Fantasy art is closely linked to fantasy fiction. Indeed fantasy works of art are often intended to represent specific characters or scenes, works of fantasy literature. These works created by amateur artists May be called fanart.

There is a large subculture based on the creation of fantasy art lover. This is largely centred around sites such as Elfwood. These sites are much less dominated by men as other activities related to gender fantastic.

Fantasy art should not be confused with the fantastic art genre, which may contain elements of fantasy that are not always considered fantasy in itself.

Despite the technical qualifications of several of its practitioners, and despite (or arguably because of) its popularity, the art of imagination is not considered a part of 'canon ', or art 'fine 'in the sense that it is not hanging in the gallery, is subsidized by governments, studied in art schools and so on ...

Some works which are 'canonical ', particularly surrealist or pre-Raphaelite work, have many characteristics in common with art of imagination. For example, the castle in the Pyrenees by Rene Magritte, and Madame de Shalott by the water tower by John William, would almost certainly be accepted as art imagination if they had been created recently by an artist who has presented to as such. As with many art of imagination, the latter shows a scene from another work. Other artists employ modern imagination the movement of new art movements and other high art culture with the controversy that the art of imagination or faerie should be critically graded by institutions academic. Finucane defines his style of art like Neo-Medieval , rather than using the terminology of evasion of art fantasy to define his work. The historical standards this is high art or what is not high art was a common problem for artists now known as the School of Glasgow, who were also unfairly defined as inferior artists in their time.