Julie Bell is a true master who revolutionized fantasy art while capturing the raw power of both mythical beasts and real-world wildlife. From her iconic fantasy pieces that graced countless Heavy Metal covers to her breathtaking oil paintings of wolves and big cats, Bell’s mastery of anatomy and light is unmatched. 🎨
Frank Frazetta’s “Berserker” cover artwork for Conan The Conqueror paperback [Lancer,1967]
“All of my physicality is in my work. That’s why I’m so proud of my physical side, because I did a lot of stuff that I know many guys couldn’t do. What I did wasn’t so much my bodily construction as much as my mind. I know it’s my mind...I always had the ability to sort of psych myself out when I had to. I did it with my art to. I’d do some of those paintings overnight - you think I didn’t “wind up the machine” and let it go? It’s an amazing thing. Those Conan paintings even, most of them were done in a night. I had to work that fast to be spontaneous. If I had sat and pondered them for weeks at a time, they wouldn’t have looked like they do.” - Frank Frazetta [The Comics Journal Number 174. 1995] 
This original artwork is in the Kirk Hammett collection. Frazetta sold this to Hammett during a visit to his museum in the early 2000s. Hammett tours his original art collection in his exhibit called, “It’s Alive!”
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