Alexey Mikhailovich Shamrovsky (russian: Алексей Михайлович Шамровский) better known as Leo Hao is a Russian
fantasy art
Fantastic art is a broad and loosely defined art genre. It is not restricted to a specific school of artists, geographical location or historical period. It can be characterised by subject matter – which portrays non-realistic, mystical, myt ...
ist. He is famous for painting cover art and illustrations for fantasy books and metal albums.
Works
*numerous cover arts and wallpapers for
Aria
In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ...
*cover arts for
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres.Iron Mask
*cover arts for
Iced Earth
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*cover art for
Nocturnal Rites
Nocturnal Rites is a Swedish power metal band formed in 1990.
Biography
The band started off under the name ''Necronomic'' playing death metal, as can be heard on their demo (''The Obscure'', 1991). This attracted some independent labels' at ...
' album
New World Messiah
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*cover arts for Yuri Nikitin's books
*illustrations to
Nick Perumov
Nick Perumov (russian: link=no, Ник Перумов) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (russian: link=no, Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.
Bi ...
's novels
*cover arts to
Sergey Lukyanenko
Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненко, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, ...
's books.
*piece of art for Heroes V (First prize in official art contest)