Chris Achilleos
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Chris Achilleos (born Christos Achilléos,[1] 1947) is a painter and illustrator who specialises in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration. Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he currently resides.[2] He attended the Hornsey College of Art.[3]
His work has appeared in Heavy Metal and Radio Times magazines, on book covers (including series based on the Conan the Barbarian character, TV's Doctor Who[4] and the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series),[5] and in collections of his own work. He has also worked on various film projects as a conceptual artist.[4]
Achilleos created the controversial cover for Whitesnake's 1979 album, Lovehunter, which featured a naked woman straddling a giant serpent. In an interview with MelodicRock, Gary Hughes stated that Achilleos thereafter "had a policy of not working with bands".[6] The original artwork, along with several other pieces, were stolen from him in the 1980s and sold to a private collector.[7] However, he designed an album cover in 2003 with Gary Hughes' rock opera Once and Future King Part I.[8]
Since 1990 he has mostly worked in designing fantasy trading cards as well as selling prints and original works of art.[3]
In 2003, Achilleos created the covers and artwork for the rock opera by Gary Hughes, The Once and Future King.[6]
Collections[edit]
Achilleos has published several book collections, including:[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Achilleos, Chris (October 2004). Amazona. London: Titan Books. p. 2. ISBN 1-84023-893-3.
- ^ Biography on Chris Achilleos' website
- ^ a b c d e f http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/achilleos_chris
- ^ a b http://www.loncon3.org/showcase/achilleos.php
- ^ http://www.gamesradar.com/guest-blog-fighting-fantasy-fest-2014/
- ^ a b "Interviews: Gary Hughes - Once And Future King". Melodicrock.com. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
He had a bad experience after his Lovehunter cover and for years he has had a policy of not working with bands anymore.
- ^ "Entrevista". Chris Achilleos. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
- ^ MelodicRock.com Interviews: Gary Hughes - Once And Future King
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Chris Achilleos at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Biography on Chris Achilleos' website
- Chris Achilleos at the Internet Movie Database
- fansite for Achilleos art in use
- 1947 births
- 20th-century British painters
- British male painters
- 21st-century British painters
- English people of Greek Cypriot descent
- British illustrators
- British speculative fiction artists
- Cypriot emigrants to England
- Fighting Fantasy
- Fantasy artists
- Games Workshop artists
- Living people
- Pin-up artists
- Science fiction artists
