The Art Of Dan Frazier - A Touch Of Fantasy
( 1999 - Dynasty Presentations)

This is a fun book by an artist that's made a name for himself in the wider gaming & card industry, though he throws into this collection some works diverging from just fantasy (portraiture, western, SF, semi-abstract . . .). Of the book's 80 pages, we find 60 featuring the art (52 large reproductions and 8 pages of multiple images). Two of those pages present a single double-page-spread and it still works with the split of the gutter. I would have said that the book was a bit 'talkier' than most, but you can soon see that he is using the opportunity to share his experience & knowledge about making a living in the field, spelling out specifics about the choices he made along the way. He focuses in on the relationship between illustrator and art-director, sharing tidbits of info directly from one (who also writes the forward). And even more is offered in the anecdotes he connects to the captions, frequently detailing how he handled the singular challenges they presented (the captions also provide the titles, mediums, size and original use). The lion's share of the art are the paintings, but there's also a healthy dose of both pencil works and pen & ink pieces (in fact half of the text pages sport smaller 'spot' renderings).