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Boris Vallejo

    January 8, 1941

    Boris Vallejo is a painter renowned for his visually striking works that bridge the realms of fantasy and erotica. His art frequently depicts mythological figures, monsters, and athletic human heroes engaged in dynamic battle scenes. Vallejo's style is characterized by its detailed rendering of muscular figures and dramatic interpretations of fantasy worlds. While his earlier pieces leaned more into pure fantasy, his later creations increasingly explore erotic themes within these genres, infusing his paintings with a new layer of tension and sensuality.

    Boris Vallejo
    Enchantment
    Fantasy Workshop : A Practical Guide
    Mirage
    Fantasy Art Techniques
    Ladies
    Twin Visions
    • 2016

      Loves and Lunacies

      A Surreal Memoir

      • 102 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      This surreal memoir blends elements of joy and wisdom, drawing comparisons to the works of Erica Jong and Kafka. Doris Vallejo creates a unique narrative style that combines personal experiences with captivating storytelling, establishing her own distinct genre. Through her charismatic prose, she invites readers into a world that is both enchanting and thought-provoking.

      Loves and Lunacies
    • 2014

      This stunning book is packed with outstanding examples of the recent work of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, two of the biggest names in the world of fantasy art. Featuring muscle-bound heroes, fierce dragons and dazzlingly beautiful women in fantastical, otherworldly landscapes, their work is unrivalled in its field.

      Dreamland
    • 2003

      From initial concept through to finishing touches, for the first time, Boris and Julie give an in-depth description of how they paint their masterpieces, taking the reader through every stage of the creative process. As well as teaching the main techniques, the premiere fantasy-art team shows the reader how to use a wide variety of media to create a whole range of different types of painting, and explain how they create the effects for which they are so renowned, such as Julie's legendary "metal flesh," with its mix of fluidity and hardness contrasting with the sensual softness of the skin. Illustrated throughout in full color, the Practical Guide to Fantasy Art includes step-by-step photographs that Boris and Julie have taken as they've worked as well as a selection of their finished art appealing to art students and fantasy-art admirers alike.

      Fantasy Workshop : A Practical Guide
    • 2002

      Twin Visions

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      A collection of artworks by the fantasy artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. It includes some pictures taken from earlier in their careers. Strong men, sensual women and an array of monsters and beasts are all portrayed with vivid colour and bold eroticism.

      Twin Visions
    • 1999

      Dreams

      The Art of Boris Vallejo

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      This is a new collection from the best-selling fantasy artist Boris Vallejo. Dreams presents over 120 full-colour paintings, never before presented together, including a rare selection of Boris''s private work.'

      Dreams
    • 1999
    • 1994

      Fifteen dazzling new full-color paintings by renowned artist Boris Vallejo and a collection of boldly erotic stories by Doris Vallejo weave a magnificent spell of human passion and the transcendent power of love.

      Enchantment
    • 1992

      Orion

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      John O'Ryan is not a god...not exactly. He is an eternal warrior destined to combat the Dark Lord through all time for dominion of the Earth. Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time, from the caves of our ancestors to the final confrontation under the hammer of nuclear annihilation.

      Orion