Wayne Barlowe

Artist

Wayne Barlowe is a science-fiction and fantasy author and artist who has created images for books, films, video games, and galleries. He's written and illustrated a number of art books including EXPEDITION, BARLOWE’S GUIDE TO EXTRATERRESTRIALS, BARLOWE’S GUIDE TO FANTASY, BARLOWE’S INFERNO, BRUSHFIRE, THE ALIEN LIFE OF WAYNE BARLOWE, and AN ALPHABET OF DINOSAURS. EXPEDITION aired as the Discovery Channel special, ALIEN PLANET.

His game concept work includes DANTE’S INFERNO and SHADOW OF MORDOR. His film designs can be seen in BLADE 2, GALAXY QUEST, HELLBOY 1 and 2, HARRY POTTER 3 and 4, AVATAR, PACIFIC RIM, and AQUAMAN. His TV work includes BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH and Amazon Prime’s LOTRs show. He has written two novels, GOD’S DEMON and its sequel THE HEART OF HELL.

PSYCHOPOMP, a comprehensive collection of Barlowe’s Hell art was published in 2021.

" Watching Wayne Barlowe draw is an intriguing experience. Wayne sets down the lightest of pencil lines as a guide and then, without hesitation, begins the meticulous process of rendering the most astonishingly detailed pencil drawings. As his preparatory lines are so light as to be practically invisible, watching the drawings materialize is akin to developing black and white prints. They simply appear, as if the pencil was a scalpel, cutting away the paper to reveal the images underneath.For someone like myself, who has not the slightest clue where a drawing is going when he begins, there's something alchemical about Wayne's expertise."
- John Howe
Illustrator

Artist

- John HoweIllustrator

- John Howe
Illustrator