DeviantArt Recommendations
This is a list of recommendations made by Tropers for DeviantArt. Feel free to recommend your favorite art/artist here, but please follow the preferred template found below.
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Required Format
For individual art: Title of Art Piece/Artist/Gallery
- Recommended by: Troper Name [1]
- Description: Describe the art/artist here, maybe even add the actual description.
- Comments: Be sure to add your opinion on the art/artist.
- Tags: Add things like Darker and Edgier and Lighter and Softer here to describe the art/artist.
For artists: Name of Artist
- Notable works and galleries.
- Comments:
For galleries: (Name of gallery) by (name of artist)
- Category:
- Comments:
Individual works
- Recommended by: Korodzik
- Description: Cast of The Simpsons reinterpreted in an Animesque style.
- Comments: This is one of the most popular works on DeviantArt, and it shows why. An interesting alternate look at the characters. -- Korodzik
- Recommended by: Nothingtoseehere, fawn
- Description: A view into a garden.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Peacocks in a marsh.
- Comments: This might just be one of the most intricately detailed things I've ever seen. It's hard to image how long it took him to make it. It is one of my all time favorite images. (I'd say most favorite, but that is grammatically incorrect.)
- Tags: Scenery Porn. Misplaced Wildlife (I'm pretty sure Peacocks don't live in marshes.)
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Epic image of a bald eagle tearing through fabric.
- Tags: Big Badass Bird of Prey, Dramatic Thunder.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: A giant, two headed dragon. The eagle is a nice touch that adds a sense of scale.
- Tags: Our Dragons Are Different: very different. Big Badass Bird of Prey: Though it's dwarfed by the dragon. Multiple Head Case, Extra Eyes.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Dragons battle to the death in the midst of a storm. What's not to like about that?
- Tags: Our Dragons Are Different, Dramatic Thunder.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Big Badass battle scarred wolf and a raven framed by a full moon.
- Tags: Big Badass Wolf, Ravens and Crows, Glowing Eyes of Doom.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Intricately detailed phoenix.
- Tags: The Phoenix.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: If you thought Mario couldn't be epic, you were wrong.
- Tags: Super Mario Bros., Darker and Edgier.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Barney meets Silent Hill.
- Tags: Barney the Dinosaur, Silent Hill, Parody.
- Recommended by: Megadriver
- Description: A series of seven books (work in progress) that the Author himself describes as a cross between Angel'and The Dresden Files, but it is not fan fiction!
- Comments: I've read what the Author has put up on the site and managed to contact him directly. He let me see a few previews of his next books and while the series is still in its infancy on the site, I can say that he really has a good arc that spans the entire series and has even hinted a spin off series that might be even larger than the original.
- Tags: The moments in the series varies in the usual for the The Dresden Files Darker and Edgier to Lighter and Softer and in my personal opinion provides a new vision for vampires (Although these days there are so many representations of vampires that it's hard to keep track of what is and what isn't original!).
- The Pain Inside
- Recommended by:Utahann
- Description:An inspiring work to remind those who may be thinking of suicide that they are not alone
- As someone who oftentimes suffers from depression I find this beautiful as well as it falling under Heartwarming Moment.Even if you just had a bad day,please give it a look
- Tags:Heartwarming Moments,You Are Not Alone
Happycat I Can Has Cheezburger
- Recommended by: robkelk
- Description: The original "I can haz cheezburger?" pic.
- Tags: Memetic Mutation.
Artists.
- Recommended by beeruckz
- She has some of thee most amazing LinkxTetra and OC family pics out there!
- Recommended by beeruckz
- Some awesome Midna, MidnaxZant and even a few IliaxLink and Ilia pics, which are incredibly detailed and colorful!
- Recommended by: Korodzik
- An author of pop-art pictures in the style of comic panels, with obvious Roy Liechtenstein influence.
- Comments: The form of his art may be simple, but striking. -- Korodzik
- Recommended by: Korodzik
- An author of the webcomic Persona Animus, on DeviantArt he shows off expertly painted and drawn art--most of it of anthropomorphic characters.
- Comments: An excellent artist able to wield a variety of styles. A lot of his work reminds of old Disney animated films. -- Korodzik
- Recommended by fawn
- Notable works and galleries: Suicune, Palkia [dead link], Rapidash [dead link]
- Comments: Has a lot of Pokémon fanart but draws other things too. I've admired his art for a while.
- Recommended by: Nate Spidgewood
- The Alley Rats [dead link] (an Affectionate Parody of The Beatles, with Funny Animals), 502 Zoo [dead link], Circuit Circus [dead link], a lot of The Beatles fanart [dead link]
- Comments: An awesome female cartoonist. She draws very well in an impressive Invader Zim-like art style, and most of her Funny Animal characters look extremely cute. -- Nate Spidgewood
- Recommended by: Nate Spidgewood
- Zoophobia, a cartoon universe with mostly Funny Animals.
