The following is excerpted from Robert E. Howard's Conan of Cimmeria: Drawing and Sketches by Gary Gianni published by Wandering Star. This fascinating new chapbook contains dozens of working sketches and annotations by Gary Gianni himself as he describes the artistic process he used to develop the stunning final images found in the soon to be published Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Two (1934) by Wandering Star. You can purchase a special limited edition of Gary Gianni's Robert E. Howard's Conan of Cimmeria: Drawings and Sketches by Gary Gianni at Wandering Star's web site.
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CONAN'S WORLD
BY GARY GIANNI
It's easy to see why so many artists have been fascinated with the Conan stories. It's a grand opportunity to unleash the imagination, designing cities and weapons, costumes and monsters. The canvas is so vast, I don't believe any one artist will be able to capture the complete scope with all of its aspects.