My favorite artist growing up?

Boris Vallejo 

I was given a book of his work when I was a kid and it was amazing, the subjects, the places, the colors, his art took you to worlds beyond reality. He illustrated many book covers over the years. Of course being young and the fact that he had some awesome women drawn probably helped.

Two of my favorites were...

The snake, demon, wings, claws and the one drop of drawn blood