Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 28, 2009, 2:50 pm
Hey friends! The Elephant Manager's Association Auction is now officialy open. Bidding will be open for 7 days. It's for a great cause, with myself and great artists like Dave Colman, Andrew S...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 26, 2009, 10:49 am
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying their time with family and loved ones. The piece above was a small thank you piece I did for a cousin I grew up with. Real good guy, happy to h...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 22, 2009, 12:23 pm
The above imagery was created for a graphic novel pitch I was asked to put together. The writer asked me to recreate a panel in a few styles. Unfortunately I wasn't selected as the artist, but it ...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 20, 2009, 9:03 pm
Super stoked for this project! I was cruising through my blog lists and noticed a post by the very talented Andrew Shek. It seems the "Elephants Managers Association" is having an auction of artwork t...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 20, 2009, 4:21 pm
I did the above drawing over a couple days warming up in the morning. They are all copies from the grandmaster 2000XL of ink: Sergio Toppi. He is a modern master, and is still with us, although he is ...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 12, 2009, 1:58 pm
This is a new painting for Erik Jones' Tata Gala show opening this Saturday the 14th at 7pm. It's in Sarasota, FL and this is it's 3rd incarnation. A sizable amount of the show's proce...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 8, 2009, 11:14 pm
I found the link to these collections of painting from James Gurney's blog. I'm a huge 19th and 20th century Russian art fan, so these just blew me away!!! I've posted a few of my favorite...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 3, 2009, 9:42 pm
Heres a few doodles I did while waiting for some paintings to dry. A bonus of being home is I get to chill with one of my best buds, my German Shepherd Wile. E. I grew up with this dude. He's gett...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Nov 2, 2009, 8:18 am
Hey folks. Have a portfolio? Want it reviewed by top tier art pros like: George PrattSterling HundleyJon FosterWes BurtCoro KaufmanCarl Dobsky Brent WatkinsonAndrea Wicklund Jason Manley and Anita Kun...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Oct 31, 2009, 1:07 am
+So here's a detail from a painting I did for the "Quinquennium Exhibitum" 5 year anniversary show at Gallery Nucleus in LA. It opens next Saturday the 7th. The lineup is bonkers!! If you're i...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Oct 18, 2009, 8:56 pm
So like Bad Boy did back in the 90's, my plans got remixed. I should be in Russia right now, but I'm in Detroit crashing at my folks place until February. Despite serious effort, I wasn't ...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Oct 3, 2009, 4:27 pm
Hey guys! I just recently put this piece on Ebay. 3 and a half days left, custom framed and everything! BID!!!! +++++ I've also received a ton of messages asking to purchase the books. Thanks f...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Oct 1, 2009, 2:49 pm
So if you've walked around Ringling lately you may have seen the posters I plastered, I mean strategically placed...haha, around campus. Like the poster states I will be having an open house at m...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Sep 18, 2009, 3:14 pm
Heres a photo of some work in progress portraits I've been working on. The plan is to now rework them as a whole image now that they are connected. These will probably be almost unrecognizable in ...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Sep 12, 2009, 4:12 pm
This post has been a long time coming. I began this project in November of last year in George Pratt's senior illustration class. It is my adaptation of Roald Dahl's great short story "In the ...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Sep 3, 2009, 8:46 pm
Many people have probably heard me raving one way or another about the Illustration Academy. I've attended it twice, and I'm fortunate to have stayed in contact with many of the instructors an...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Sep 3, 2009, 5:57 pm
A few sketchbook pages. Getting a little silly with the ink. Sorry about the warping. Water and moleskines don't mix. By the way, days are good when Jay-Z and Raekwon got new albums out. Especia...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Sep 3, 2009, 12:52 am
This is a piece I've been noodling away on for a while. It began as the first assignment given at the Illustration Academy. It's almost done. I'm submitting it to a magazine in the very ne...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Sep 3, 2009, 12:48 am
Here are photos of some things that have went through the studio lately... The paintings are all works in progress. Also, I received an email compromising the Step by Step Mondays, so I unfortunately ...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Sep 3, 2009, 12:18 am
Hey folks. I've mentioned it a few times, but I never made a formal post concerning my future studies. I will be attending the Repin Institute for painting, a department of the Imperial Academy of...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Aug 17, 2009, 12:55 pm
Hey folks! Another week, another dose of inspiration. This time from illustration super hero: Austin Briggs! **link taken down for time being** take care, -francis
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Aug 10, 2009, 11:22 am
Some more exploration. The only pastel work I have ever really done has been the Illustration Academy figure drawings. I loved doing them, but for some reason I never explored pastels again. So I did ...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Aug 10, 2009, 10:56 am
For this week, we have a nice feature on the painter John Gannam. His work has always reminded me of Zorn and seems to straddle the line between illustration and gallery work (not that there has to be...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Aug 10, 2009, 10:44 am
These posts are always a bummer to write but hopefully this can inform folks. But recently I received an email from a woman asking to purchase a painting or "creative work." I responded and was stoked...
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Francis V. posted an article on Imagination of Francis Vallejo - Aug 3, 2009, 11:31 am
Recently I've been exploring different ways of drawing. These are few of the more successful ones. I have a hefty stack of failures, but I'm excited about some of the things I learned. The top...
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