Saturday, October 18, 2008

Weekly Fantasy Art - Jan Patrik Krasny

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Jan Patrik Krasny is a Czech artist. He was born in 1955 and since his childhood he has been attracted by the comics. His followed his passion on the benches of Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, which he graduated in 1982. After 1989 he published comics in several magazines and newspapers. He is a member of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. He was nominated and won several art prizes; Jan Patrik Krasny was nominated on the Czech Academy of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Award in 1999-2004, he won the European SF Society Award in category Best Artist in 2002 and Czech Academy SFFH Award for the Best Artist in Czech Republic in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

The main works of Jan Patrik Krasny are illustrations and he created hundreds of covers of mainly Fantasy and Sci-Fi books for various Czech publishers. Recently he has been devoted to computer graphics. His works are exhibited in private collections and galleries within the Czech Republic and in abroad.

For a more comprehensive portfolio of Jan Patrik Krasny, please visit his website, Krasnyart.eu.

© The artwork presented on this post is used with the permission of its author. All the artwork is copyrighted. Please do not use the images without the permission of the artist or owner.

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