Tim Johnson has always had a fascination for historical and fantasy imagery, reading Tolkien and Asimov, and at one stage making sculptures ranging from garden gnomes to a full size replica of a knight. But, he says "I had never seriously sat and sketched art for arts sake" - until 11 September 2001. "I can remember waking up to the news reports on TV and thinking it was a film. After a few hours I thought 'Its getting a bit boring now'..." Tim wasn't comprehending what was happening, because unknown to him at that point, he had suffered a stroke. "I had lost the use of my left hand side, my speech and suffered from dysphasia (difficulties in using or understanding language)." To aid his recovery and to get his hand back under control he began copying images from story books for his daughter. "Two illustrators caught my imagination at this time, one being Victor Ambrus and the other Ian Miller. I tried to copy Miller's style with pen and ink, knowing that one mistake meant I had to start again really pushed me to improve." Soon, he began experimenting with digital art to speed up the illustration process, dabbling with PaintShop Pro and then Poser. As he became more confident with the digital process other software followed, though all his work is planned out on paper first. "I often resort to watercolour sketches to get down the essentials before starting work on the computer," he says. "My most valued piece of hardware is my graphics tablet." Now Tim is a full time illustrator with a varied client base of book publishers, ranging from fantasy to erotica and historical novels. He also posts regularly on Renderosity and other on-line galleries. "Fantasy is where my heart is," he enthuses. "Whatever the subject matter the fantastic is never far away." ImagineFX August 2006
Comments (25)
caviedes
Lovely!
Tanglimara
Beautiful and wonderful image. I hope she's got her sun cream on. Tony :-)
Antonio57
Magnifique pose de cette beauté!!!!Bravo
nucks
She's drop dead gorgeous - what a magnificent character!
anitalee
Beautiful!
carib98
Wonderful. Well done postwork.
Miska7
Nice character and scene. Good lighting and excellent postwork! Very well done.
elfguy
Very nice pose!
Seaview123
The doctor is in the house! Great work, as always!
722
awesom work
Pewter7
Gorgeous artwork, beautifully composed with lovely, lovely colors. Just beautiful.
sazzyazzca
Stunning work! I love all the little details! :D
LinaraTar
wonderful fantasy art! I love it =)
Danter
amazing work, well done
kenwas
Great job!
elianeck
so beatiful Taj 5+
jgmart
Beautiful image!
thecytron
Wooooooooooooow! Awesome composition! AmaZZZZZZZzzzzzzing colors! Bravo!!!
TuranMirza
Excellent. Turan
amirapsp
Awesome work! Love it!
chall-art
Cool image - lovely background!
clam73
she looks gorgeous...amazing character and lovely background....impressive!! :-)
e-brink
Superb image! Fine composition!
katy555
Excellent contrast in colours and an excellent image...
eportscreations
Impressive! Very impressive work!