"Who Is Your Favorite Frank Frazetta Emulator (Imitator)?" Topic

No one matches Frazetta, of course. But I do like Mike Hoffman's Frazetta-esque work.

Any other good ones?

Thanks,

Dan
PS. Some of Hoffman's work:
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Cary nord comes to mind.

Frazetta and Boris Vallejo seem like "brothers from another mother" when it comes to art style

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Boris had a style all his own, I think. He didn't look to me like he set out to imitate anyone or make people wonder if it was someone else's work. In that sense Frazetta and Boris were the same.

I really like how Frazetta was always able to capture the "I didn't know you were standing there taking a picture" look.

Dan

I, too, like Mike Hoffman's work. He really captures the Frazetta female look.

I'd go with John Buscema. He distilled the high quality Frazeta Style into regular comic form.

Let's see.

Frazetta: 1928-2010

Mike Hoffman seems to be of a much younger crowd, and yet he channels Frazetta so well:
hoffmanmuse.blogspot.com
erbzine.com/mag39/3948.html

Dan

Tom Grindberg is good and has a Frazetta feel to his work.

I like Frazetta's work from the late 1940's through the 1950's. He also assisted on Little Annie Fanny and Lil Abner, which was some of his best stuff IMHO. But in later years his women began to show a weight problem. They developed humungous hips and butts, protruding bellys, and saggy breasts that were not appealing to me. Emulating his later style does not seem to me to be something to shoot for.

You can't leave out Boris Vallejo's wife Julie Bell and her work as well.

Shadow: "I like Frazetta's work from the late 1940's through the 1950's ,,, But in later years his women began to show a weight problem."

You mean from the 1960s on? Lol. Well, I guess that's what I grew up on and became my normal. :)

So which Frazetta is Hoffman channeling?

Dan

Dan

Before this thread I had never seen Hoffman's work before, so I did a search on his art, and it appears that he liked Frazetta's work enough to use his style, without actually copying it. I looked at several pieces and what is most noticeable is that the busts are perkier, even when over sized, and the hips and butts are slimmer. In several of Frazetta's drawings and paintings a woman's behind is *very* prominent to the point of distracting from the entire rendering. Hoffman doesn't do that. I have never found a very large woman's behind to be appealing. I have no idea why Frazetta did. The biggest differences between the two men's work is that Frazetta used color much more dramatically, and that's one of the reasons that his cover art was so appealing to many.

Shadow

You are exactly right! Hoffman's figures are more appealing though the colors are more subdued.

It's when I compared simple black and white sketches (apples to apples) that I noticed the most those differences in female figure styles.

Dan

I've got Frank's Death Dealer poster on my wall ! Looking at it right now !

And I bet it looks awesome!

Dan

Indeed it does !!!! I was lucky enough years back to find a model … I use as a huge statue/memorial for my 6mm Sci-fi terrain !

And dismount as well …

I've got three framed, old bookplates of Frazetta's paintings that graced the cover of my first Conan books. Love 'em.

Dan, thanks for the heads up regarding Hoffman. Very nice. now its time to reread the Martian series, I think.

Wulfgar: "now its time to reread the Martian series, I think."

I'm doing the same thing too!

Dan

Arthur Suydam does this style well I've always thought.

Legion

That statue rocks!

Dan

Don Marquez is very close in these "space girls" or "rocket girls" paintings.

Dan

Pretty cool looking. Obviously digs Frazetta, but I can see Al Williamson in the weapon belt on the girl in the 4th photo down. And even Wally Wood in her air hose.

Gotta love high-heel pressure suit boots. I think NASA should adopt them. Anyone want to second by saying "me too"?