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Started by Eamonn Clarke, 13 December, 2014, 02:38:13 PM

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sheridan

Quote from: Tim Tailz on 10 February, 2015, 09:23:39 PM
Quote from: The Cosh on 10 February, 2015, 09:19:16 PM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 10 February, 2015, 09:05:40 PMDid Pete Venters go on to do much more work for 2000AD? I don't recognise his name.
Doesn't look like it: http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=PETEV
That's a real shame. I love the first page of "...Creeping Things" in particular. He really manages to convey the darkness of Necropolis through the piles of bodies standing out against the backdrop of tower blocks and the darkness of the night sky.
If he'd stayed in the UK, maybe he'd have done more 2000AD and Meg work. As it was, he shot to fame as a Magic: the Gathering card artist, moved to Seattle and married a rather famous Goth there (not sure if she was famous before they got together).  They have largely separate careers, but did work on at least one book together.
His own blog:
http://www.peteventers.com/blog/
M:tG card database:
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&artist=[%22Pete%20Venters%22]
Magic cards by Pete Venters fan website:
http://www.peteventersproject.com/

Jillian Venters: https://www.facebook.com/jillian.venters

Taryn Tailz

Thanks for sharing that Sheridan. I'm glad to see he went on to have a successful career as, like I said, I found his instalment of "Plagues of Necropolis" to be the best looking one of the bunch.

sheridan

Quote from: Tim Tailz on 10 February, 2015, 11:21:57 PM
Thanks for sharing that Sheridan. I'm glad to see he went on to have a successful career as, like I said, I found his instalment of "Plagues of Necropolis" to be the best looking one of the bunch.
(and when I say Jillian Venters is a famous Goth I mean famous in the Goth scene which means most people outside it have never heard of her - she's the Lady of the Manners and author of Gothic Charm School (which I think had illustrations by Pete, but no word of them in the amazon entry):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0061669164/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0061669164&linkCode=as2&tag=thewildewood-21&linkId=YOEQ4T42HEUSIOM5

James Stacey

Wow there's a name from the past. Pete was often knocking around the local rpg / nerd game shop in Cardiff in the late 90s. I knew him as a magic card illustrator (there was a running joke locally that a non signed Venters card was worth more than a signed one) didn't realise he drew for Tharg. Good to see he's done good.