It’s Friday — which means it’s time to party, sword and sandal-style. To help you get into the right mindset for a properly barbaric weekend, we’ve painstakingly assembled some of the most glorious barbarian art on the internet. Including lots of Conan and Red Sonja, but also tons of other great sword-wielding heroes.
Here are 28 of our favorite barbarian artworks!
Top image: Dymitri, via ConceptArt.org. Cover for one of Emmanuel Collot’s books.
“Barbarian,” by Mr—Jack, via Deviantart.
“Barbarian King,” by Shiantu, via Deviantart
By Seaver Liu, via conceptart.org and Growing Pains Art
By Steve Argyle, via conceptart.org
By overdrivezero, via Deviantart. Also known as Hellfire, via Conceptart.org
By Matt Betteker, via Coroflot and Conceptart.org
“Bear Warrior,” by Revolution-77, via Deviantart
“conan the barbarian,” by moritat, via Deviantart
“Conan fanart,” by livingrope, via Deviantart
“traveler barbarian colour Wip” by Brolo, via Deviantart
By Parsakoira, via ConceptArt.org
By phrozac, via ConceptArt.org. Entry for Dark Horse’s Conan Fan Art Cover Contest.
“Lonely Warrior,” by MarcSampson, via ConceptArt.org
By kekai kotaki, via ConceptArt.org
“wolfskin,” by perzo, via DeviantArt
By toasty, via ConceptArt.org
By nebezial, via ConceptArt.org
By Michael Ivan (a.k.a perzo) via 6d6
Concept for Blade of Darkness, by Jose Luis Vaello Bertol, via cghub.com
“Berserker,” by Daniel Clarke, via cghub.com
“warrior girl,” by pelzo, via Deviantart
By JShamburger, via ConceptArt.org
By wiggers, via ConceptArt.org
Entry in Drawing Jam #68: Conan, by Rake, via cghub.com
Entry in Drawing Jam #68: Conan, by TheWalker, via cghub.com
Entry in Drawing Jam #68: Conan, by mdzone, via cghub.com
Entry in Drawing Jam #68: Conan, by Jeromo, via cghub.com
