List of Favourite Artists

[Bookend]

Hey everyone.

I didn't see a thread for this, and I thought it'd be a pretty great idea to get to know other people's favourite artists, what kind of work inspires them to paint/draw/etc, and it's always great to explore new artists and pick stuff up from them!

So, list your favourite artists that inspire you!  They can be the old masters, or modern artists, of course!

In no particular order, and not an extensive list, because there's no way I could remember everybody:

Frank Frazetta
Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell
Anthony Jones
Dave Rapoza
Linda Bergkvist
Min Yum
George Bridgman
Andrew Loomis
Burne Hogarth
Glenn Vilppu
Kimon Nicolaides
Degas
Monet
John William Waterhouse (and other pre-raphaelite artists)
Michaelangelo
Da Vinci
Kim Jung Gi
And many more! lol-- I will post more if I think of them.

[Brian Hermelijn]

Traditional Artists:
Steve Huston
Steven Easel
Rembrandt
Sargent
Da Vinci
Michael Angelo
Albert Bierstadt
David Cheifetz

Digital Artists:
Reicheran
eeliskyttanen
RHADS
wildweasel339
noahbradley
thienbao

[crackedskull]

The thing with many traditional artists is that to truly appreciate their work, you gotta see it in person. I havent seen any of the great old master paintings in person unfortunately
Rembrandt
Sargent
Bougereau
Monet
Van Gogh
Repin

As for digital art.
Ruan Jia
Craig Mullins
Jaime Jones
Sergei Kolesov (Peleng)

[VoodooMama]

I really like the work of Clarence Gagnon
(link for anyone interested)
http://www.ago.net/agoid104111

and totem paintings by Emily Carr
http://www.museevirtuel.ca/sgc-cms/expos...rksID=1183

Maurice Cullen
http://www.ago.net/maurice-cullen-ice-cu...uebec-city

Tom Thomson works as well, colors are so pretty. There's one painting I really like by him, but I can't find it online at the moment x_X
http://www.ago.net/agoid69248

Paul Peel is very good too, tho I tend to prefer the others because of the colors
http://www.ago.net/paul-peel-the-young-biologist

[ZombieChinchilla]

Oh boy, don't get me started...

Classic/art history:
- Artemisia Gentileschi
- John Singer Sargent
- Norman Rockwell
- NC Wyeth

Modern:
- Gottfried Helnwein
- James Gurney
- Noah Bradley
- Der-shing Helmer
- Babs Tarr
- Julie Dillon
- Ross Tran

I follow a bunch of artists on tumblr so:
- http://livertaker.tumblr.com/
- http://milkmanner.tumblr.com/
- http://faitherinhicks.tumblr.com/
- http://rebeccamock.tumblr.com/
- http://philliplight.tumblr.com/
- http://skepticarcher.tumblr.com/
- http://nesskain.tumblr.com/

There's a bunch more, but that's all I can think of for now.

[IrishWhiskey]

Besides all you guys?!?  

New guys.....
Jamie Hewlett (From Thank girl and the Gorillaz)
FUNKYMONKEY1945
Every artist behind Bioshock and Dishonored
Leyendecker


Old Guys......
Caravaggio
John singer sargent
Rembrandt
Turner

And..... all the other old masters 

There is way more but i just can't think of them off the top of my head.

If they paint anything to do with the WW1 or the the roaring twenties I'm a happy boy!

[Jeso]

Irish whiskey... lol to a question of "Who is your favorite artists..." you answer is OH so incredibly vague!! O:

Mines are : Dave rapoza, Ruan Jia, Brad Rigdney

[ZombieChinchilla]

Every artist behind Bioshock and Dishonored

Yes me too! I love the Bioshock art so much, and video games in general really inspire me.
When it comes to video games I'd also say Child of Light, Tomb Raider, Zelda, and Fallout really inspire me. Especially Child of Light, the whole game is a work of art.

[IrishWhiskey]

@Jeso, In what way is it Vague? i answered in the same way as everyone else with the addition of a particular style i like. What part of that confuses you?  

@ZombieChinchilla, Iv never played child of light but i hear good things. and Fallout 3 is the best game ever made imo 

[Zewar]

Travis Smith
http://www.seempieces.com/

[Bookend]

Digging up old 'digital art masters' magazines and finding artists and what they've been up to. Totally stoked about finding this new material to study from!

Rolando Cyril: http://aquasixio.deviantart.com/gallery/
Rose Frith: http://www.rosefrith.com/
Carlos Cabrera: http://www.artbycarloscabrera.com/work.html
Mark Brunet: https://www.artstation.com/artist/bluefley
Levente (Levi) Peterffy: http://www.artoflevi.com/
Nathaniel West: https://www.artstation.com/artist/nathanielwest
Serg Souleiman: https://www.artstation.com/artist/serg
Sergey Musin: https://www.artstation.com/artist/samfx
Tiberius Viris: https://www.artstation.com/artist/tiberius-viris
Pascal Raimbault: https://www.artstation.com/artist/pascalr
Richard Tilbury: https://www.artstation.com/artist/richardtilbury
Emrah Elmasli: http://emrahelmasli.tumblr.com/

Edit!

Ron Crabb: http://www.crabbdigital.com/mcfshadow-la...7vitpqoflv
Nicolas Oroc: https://www.google.no/search?q=nicolas+o...36&bih=707
Chris Thunig: http://cthunig.cgsociety.org/
John Wallin Liberto: https://www.artstation.com/artist/captflushgarden
Jaime Jones: http://www.artpad.org/gallery/portfolio/
Jesse Van Dijk: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jessevandijk
Raphael Lacoste: https://www.artstation.com/artist/raphael-lacoste
Jan Ditlev Christensen: https://www.artstation.com/artist/DITLEV
Daniel Dociu: http://danieldociu.weebly.com/
Tomasz Jedruszek: https://www.artstation.com/artist/morano

[DQ_Nick]

Of course this list could go on for days but I'll do my top 10 for digital/traditional.
I'm a sucker for artists who can hit dreamy surrealism and dark moodiness. James Zapata and Jeff Simpson are probably my top 2 guys who can find that nice balance between surrealism and concept art.

Digital
James Zapata
Jeff Simpson
Justin Sweet
Miles Johnston
Anthony Jones
Fernanda Suarez
Dave Rapoza
Kekai Kotaki
Jama Jurabaev
Karla Ortiz

Traditional:
Arthur Rackham
Chris Rahn
Yoji Shinkawa
Amano Yoshitaka
Brom
Adam Hughes
Donato Giancola
Dave Palumbo
Frank Frazetta
Wes Burt (pencil sketches)

[John]

My fav artist list morphs into a different beast sporadically, but I always look up to these guys:

Norman Rockwell
John Singer Sargent
Iain McCaig
Maciej Kuciara
Marko Djurdjevic
Takehiko Inoue
Alex Maleev
Karla Ortiz
James Gurney
Anders Zorn (My wallpaper!)

[DQ_Nick]

My fav artist list morphs into a different beast sporadically, but I always look up to these guys:

Norman Rockwell
John Singer Sargent
Iain McCaig
Maciej Kuciara
Marko Djurdjevic
Takehiko Inoue
Alex Maleev
Karla Ortiz
James Gurney
Anders Zorn (My wallpaper!)

That's a damn solid list there John