Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Research Artist #2: Paul Kidby

I'm a fan of Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series. Paul Kidby is an artist who does a lot of artwork for it. I love the rich colors he uses, and while the style is somewhat realistic, it is also very cartoonish. When I first saw his work in The Art of Discworld, I was amazed because he portrayed a lot of the characters close to how I imagined they would look. I also found Kidby more humorous once I started Art History courses and saw some famous paintings he was parodying. His website is here: http://www.paulkidby.net/Index.html. And for some of his work...



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