An ordinary artist shows you the things everybody can see. The egotistical artist shows you the things only he can see. But the great artist shows you things nobody ever saw before.
- Pablo Picasso
Failing is not a problem.
Not trying is a problem.
- Jay Maisel
 

 

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Todd Lockwood

Posted by Charley Parker at 7:57 am

Todd Lockwood
The pencil drawing shown here, depicting Cerberus, the three-headed dog that guarded the gate to Hades in Greek Myth, is one of the most striking images I’ve seen in the whole of science fiction and fantasy art. Take a look at the detail images.

Science fiction and fantasy artist Todd Lockwood works both traditionally in oils and digitally in Corel Painter. His fantastic, sometimes phantasmagoric, images have been appearing in magazines and on book covers for over 20 years. He has been a staff artist for TSR and a longtime creator of art for Dungeons and Dragons.

His site is an exception among artist’s online gallery sites: it’s well-organized and very easy to use. ( It was created by Lockwood and Mac Web Guru M. Douglas Wray.)

There is a promise of forthcoming tutorials, but they’re not up yet. However the FAQ page includes some detailed comments on his materials and methods for pencil drawing, oil painting and digital painting. There are prints available of many of the works.

8 comments for Todd Lockwood »

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

  1. Comment by M. Douglas Wray
    Tuesday, December 20, 2005 @ 5:47 pm

    Thanks Charley!!

    I’ve been pals with Todd for decades and it was a labor of love on both our parts. I wanted him to have a state-of-the-art site that ran fast and was easy to change (you know artists, they looooove to change things!) and I think we succeeded quite neatly. Of course, having absolutely top-notch artwork and a brilliant designer doing the visual layout helps a smidge… *really big grin*. Mostly we just did what we each do best and the results speak for themselves.

    It’s an honor to be singled out for praise, Thanks!!

    M. Douglas Wray
    http://www.macwebguru.com
    (the geek behind the curtain)

  2. Comment by Todd Lockwood
    Tuesday, December 20, 2005 @ 7:09 pm

    My thanks also, Charley!

    Pardon this mutual admiration-society back-slapping please, but Doug gets a great deal of credit for doing a terrific job with CSS. I recommend him to anyone who needs top-notch webwork done. contact onfo on my site; just look at “News”

    Also thanks to Charley for such a terrific blog! I had not seen it before. It’s going in my links section shortly…

  3. Comment by Charley Parker
    Wednesday, December 21, 2005 @ 2:05 am

    It’s my pleasure. In my years of checking out art on the web and particularly while I’ve been doing this blog, I’ve seen an amazing number of artist gallery sites with unbearably bad navigation. It’s a real pleasure to encounter one that is well thought-out and designed to make it easy for a visitor to tour the artwork. (What a concept!) I’ve edited the main post to add a link to Doug’s site.

    Also, you guys did a great job of making the site look good with Todd’s beautiful background images.

  4. Comment by Pablo
    Friday, January 13, 2006 @ 8:26 am

    A great site for a great artist.
    Well organized galleries.

    We’re expecting the tutorials and wallpaper size art!

  5. Comment by Enrico aka Xillion
    Friday, February 3, 2006 @ 9:33 am

    to Charley: nice site and review!!!
    to Todd: your work is really inspiring to me. I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your amazing art!

  6. Comment by Zana
    Wednesday, March 8, 2006 @ 9:59 pm

    That image is truly mind-blowing !

    And one great review and site as well.

  7. Pingback by 迷失神庙 » Blog Archive » Todd Lockwood
    Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @ 11:38 pm

    [...] from: http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/20/todd-lockwood/ 整个 Yo2 上的相关文章:杂话 全球主要植物提取物生产企业简介. 终于挖到“天鹅绒金矿” Todd Duncan Broke Race Barriers with Music mia doi todd printYo2FavControl(”",”",”Todd Lockwood”,” 这幅铅笔画描述的 Cerberus 希腊神话中看守地狱大门的三头狗,是我至今所看过的科幻小说和魔幻艺术里最深印象的图画之一。 魔幻艺术家 Todd Lockwood 20年以来为科幻类小说和图书绘制了相当数量的插画。 Link: http://www.toddlockwood.com from: http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/20/todd-lockwood/ 整个 Yo2 上的相关文章:杂话 全球主要植物提取物生产企业简介. 终于挖到“天鹅绒金矿””);最近阅读过此文章的网友: [...]

  8. Comment by P163
    Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 10:54 pm

    也不知道版面主题是什么,不过看上去挺不错 NICE WORK

Leave a comment

(required)

(required but not published)

 

News:

Exhibition list updated November 11 (lower in this column)


For best results, click on article title first, then translate.

Please note that display ads for lines and colors are limited to art related topics and may not be animated.
Exhibitions
Drawing, Illustration and Comics
Updated 11/11/08
Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950
Sept 6 - Nov 23, 2008
Brandywine River Museum, DE
The Totoro Forest Project
Sep 20, 2008 - Feb 8, 2009
Cartoon Art Museum San Francisco, CA
A Light TOuch: Exploring Humor in Drawing
Sep 23 - Dec 7, 2008
The Getty Center, CA
New Acquisitions
Oct 7 - Dec 31, 2008
Society of Illustrators, NY
Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Oct 20, 2008 - Jan 11, 2009
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Giles: One of the Family
Nov 5, 2008 - Feb 15, 2009
The Cartoon Museum, London, UK
Over the Top: American Posters from World War I
Nov 8, 2008 - Jan 25, 2009
Norman Rockwell Museum, MA
Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin
Nov 15, 2008 - Jan 4, 2009
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA
Frank E. Schoonover: An Artist for All Seasons
Nov 22, 2008 - Jan 11, 2009
Delaware Art Museum, DE


Donate Life

The Gift of a Lifetime