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The Professional Artist - Bob Eggleton - Illustrator and Artist
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The Professional Artist with Echo Chernik Episode 5 Date: June 15, 2024 Discussion: Bob Eggleton joins me to talk about passion projects as an illustrator and specific lessons he learned over the years and wishes to pass on. About Bob Eggleton: There just isn’t room for all of Bob’s accomplishments. He is one of the modern legends of sci-fi and fantasy illustrations and one of the first judges for Illustrators of the Future. From Wikipedia: Bob Eggleton (born September 13, 1960) is an American science fiction,fantasy and horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Award–winner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book "Greetings from Earth" . He also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000. His illustrations have appeared in Dark Horse Comics, Random House Godzilla books, IDW’s Godzilla comic series and on covers for Famous Monsters of Filmland, G- Fan & Japanese Giants magazines. In film, he has worked as a concept artist on Sphere (1997), Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (2001) and The Ant Bully (2006). He also illustrated matte paintings on the short film The Idol (2007) and was an extra in the Millennium Godzilla film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002). Eggleton is a fan of Toho's Godzilla film franchise*, and has illustrated numerous comics, magazines and children's books based on the character. He has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. Asteroid 13562 was named Bobeggleton in his honor.
1336 episodes
Manage episode 423985339 series 2359939
The Professional Artist with Echo Chernik Episode 5 Date: June 15, 2024 Discussion: Bob Eggleton joins me to talk about passion projects as an illustrator and specific lessons he learned over the years and wishes to pass on. About Bob Eggleton: There just isn’t room for all of Bob’s accomplishments. He is one of the modern legends of sci-fi and fantasy illustrations and one of the first judges for Illustrators of the Future. From Wikipedia: Bob Eggleton (born September 13, 1960) is an American science fiction,fantasy and horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Award–winner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book "Greetings from Earth" . He also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000. His illustrations have appeared in Dark Horse Comics, Random House Godzilla books, IDW’s Godzilla comic series and on covers for Famous Monsters of Filmland, G- Fan & Japanese Giants magazines. In film, he has worked as a concept artist on Sphere (1997), Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (2001) and The Ant Bully (2006). He also illustrated matte paintings on the short film The Idol (2007) and was an extra in the Millennium Godzilla film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002). Eggleton is a fan of Toho's Godzilla film franchise*, and has illustrated numerous comics, magazines and children's books based on the character. He has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. Asteroid 13562 was named Bobeggleton in his honor.
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