Traditional art FXPosé

Freelance artist Nico has been working in fantasy and sci-fi illustration for nearly a decade: “Nothing beats the application of real paint to a physical surface.”

Artwork from some of the finest traditional artists around today.

1 The Kill ing of a Cardinal “This was a book cover intended to have that bright, in-your-face, pulp feel.” 2 Far From Home “I wanted to explore the use of colour and develop my handling of texture in oil paint.” 3 Oh My “I was going for this soft, beautiful values of some of my favourite academic artists.” 4 The Oracle

“When producing some rough sketches for this painting I came up with a sort of rotated cross as an underlying compositional device for the image.”