Imaginistix: Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: The All New Collection

by Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell

As two of the biggest names in fantasy art for 30 years, the popularity of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell remains undimmed. In 2005, Collins Design published Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: The Ultimate Collection, a retrospective of their glittering career, gathering together their finest art from three decades in one acclaimed volume.

This mesmerizing new book, named after Boris and Julie's website, features a brand new and unseen collection of ravishing maidens, heroic mean, and fearsome monsters—their first collection of new work since 1994's Sketchbook.

A mix of commissions for magazine publishers, advertising agencies, film production companies, and more, this enhancing compendium is yet another must-have for all Boris and Julie fans.

Genres: Art, Fantasy

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Boris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Vallejo works almost exclusively in the fantasy and erotica genres. His paintings have graced the covers of dozens of science fiction paperbacks and are featured in a series of best-selling glossy calendars. Subjects of his paintings are typically Sword and sorcery gods, monsters, and well-muscled male and female barbarians engaged in battle. His latest works still retain heavy fantasy elements, but lean more towards the erotic rather than pure fantasy themes.

Reviews

[Jason Waltz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Needed more Boris. Not into much of Julie's work. Boris' Mongol warrior sketch and SSOC cover win the day by far.

[Ninja · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of great pictures in this one, spread across many media, from film and books to calendars, cards and game paintings. I found the book section to be the weakest, perhaps because many of them showcase an older conan style. The calendars had some of the best images (did they impose a nudity ban at some point?) and there are a few great ones in the last section of more recent work: mutants and humans, the image Demise all showcase vivid imagery with some cool perspective. Not their best, but excellent nonetheless.