Behind the Cover: Alan Rabinowitz (Rabz)

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Alan started his professional career as an illustrator after graduating Rochester Institute of Technology in 1991 with a BFA in Painting and Illustration. His first job right out of school was for two covers for Marvel Comics - Conan Magazines.

He has since trained under his mentor of 6 years John F. Murray at The School of Visual Arts and the John F. Murray School of Art. He studied a traditional academic approach to Drawing and Painting that can be traced back to Jean Leon Gerome and other 19th Century French Academicians at the Ecole de Beau Arts in France. This training technique is known as the Riley Method. The Riley Method was taught to John Murray by Frank Riley at The Art Students League of New York.

During and after Alan's training, he has developed a steady working relationship with many of his clients, most of which are top tier companies in their perspective industries. He has illustrated Book Covers, Calendars, Portraits, Advertising, Card Game Illustrations, Magazine Covers, Interior Illustrations and more. His work here will speak for itself as far as quality, photo-realism, and digital art go.

"I have always been inspired by traditional, classical and academic works of art. I enjoy the 'intellectual' painters, especially those of the 19th century, as well as the Old Masters. I also love creating my own worlds, painting the characters and their environments as I envision them." 


Detail of the Science Fiction Illustration for Anne McCafferys Book : Acorna "The Unicorn Girl"
Illustration © 1998 Harper Collins Publishing


Detail of Dragon Winter
Part 1 of a 4 Part Series on Dragons
Illustration © 2002 Alan Rabinowitz


Detail of the Science Fiction - Fantasy Illustration, based on Roger Zelazny’s Books: "The Amber Chronicles"
Cover for Marion Zimmer Bradley "Ages of Chaos" German Edition Hard Cover
Illustration © 1999 Alan Rabinowitz


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Comments

[author-aghoward.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous artwork! My fave is the white dragon. ME LOVE dragons.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

It has a bit of old fashion style. And he likes to use warm colours. Elisa