- Comments: An excellent artist whose art has a good, stylized feel. There's probably a Tim Burton influence in it. -- Nate Spidgewood
- Recommended by beeruckz
- Very good! Cool OC's, great art styles and awesome fanfics!
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: Has done a lot of Pokemon fanart but has a few other things. Soup And Butter offers a very different, sometimes creepy, always strange take on Pokemon. His art has a realistic, yet still alien feel to it.
- Notable works and galleries: Metapod, Patrick Star, Mr. Mime, Bulbasaur.
- Tags: Pokémon, Darker and Edgier, Nightmare Fuel, Alternative Character Interpretation.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: Has mostly horses. Excellent coloring.
- Notable works and galleries:
- Tags: Cool Horse, Pegasus, Unicorn, Winged Unicorn.
- Recommended by: Doris Wildthyme
- Some great Doctor Who themed art. Wrote an excellent tribute comic to the character of the Brigadier following the death of Nicholas Courtney.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: Forest Hymn stands out for being a talented Christian artist in a place with few Christian artists, and the majority of those few demonstrating Sturgeon's Law. Somewhat of a warning: She preaches though her art and in the comments, this does not bother me but I can see how it could some people.
- Notable works and galleries: The Keeper-Speedpaint, My Hiding Place [dead link]OT Prophecy - 3 Behold - I Come Quickly
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: I like their unique, blocky style and their animations. They have a lot of Zelda fan art.
- Tags: The Legend of Zelda
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: akreon has drawn a wide variety of subjects in different media. A talented, versatile artist with a little something for everyone. She along with tanathe have a comic called Off White.
- Notable works and galleries: Nazgul, chapter V, The last summer butterfly, off-white wallpaper III
- Recommended by: kdanger, User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Comments: Very talented painter, both digital and traditional, does all different genres as well as some flash comics.
- Notable works: Knite. TV Tropes page is now available!
- Recommended by: Nori Mori
- Notable works: Creator of the webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic, he also does stunning digital art and photography. He has also written journal entries for his RA characters on his account. The first chapter of his unreleased, illustrated science fiction novel, Chronoscape, is available there.
- Comments: His digital art and photography is surreal, grim but with an ethereal, breathtaking beauty. The art of Romantically Apocalyptic is a seamless blend of photographs and drawings, making for an absurdly real-looking and beautiful webcomic.
- Recommended by: Hotel California
- Notable works: The Dark Traveler II, Underneath the Veil, Suspended in Light, Under the Red.
- Comments: Her photography is absolutely stunning and beautiful, bordering on Scenery Porn. Most of it are on Greece's landscapes.
- Recommended by: Hotel California
- Notable works: sky bridge, wreath girl, time.
- Comments: Her unique art style needs to be seen. Her emphasis on bold lines and diversity of color gives off a dreamy and optimistic feeling to the viewer. Has a pseudo-Miyazaki touch to it.
- Recommended by: Mewseeker
- Notable works: Reshiram, The LightBringer, Rapidash Painting.
- Comments: She's drawing pretty realistic-style Pokémon as well as dragons and dinosaurs.
- Tags: Pokémon
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Mike Mayhew is a professional comic artist. Examples of his work are the covers for Mystique miniseries. For example: Issue 13 and Issue 18.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: the cover of Polish edition of Kalayna Price's "Grave Witch" and some pretty good fanart of Prince Nuada from Hellboy: The Golden Army.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Keith Thompson is an illustrator and concept artist, his DeviantArt page contains some interesting fantasy horror and Schizo-Tech images, like a steampunk Spider Tank, The Steam Walker, or the Edo-era Ridiculously Human Robot, Karakuri.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: character art for indie adventure game "Cinders", "Bite Me"
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- The author of Loserz and Linburger, his page features art from both webcomics and some fan art.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Illustrator who worked on the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game. Aside from the L5R CCG gallery, his page features both personal and commissioned pieces.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: Arrogant Knight, Sword of the Wind
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Arnold Tsang, aside from working for UDON (the guys responsible, among others, for Street Fighter comics), was responsible for the early character designs for All Points Bulletin, for example - Aces (unused design) and Charlotte Bloodrose.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Jade Law is an artist working for Reloaded Productions, the company responsible for All Points Bulletin reboot after Real Time Worlds' bankruptcy. Aside from in-game posters [dead link] and Reloaded Productions' business cards [dead link], Jade also draws Team Fortress and Supernatural fan art.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Creator of the Nerf Now webcomic, his page features lots of fanart for different games, like Team Fortress and Warhammer 40000.
- Recommended by: User:Not So Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: GTA IV: Man On A Mission, GTA: Legends III
Galleries
- BeagleTsuin's "Toon Link's Family" gallery and "Heteorosexual Couples" gallery.
- sequentialscott's journal, which contains detailed, expert analyses of wonderful pieces of art of all kinds--from famous paintings through book illustrations to film posters and comicbook covers. A boon and a fascinating read to any artist. (Recommended by Korodzik)
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