Comments on: Ian Miller – Green Dog Trumpet

By: Kie

Kie — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:15:01 +0000

Oh yeah I see what you mean Otto, really, really nice B&W Illustration. Yeah the Movie work, whilst I can appreciate the skill involved it’s not the kind of work I feature here – a very impressive CV however!

By: Otto Hottentot

Otto Hottentot — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:30:37 +0000

At the time when Ian Miller works for GW, there was an illustrator called Wil Rees who worked for them for a little time. His B&W work looks a lot like Ian Miller’s. Of course it is different. But people who love Ian Miller work love Wil Rees work. There a link: http://animewallpapers.lt/Fantasy/Fantasy-art-series/will-rees-warhammer-66915p.html
It comes for the 1st edition of w40k, for the connaisseur. Tell me what you think, but IMO, great work. After working for gw will rees went Hollywood and work for the movie stars and jonhy deep’s carrabean pirates. IMO his new work has no value. you can see by yourself there: http://wilrees.com/

By: Kie

Kie — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:49:56 +0000

Whoops !! I didn’t spot that one… will ammend!

By: davidzmorris

davidzmorris — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:00:30 +0000

Okay, I just discovered the site, and I love it, but I have to be straight here – people who substitute “loose” for “lose” drive me into a homocidal rage. There’s blood on your hands.

By: kie

kie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:44:01 +0000

@ Draw – Hey did you ever check out Ian Miller over on Skiffy? Jeff has some large scans of his Tolkien Work – pretty amazing stuff as you might expect!

http://ski-ffy.blogspot.com/search/label/Ian%20Miller

By: Draw

Draw — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:37:44 +0000

@ Muttonhead: Man! I’d love to see some Ian Miller originals as well

By: Draw

Draw — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:36:06 +0000

Hi Kie, thanks for the link and getting back to me. I was actually just curious, I scored a copy about four years ago and was wondering if it was worth anything.

By: Kie

Kie — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:06:47 +0000

Hey Muttonhead…

yeap I agree 100% plus – on all points Ian miller – I know of Ratspike, and have bid on copies of it a few times via ebay… I reckon then it’s time for an Amazon purchase….

As I’ve noted many times in the blog, there’s no one quite like Ian – and never will they be – a style not beyond influence, but certainly imitation/replication

By: Muttonhead

Muttonhead — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:45:13 +0000

Ian Miller is awesome. I will never forget staring at his illustrations for Games Workshop back in the day. At the time, I stupidly opted not to buy “Ratspike” (something about being a dumb kid with no money) a book that featured his art and the work of John Blanche. Luckily, Forbidden Planet in NYC found copies of the book in their warehouse about 6 years or so ago and I was able to snag one. If you ever get to see his work in person (like, say at IlluXcon in PA in November), you should. It’s an entirely different experience. The undisputed master of using normally technical rapidograph linework to compose artful, flowing, disturbing forms. Great post.

By: Kie

Kie — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:24:28 +0000

Hi Draw,

yeah I picked my copy up via ebay for £10 or so a few years ago – I thought it was quite rare at the time, but it seems more copies have surfaced via Amazon.com – available for a reasonable price – here’s a link

http://is.gd/d9Ea1

cheers