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Dave McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book Artist and graphic designer among other things. His eclectic work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects and digital art. McKean is truly a mixed media artist and one of the first to embrace digital technologies in such an open fashion. In the 80s McKean met author Neil Gaiman with whom he began a partnership that would produce much creative work. Teaming up with authors, playwrights and filmmakers McKean has had the chance to create a spectacularly varied body of work. The mixture of Art mediums makes Mckean's work recognizable and at times even frightening in...

Dark Art & Craft had a chance to talk this month with U.K.-based artist and illustrator Adrian Baxter. Baxter's ink creations are methodically-detailed works based on the occult, nature, and death. This intriguing interview focuses on Baxter's influences and process; please enjoy.

We have some exciting things coming your way from Dark Art & Craft. Starting this summer, we'll be releasing curated collections of prints and merchandise available for a limited time only. To start the series off, we are pleased to announce we're starting with a careful selection of work from Gustave Dore, named Fire & Sulphur as a homage to Midsummer's rituals and traditions. 

One of our favorite Fantasy Artists at Dark Art & Craft is master oil painter Frank Frazetta. Over his long career Frazetta produced detailed art for Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan, John Carter of Mars and countless others. Frazetta defined the Fantasy and Science-Fiction art genres and at the same time transcended the rather orthodox world of pulp book covers and comic art to make his own name.