bogleech:a-book-of-creatures:vintagerpg:This is the Art of Ian Miller (2014).I know Miller largely f
bogleech:a-book-of-creatures:vintagerpg:This is the Art of Ian Miller (2014).I know Miller largely from his work illustrating aspects of Tolkien’s world, primarily for David Day’s encyclopedias. You probably know him as one of the defining artists of Warhammer. Those two things really aren’t like the other, and it is testament to Miller’s talents how well he works for both.He’s a damn strange artist. There are lots of threatening trees, marching hordes of soldiers, flying fish, surreal nightmarescapes, twisted buildings. Over and over again, the same but different. He has astonishing skill at working in texture and detail. I often find his stuff to be very flat and graphic, but then find surprising depths when I take a closer look. Often to the point of inducing vertigo (dear god, that last slide). His landscapes are always threatening, full of pointy bits and hidden dangers and glowing eyes and gothic edifices.There are lots of touches that echo the compositions of fine artists. There is a lot of early Renaissance in there – his marching armies remind me a lot of Paolo Uccello while he generally seems to tap the spirit of Durer in both atmosphere and a love of the grotesque. The dreamier stuff pulls a bit from the Surrealist, maybe, Dali in particular, if Dali were famed for serrated edges. Sometimes, his geometric obsessions remind me of M.C. Escher. Fantastic, mind expanding stuff.Best thing he’s ever done imo. (Horrible Hordes for Magic the Gathering)He did awesome magic cards until the game seemingly shifted to favoring more photoreal artwork : ( -- source link