The Art of Richard H. Fay

Oh, holding out on us are you? LOL

Night Star wrote:

Oh, holding out on us are you? LOL

I can only post so much at a time. I can post my pictures of swords, knights, Vikings, and things if you like, if you really want to see that sort of stuff.

2007 Richard H. Fay

"Battle Crows Gather"
by Richard H. Fay
Pitt artists pens on paper



Published in Volume 2, Issue 8 of the sword and sorcery zine Flashing Swords.

2007 Richard H. Fay

Crusading Knight
by Richard H. Fay
Pitt artists pens on drawing paper, digitally coloured.

This is one of my unpublished pieces. I made it as a gift for my mother-in-law. She happens to be one of my biggest fans.

1998 Richard H. Fay

Excalibur
by Richard H. Fay

I used this image on bookmarks I sold at the local medieval fair, when I attended as a vendor.

2008 Richard H. Fay

Three Viking Era Sword Hilts
by Richard H. Fay
Pitt artists pens on bristol board, digitally coloured.

Black and white version originally published in Flashing Swords, Issue 11, August 2008.

2009 Richard H. Fay

Knotwork Creature
by Richard H. Fay
Pitt artists pens on bristol board, digitally coloured.

The above image happens to be the last of the knotwork dividers I created for Abandoned Towers/Cyberwizard Productions. I just finished it today. Woohoo!

I drew my inspiration for this piece from a couple of different designs found on a 10th century Viking Age stone sculpture in the Isle of Man. Basically, I combined the draconic-look of one design with the more Celtic-influenced interlacing of another. The final piece seems to be an interesting mix of Celtic and Viking.

Now on to other illustration projects! (And maybe some writing, too.)

2008 Richard H. Fay

Night Ship to Never Promotional Illustration
by Richard H. Fay
Ink on bristol board, digitally coloured.

I created this illustration at the request of Crystalwizard as an accompaniment to David C. Kopaska-Merkel's poem "Home at Last" for use in materials promoting the Diminuendo Press publication of Night Ship to Never, a collaborative poetry collection by David C. Kopaska-Merkel and Kendall Evans (the same collection I wrote a foreword for). I never really did give this one a title beyond "Night Ship Promo Illustration", which is unusual for me.

I just can't find enough praise for these...battle crows really hits me emotionally. All those gorgeous black birds in the sky! And the last one with the mermaid tail...Richard, I adore this illustration. It evokes strong feelings of longing in me. Long lost memories...wonderful work! Keep it up

Thanks!

Both illustrations, "Battle Crows Gather" and the Night Ship Promo Illo, were based on the works of other poets. The emotions and imagery were already there, in verbal form. I just had to remain fairly faithful to those images and feelings when I translated their words into art. Being both poet and artist does help in such situations.

2009 Richard H. Fay

Infinity Worm
by Richard H. Fay
Ink on bristol board

The one problem I face when I compose unsolicited artwork; I really don't know what to do with pieces that end up getting rejected. This happens to be one of the five pieces of "filler art" I sent to Dreams and Nightmares. The editor bought two of the five; the other three, including this one, remain homeless.

Over the past two years or so, I've developed a pretty good idea of what sorts of speculative poetry markets are out there. I have few problems finding other potential markets for rejected poems. Finding potential markets for certain pieces of rejected art, however, still proves troublesome. I would probably do more unsolicited artwork if I knew what to do with those pieces that just don't make it into the market I originally made them for. As it is, I tend to do most of my art by request, avoiding this issue altogether.

Memories of Camelot
2009 Richard H. Fay

The Armour of Loki
2009 Richard H. Fay

2008 Richard H. Fay

Norman Archer
Originally published in Flashing Swords, April 2008

2008 Richard H. Fay

Saxon in Byrnie

Richard's been creative again. Stunning visuals mate!!!

I dont like the wormy one. Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Runs away screaming.
The others are wonderful!!!!!!!!

Thanks X 2!!

Night Star wrote:

I dont like the wormy one. Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Runs away screaming.

That's the general idea! (It's supposed to be scary/creepy/crawly!)

2009 Richard H. Fay

The Faces
by Richard H. Fay
Ink on bristol board, digitally coloured
Originally published in the on-line version of Abandoned Towers, May 2009.

Just simply stunning art work, love these !! !!

Solane Star wrote:

Just simply stunning art work, love these !! !!

Thanks!

2009 Richard H. Fay

Temporal Crack
by Richard H. Fay
Ink on bristol board, digitally coloured and manipulated
Originally published in the on-line version of Abandoned Towers, June 2009.

2009 Richard H. Fay

Polypod at Home
by Richard H. Fay
Ink on bristol board, digitally coloured
Originally published June 2009 in the on-line version of Abandoned Towers

Ooooh, Temporal Crack is really cool!!!!