
Pic Title: Brotherhood of the Sea
Ruth Thompson was born in Ohio and is a University of Alabama Graduate (1990). She originally wanted to have a career involving Biology and majored in it for the first three years in collage. Thompson eventually looked into Art classes in collage and ended up with a degree in Graphic Design. She wandered from job to job doing fantasy illustrations for collectible card games, magazines, board games, books, and role-playing games. Her final job was at Steve Jackson Games, Texas. Tired of working for others, she moved back to Alabama and started her own company called Tarnished Images (you can visit her website at www.tarnishedimages.com. Tarnished Images started with her attending or mailing in artwork to fantasy and science-fiction conventions and the occasional free-lance job. She still does that, but also includes her website, where you can order canvases of her paintings. Some are even signed and numbered.
Ruth Thompson uses oils and watercolors on every piece of work and she likes to combine both of the mediums. Her favorite medium is oils that allow her easier blending with colors and for detailed areas like faces. For her base, Thompson uses illustration board and pencil. With bigger paintings, she’ll do under-painting (something like an ink wash). After roughing some places, she’ll start painting. Any questions about her artwork can ban be found on her website at www.tarnishedimages.com/faq.htm. She sells original pencil works along with her paintings-although some are limited editions. Her paintings range from $25-$200. She also does figurines and cinch bags through other companies.
I originally found Ruth Thompson through a poster website and bought a poster of a dragon painting she did (if you want to cheat and not pay for the painting-posters are the way to go!!) It is called Equinox. Anyway, I fell in love with her style of painting and her themes. I love the prancing horses, dangerous dragons, and strong characters. But mostly the horses (duh :p). Please, please go to her website!! There are way too many pictures for me to show you! It would take hours!!
5 comments:
i love the colors and how it looks realistic but still dream like. great job
I do envy her detailed art style, but I feel like her pieces would look more realistic if the subject matter looked a little less staged. Great choice in artist, it was an engaging presentation and it's easy to see why you'd pick her (looking back on your Halloween cat) for inspiration.
I love fantasy so much and Ruth Thompson really inspires me to keep drawing. I love the realism tied in with the fantasy. This is also why I like surrealism.
I'm not a big fan of surrealism, but this was interesting. Realistic details were there to back it up, though some were slightly posed looking for my taste. Nice presentation, too - you gave us tons to look at to get a feel for her style and methods! I felt like I had a decent understanding of her afterwards : )
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