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1-2. “Varlak the Evil Lord” (1981) by Greg & Tim Hildebrandt for their 1982 "Atlantis" calendar published by Starlog.
3. “A Firepit” (1983) by Tim Hildebrandt for his solo “Realms of Wonder” calendar published by TSR.
Here's the Boris painting that I held up earlier in this thread as an example of good work from him, converted to greyscale. Lovely control of values here.
As I've said in an earlier thread, Corben does not over-render his figures. The intense colour is deceptive. The light areas in his paintings are typically more subdued than one might think. Convert the new cover to greyscale, and subtle modelling of the forms becomes obvious.
Pyrate Queen #1-2, with cover art by Adam Pollina and colourist Tamra Bonvillain.
More textless cover art by Riley Rossmo for the series, Harley Quinn, vol. 4.
Textless cover art by Riley Rossmo for the series, Harley Quinn, vol. 4.