MarkBremmer opened this issue on Oct 30, 2012 · 6 posts
MarkBremmer posted Tue, 30 October 2012 at 5:38 PM
When I was a kid, pre-Star Wars, an illustrator captured my imagination and made me fall in love with what pictures could do. That illustrator was John Berkey.
I'd forgotten about him until I saw one of his images today. While he worked with only brushes and paint, this guy had it going on. I was disappointed to discover that he'd died in 2008.
But, seeing his work once more, it makes simply want to make cool images all over again:
http://conceptartworld.com/?p=113
ominousplay posted Tue, 30 October 2012 at 6:49 PM
Agreed. I am impressed by his use of color and shape.
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GKDantas posted Tue, 30 October 2012 at 7:58 PM
animajikgraphics posted Tue, 30 October 2012 at 11:00 PM
I've seen his work before and it's phenominal! I'm sorry to hear he has passed away.
I love digital, but paint, pen and pencil still has it's honored place in my heart.
Thanks for sharing this Mark.
-AniMajik
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ShawnDriscoll posted Wed, 31 October 2012 at 9:23 AM
Both John Berkey and John Harris are my top favorites. Then Robert McCall and Syd Mead.
Kixum posted Wed, 31 October 2012 at 10:18 AM
No doubt. There are a few guys out there like this that always humble me.
-Kix