Julie Bell is an American

United States

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 painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

. A fantasy artist and wildlife artist, she is a former bodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painter Boris Vallejo

Boris Vallejo

Boris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He frequently works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model....

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Career

Julie Bell has painted the covers for approximately 100 fantasy/science fiction books and magazines since 1990. In the early '90s, she illustrated painted covers for video games as well as best-selling trading cards for the superheroes of Marvel and DC. She designed the award-winning Dragons of Destiny sculpture series, Mistress of the Dragon's Realm dagger series, as well as the Temptation Rides sculpture series produced by The Franklin Mint.

Julie and her husband, Boris Vallejo, have done many paintings for advertising campaigns such as Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc.

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, Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

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, and Toyota. She has painted the covers for two albums by musician, Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

: Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose and Hang Cool Teddy Bear

Hang Cool Teddy Bear

-Disc 2: Tour Edition:During Meat Loaf's 2010 UK tour, a special two-disc tour edition was given out. The second disc included four songs recorded live at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, on July 16, 2010.-Reception:...

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Books

• Imaginistix
• The Ultimate Collection
• Fabulous Women
• Fantasy Workshop
• Sketchbook
• Superheroes
• Twin Visions
• The Julie Bell Portfolio (2000)
• Soft As Steel : The Art of Julie Bell (1999)
• Hard Curves (1996)

Julie was the winner of the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 2008.

She also designed the cover art for Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

's albums Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose

Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose is an album by Meat Loaf, the third and last in the Bat Out of Hell series. It was released in October 2006, 29 years after Bat Out of Hell , and 13 years after Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell .Produced by Desmond Child, it is the only Bat album not...

and its first single "It's All Coming Back to Me Now

It's All Coming Back to Me Now

"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad, written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights, and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create. The Sunday Times posits that "Steinman protects his songs as if they...

" and the album, "Hang Cool Teddy Bear

Hang Cool Teddy Bear

-Disc 2: Tour Edition:During Meat Loaf's 2010 UK tour, a special two-disc tour edition was given out. The second disc included four songs recorded live at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, on July 16, 2010.-Reception:...

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In 2007, Bell and her husband Vallejo illustrated the poster for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.

A yearly calendar of 13 paintings by Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo is produced by Workman Publishing.

Personal life

Bell and Vallejo reside in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. She has two sons, Anthony Palumbo and David Palumbo

David Palumbo

-Artwork:As an illustrator, Palumbo works mainly in the fantasy and science fiction genre. He has painted dozens of book covers, as well as numerous illustrations for Magic: The Gathering. Palumbo has also been a regular contributor to Heavy Metal Magazine since 2008 as one of the creators...

, both of whom are also professional painters.

Bell is also a former nationally ranked competitive bodybuilder

Bodybuilding

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