/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4518691
To me, Dragon's Heaven looks a lot like the work of Jean "Moebius" Giraud. I'm fairly certain it's an intentional homage.

Wizards *should* remind you of Vaughn Bodē. Ralph Bakshi based some of the characters on Bodē's underground comix. I haven't heard he himself say anything about it, but his daughter defends him, claiming that Bakshi and Bodē were good friends back in the day in New York, and that Bakshi had tacit permission to borrow them.

Additionally, if you look closely, you will see familiar-looking work in the backgrounds - particularly the scenes set in Skorch, the bad lands of the mutant wizard Blackwolf. Bakshi shanghaied famed illustrator Ian Milller and got him to create matte paintings for the film.

>It was whilst my wife and I were wandering penniless around San Francisco in the early 70's that Ralph Bakshi tracked me down via London and New York and offered me a job on his forthcoming animated feature Wizards in Los Angeles...
>... the actual experience of working for Ralph was in every sense star shell bright, and overwhelming. He demanded a great deal of me but in turn gave me immense artistic freedom. More freedom than I'd ever had or had since, bar Luck in the Head. It doesn't get any better than that. I will always be grateful.

>>4005046
>Ian Miller is great.
I agree. Ralph Bakshi weaseled Miller into working with him on Wizards. Many of the background paintings - particularly those in Skorch, the domain of the mutant wizard Blackwolf - were made from Miller's paintings.

>>3506572
>my fuckin man

I didn't know this until I was reading a book of his works, but Ian Miller collaborated with Ralph Bakshi on Wizards. His drawings and paintings formed the backgrounds of many scenes.

>>3288614
>>3288826
>>3289810

I recently picked up a book of Miller's work, and was surprised to learn that he worked with Ralph Bakshi on Wizards. He created some of the post-apocalyptic backgrounds, and those set in Skorch, Blackwolf's castle; you can see one in this scene, for example.