Considered to be one of the masters of modern fantasy illustration, Boris Vallejo was born in Lima, Peru on January 8, 1941.
Vallejo began painting at the age of 13, and obtained his first illustration job three years later at the age of 16.
He attended the Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes on a five-year scholarship.
After emigrating to the United States in 1964, he quickly garnered a fan following from his illustrations of Tarzan, Conan the Barbarian, Doc Savage and various other fantasy characters (often done for paperback-fiction works featuring the characters).
This led to commissions for movie-poster illustration, advertisement illustration, and artwork for various collectibles.
Along with his wife and collaborator (and often model) Julie Bell, Vallejo has done a great volume of work for the Fantasy field, having worked for virtually every major publishing house with a science fiction/fantasy line.
His classic sense is as much an homage to the old masters as it is to anyone contemporaneously working in the Fantasy genre.
Whether the work features sword and sorcery, space travel, pulp heroes, or imaginative creatures, his paintings are often tinged with eroticism.
For sheer dauntless bravura, few have ever pushed the limits as does Boris with his beautiful maidens and fearsome monsters.
More of Boris Vallejo‘s amazing drawings can be found at https://www.borisjulie.com/.
Humoring the Goddess 
He’s amazing. I have a couple of his books and admittedly, sometimes I want the monsters to win.
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I have two of his art books too! I finally thought about doing an artist I know and enjoy!
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Why is it, that, in all of these, it’s all the men, who are, holding the, swords, who are, slaying the, dragons, making the female characters seem, obsolete.
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I think that’s because of the male hero and female “victim” of past fantasy and reality books. His wife is his partner and a body builder, so kudos for her too!
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Wow! What an incredible visual storyteller.
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