Alexey Mikhailovich Shamrovsky () 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, mythi ...

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 (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompan ...

* 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. Nine musicians have been part of the band ...

* cover arts for Iron Mask * cover arts for

Iced Earth Iced Earth is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band currently composed of only Jon Schaffer, formed in Tampa, Florida, and based in Columbus, Indiana. They were formed in 1984 under the name the Rose, then Purgatory, by guitarist, ma ...

* cover art for Nocturnal Rites' album New World Messiah * cover arts for Yuri Nikitin's books * illustrations to

Nick Perumov Nick Perumov () is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (; born 21 November 1963), a Russian microbiologist, as well as a fantasy and science fiction writer. Biography Perumov was born 21 November 1963 in Leningrad, USSR. His father, D ...

's novels * cover arts to

Sergey Lukyanenko Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian language, Russian. His works often feature intense Action fiction, action-packed plots, interwoven with the Ethical dilemma ...

's books. * piece of art for Heroes V (First prize in official art contest)

References

External links

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Leo Hao interview

Leo Hao's image for Heroes V
20th-century Russian illustrators 21st-century Russian illustrators Russian male painters Russian fantasy artists Russian science fiction artists Russian album-cover and concert-poster artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Russia-artist-stub