Stephen Player
Stephen Player is a familiar name in the fantasy world, having been an illustrator and working over many decades in publishing for many brilliant authors including work on various Terry Pratchett projects from the past including the book Hogfather, The colour of Magic, and the Illustrated Wee Free Men and various illustrated maps for the original editions of Discworld Maps.
Stephen also worked on various books for Ladybird in the Expert series and more recently worked on the end papers and cover on a couple of Robert Jordan special edition titles for Little Brown publishing. Having been represented by Artist Partners since he left college.
Whilst working as an illustrator he also works at the Art College as a tutor, mentoring his students into the world of illustration.
The lead image is a recent illustration by Stephen that he produced as a sample, entitled: Gathering Storm - A vibrant image digitally painted, very much a style of his own.
For more of Stephen’s other worldly images please go to the website: