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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 5h

« Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay », 1971

by Sandro Simeoni (Italian artist, 1928-2007)
Poster illustration for french horror movie "Morgane et ses nymphes" by Bruno Gantillon, 1971

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SandroSimeoni #psychedelicFantasy #horrorFantasy #eroticFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 20h

« Conan of the Fianna », 1973

by Jim Fitzpatrick (Irish artist, born 1946)
Cover illustration for "Fantasy Crossroads" fanzine issue 10/11, Jonathan Bacon, March 1977

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JimFitzpatrick #REHoward #Conan #ConanTheBarbarian #FantasyCrossroads

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 20h

Untitled, 1975

Generally attributed to Alex Niño (Filipino comics artist, born 1940)
Cover illustration for "AMRA" swordplay-&-sorcery fanzine #63, George Scithers,
April 1975

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #AlexNino #AMRA #REHoward #Conan #KingKull #SwordAndSorcery

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 21h

« The Last Laugh » , 1976

by Gene (Howard Eugene) Day (Canadian illustrator, 1951-1982)
Illustration for "The Last Laugh" novel by R.E. Howard, in #FantasyCrossroads #9 fanzine, Stygian Isle Press, Aug. 1976

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GeneDay #REHoward #DarkFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 1d

"War God" first appeared (B&W only) in "Artists of TSR" portfolio, TSR RPGA, 1982

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 1d

« War God », 1985

by Timothy Truman (American artist, born 1956)
Cover and portfolio colour illustration from "KILLER...Tales by Timothy Truman", Eclipse comics, March 1985

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TimTruman #TSR #SwordAndSorcery #WarGod

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 1d

« Stranded », 1978

by Philip Craig Russell (American comics artist, born 1951)
Illustration for the artist portfolio from "Night Music" issue 3, Eclipse Comics, 1985

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #PCraigRussell #SFFantasy #SymbolistFantasy #PsychedelicFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 2d

This story was later published as " #BrakTheBarbarian versus the Sorceress", Paperback Library, 1969, with a cover illustration by Frank Frazetta.

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 2d

« Death was upon him and the girl too. », 1963

by #VirgilFinlay (American artist, 1914-1971)
Illustration for "Witch of the Four Winds" by #JohnJakes
In #FantasticStoriesOfImagination, vol. 12 no 11, Nov. 1963

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SwordAndSorcery #BrakTheBarbarian

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

« Flail Snail », 1981-1999

1 #AlanHunter, in #AD&D #FiendFolio TSR Hobbies, 1981
2 #ThomasBaxa / #MarkNelson, in AD&D #GreyhawkAdventures #MonstrousCompendium Appendix, TSR, 1990
3&4 #BradMcDevitt, in #DragonMagazine #258, TSR, 1999

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TTRPG #FRPG

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

« THOU SHALL NOT PASS ! », c. XIVth

Unknown artist
Brave knight protecting a damsel from a giant snail attack
Marginalia illumination from unknown book, probably XIVth century

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MedievalFantasy #GiantSnails #Marginalia #MedievalIllumination

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

« The Snails Attack », c. 1310

Unknown artist
Grotesque knight being attacked by two giant snails, from "The Queen Mary Psalter"
England, 1310-1320, Royal MS 2 B VII

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MedievalFantasy #GiantSnails #Marginalia #MedievalIllumination #MedievalArt

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

Also known as "Delicate Negociations" #12 Card in FPG Darrell K. Sweet Fantasy Art Trading Cards, 1994

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

« The Unforsaken Hiero », 1983

by Darrell K. Sweet (American illustrator, 1934-2011)
Cover illustration for "The Unforsaken Hiero" novel by Sterling E. Lanier
Ballantine/Del Rey Books, 1983

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DarrellKSweet #Hiero #SterlingELanier #TradingCards

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

«Ningauble of the Seven Eyes», 1964

by #EdEmshwiller (American artist, 1925-1990)
Cover illustration for "Adept's Gambit", by #FritzLeiber in Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1964

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #Ningauble #FafhrdandtheGrayMouser #Lankhmar #SwordAndSorcery

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

« Giddyap », 1968

by Carl Lundgren (American artist, born 1947)
Poster illustration for a concert of Junior Wells and Canned Heat, Avalon Ballroom, Family Dog, May 1968

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #CarlLundgren #FamilyDog #psychedelicFantasy #RockFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

EDIT : Also features as cover illustration for "Three Hearts and Three Lions", by Poul Anderson, Baen Books, Aug. 1993
(So this picture is from 1993, not 1994)

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

« The Knight and His Companions », 1994

by Darrell K. Sweet (American illustrator, 1934-2011)
Features as #P1 Promo Card in FPG Darrell K. Sweet Fantasy Art Trading Cards, 1994

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DarrellKSweet #Knight #TradingCards #FPG #MedievalFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

« The Ressurection of Hela by Odin », 1971

by John Buscema (American master, 1927-2002)
Original art from "The Mighty Thor" #190 "And So To Die!"
Marvel Comics Group, July 1971

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JohnBuscema #TheMightyThor #Thor #Hela #Odin #MarvelComics

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

« The Ressurection of Hela by Odin », 1971

by John Buscema (American master, 1927-2002)
Blacklight poster art, Marvel Comics, The Third Eye, 1971

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JohnBuscema #TheMightyThor #Thor #Hela #Odin #BlacklightPoster #MarvelComics #PsychedelicFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

« Rom Spaceknight », 1981

by Jean Frisano (French painter and illustrator, 1927-1987)
Cover illustration for "Strange" #134 french comics book, LUG, Feb. 1981

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JeanFrisano #RomSpaceknight #Marvel #SFfantasy #SFart

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 5d

« Fire-Ball », 1979

by Katsuhiro Ōtomo (Japanese master, born 1954)
Cover illustration for "Fireball" (unfinished SF manga), Action Deluxe, Futabasha, 1979

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KatsuhiroOtomo #Fireball #Fire-Ball #SFart

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 6d

« Lair of the Live Ones », 1986

by Jeff Easley (American artist, b. 1954)
Illustration for "Dragonlance Calendar 1987, October", TSR Inc., 1986
Oil on board, 41,9 x 40,6 cm

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DungeonsAndDragons #ADnD
#JeffEasley #TTRPG #FRPG #Dragonlance #Raistlin

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 7d

« What are you standing there for? », c. 1994

by Michael Hague (American artist, b. 1948)
Illustration for "Stan Bolovan", Romanian fairy tale, from "The Book of Dragons", 1995

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MichaelHague #StanBolovan #BookOfDragons #Dragon #Dragons

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 7d

-- 40 years ago : Dragonlance Calendar October 1985 --
-- 20 years ago : Keith Parkinson passed away Oct. 26, 2005 --

Also features as cover of AD&D Dragonlance module DL4 "Dragons of Desolation", TSR, 1984
And cover illustration of "The Art of the Dragonlance Saga", by Mary Kirchoff, TSR, 1987

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