A selection; book covers, card art, etc

[Ralph horsley]

Hi,

it has been a while since I have shown a slecetion of my work here - so this is a bit of an overview of the last few months.

I had the attachment manager crash on me a couple of times, so I am breaking these up into sections.

Here is some cover art:

D&D: Divine Power

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D&D Chpater Start: Monster Manual II

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Osirion; Shadow of the Sphinx

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Taldor; Echoes of Glory

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Dungeon ~375; The Monk

[Ralph horsley]

Pieces for Warhammer:

Career Compendium

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Grey Seer

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Magic: the Gathering card art:

Arsenal Thresher

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Cruel Ultimatum

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Controlled Instincts

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[Ralph horsley]

Work for the World of Warcraft tcg:

Boggspine Knuckles

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Elder Zeez

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Fork Lightning

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Thanks for looking. I look forwrad to reading your comments.

please also visit my newly revised web site

http://www.ralphhorsley.co.uk/

which has more examples of my work, and my newly started blog.

Cheers,

Ralph
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[wheezy]

I can just look at these and know you had a freaking blast making them. So energetic and colorful. I think my favorite you listed here is the litch mummy coming out the sand...that is a freaking awesome illustration imo. Checking your site out now.

[wheezy]

Aren't you on the Ninja Mountain Podcast?

[Eric Lofgren]

Outstanding artwork, as always, Ralph. An easy 5 stars :)

[grue]

Excellent! 5 stars :D

[Matt Dixon]

Fantastic stuff, Ralph. A genuine old school flavour with a big spoonful of bang-up-to-date punch and colour. What a delicious mix!

Thanks for the heads up on your blog too - the large image sizes you have posted there really show how much detail and effort goes into your work. Amazing.

[Nickillus]

Outstanding stuff Ralph. Really great to see such virtuosity. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this thread, with the hope of more dynamic art to come.

[Sean McClain]

Awesome Thanx!:)

[Jamie Romoser]

Very nice illustrations here man!
Roughly how long does one peice take for you?
Keep up the hard work -Omerta

[Me,Myself & Me again]

This stuff is killer loven the lizardmen even if it is dead :D
The composition in your work is immense, please carry on with the warhammer illustrations. :D:D:D:D:D

[Ralph horsley]

Hi,

Thanks very much for all the comments - much appreciated.

Wheezy; Yeah, I did have fun on these pieces, and the Mummy is one of my favourites too. Oh, and yes that is me on the NM podcast.

For those of you unfamiliar - the Ninja Mountain podcast is a weekly hour long discussion about varying aspects of illustration by a good mix of artists. It can be found here:
http://ninjamountain.blogspot.com/

Eric Lofgren; Thanks very much for saying so, and thanks also for the stars :D

grue; Thanks, glad you feel I deserve them :)

Matt Dixon; I certainly try to bring in some contemporary approaches, but I do also like adopting a level of stylisation, plus painting in acrylics always gives a particular feel.

Glad you found the blog interesting. The ability to host more images without overloading my website is great, and as you note I can show them large too. Thanks very much.

Nickillus; Thanks for saying so.

darknight; Thank you.

Omerta; Thanks. The covers might take a week or two, card art about 2-3 days.

Me,Myself & Me again; Glad you think so. I especially enjoy the Warhammer background, and do have some pieces in the pipeline ;)

Thanks again,

Ralph
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[boybalasa]

very inspiring artworks

[alti]

insane tallent great blog images too. thanks for putting them up in such detail.

-alti

[Brashen]

Hehe we share a first name....anyways really great work you've got displayed on here mate...I do prefer your cover work to the WOW cards.

[waronmars]

Ooh man! Ralph Horsley! Now we just need Wayne Reynolds and I will die a happy CAer...

[ADStudio]

Love the detail you put into your work! I think the Monk's favorite out of all of these... but they're all pretty strong.

I also love listening to you guys talk shop on the NMS podcasts.

[Chuck,mate.]

HELL. YES.

awesome work there Ralphy.
thanks for the inspirational pick-me-up... :)



Pat.

[Phil Moss]

Some good pieces there Ralph - I do like the knights painting with the bodies on the floor - works really well, very graphic. Bravo!

[Bill]

Reaaly Really nice. Acrylics? what size range do you work? Love the skills and the dedication. Thank You.

[Ricardo Robles]

Incredible detailed works. The first one you posted is really strong. Some of them are a little bit confusing for the high level of detail everywhere but it don´t matter, they´re very good.
Fantastic skills!!

[Dahami]

Excellence!!!

[Ralph horsley]

Hi,

Thanks to everyone for the comments, they are all much appreciated.

boybalasa; Thanks you - nice to hear that :)

alti; Pleased to hear that the larger size images on the blog are of interest. I will make sure I post more stuff there of a similar size in future.

Brashen; Oddly enough I have never personally met someone with my same first name! I think it is a lot more unusual here in the UK.

I do adopt a slightly different style for the WoW work. Similarly I love working on covers, they feel like a real showcase opportunity :)

waronmars; lol ;)

ADStudio; I do enjoy putting in lots of detail, but I am trying to temper that more by emphasising the focus of the images, and trying to make my work 'pop' more.

Glad you enjoy the podcast :)

Chuck,mate; Thanks very much :)

Phil Moss; Thanks for your comment. Glad you like the Taldor piece :)

Bill; Thanks very much. I tend to work at about 150-200% of the printed image size (though a lot bigger ratio for card art).

Ricardo Robles; Thanks. I am trying to work to improve the clarity, but I also like to reward repeat viewing, enabling the viewer to extract something more each time :)

Dahami; Thanks :D

Thanks again,

Ralph
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