Art

A Suffocating Feeling

I find this image terrifying. I spotted it on Twitter and immediately recognised it as an Assyrian relief then almost as immediately realised that I would have seen it before now, given I’m an ancient history nerd. It’s an AI generated image. But I only spotted that because I’m of the last few generations who […]

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Umbrellas

Went to see Renoir’s Umbrellas at New Walk Museum today. The first thing that struck me is the young woman has forgotten to bring her brolly. The way she looks at you it’s like she’s hoping you’ll let her hide under yours. I love the way she and the man are very detailed but the […]

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Russ Nicholson R.I.P

I’m saddened to hear of Russ Nicholson’s passing. Many of us grew up seeing his illustrations in the Fighting Fantasy books or issues of White Dwarf back when it was a cornucopia of diverse gaming lore. Nicholson leaves us work that lies somewhere between the faerie enchantments of Arthur Rackham and the monotone splendour of […]

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Kevin O’Neil and Blitzspear

The passing away of Kevin O’Neil has hit me more than I’d ever have thought it would. His comic art blew my little mind back when I was a kid. Today I was thinking how overlooked his design of Blitzspear (the living spacecraft of Nemesis The Warlock) is. It never makes any top ten of […]

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