpet Moon By Carol Heyer
Myth By Craig Mullins
Sarge By Craig Mullins
Thrall By Craig Mullins
Aboleth Attack By Joachim Barrum
Chimera Of Kyuss By Joachim Barrum
Count Dracula By Joachim Barrum
Dungeons Mines By Joachim Barrum
Katla By Joachim Barrum
Ultima By Joachim Barrum
Versoul Takes Flight By Joachim Barrum
Morgoths Forces Before Gondolin By John Howe
Cross By Matt Wilson
Pharons By Matt Wilson
Soul Collector By Matt Wilson
Witchfires By Matt Wilson
Evening Perch By Patrick Keith
Morning Perch By Patrick Keith
Incendiary Beast By Rob Alexander
Witch King Of Angmar By Rob Alexander
Towers Of Darkover By Richard Hescox
Skull By Stephanie Pui Mun Law
Fairy Queen By Steven Stahlberg
Nightmare By Steven Stahlberg
One Last Time By Steven Stahlberg
Price Of Magic By Steven Stahlberg
Knight By Tomasz Jedruzek
Punishment By Tomasz Jedruzek
War By Tomasz Jedruzek
Warlock By Tomasz Jedruzek
Demon By Todd Lockwood
