Here is the final interior artwork for the scenes in Azamar: The Paradise Fragment RPG supplement. Instead of including it with the group of artwork in the previous post, I shall describe how the illustration came into being using work-in-progress photos. First, pencils are made for the half-page sized illustration. Something stalks the characters as one of them pushes open the strange stone door from a previous picture, then a dragon swoops down. Is it attacking? Is it warning the characters of something? A close up on the partially inked artwork. Pencil lines are still visible with the inks – but you can’t really see it thanks to the blurred photo. A close up on the other half of the artwork. The details on the dragons are added using brushed ink. The image is scanned, then GIMP is used to add ziptone / newsprint shade effects to the final black […]
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Some galactic gamemaster at his office
I have posted loads of loads of tabletop role-playing game blog articles. They can all be found in this blog tag. Therefore, this tag covers everything from actual play write-ups to RPG artwork to homebrewed stats to miscellaneous weird crap.
Azamar: Paradise Fragment 1
Here are some interior artwork for the Azamar role-playing game’s upcoming supplement The Paradise Fragment. Player Characters (PCs) are sent to the deserted and floating city of Adrya Orth on a mission and uncover a deadly secret. What is the secret? Don’t look at me I’m just the illustrator, not the writer. However, the publisher’s art order requested that a series of sequential artwork was created as if it was a comic and I had the discretion to direct the visual flow of the story if not the actual story. Let’s see how the game story ends up! Watch this space for the upcoming release of the publication soon! To be continued…
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D6 Magazine: Two Monsters
Two final images commissioned for the latest D6 Magazine issue featured two entries below are the Redcap and the Springheeled Jack and lots of spilled blood. Springheeled Jack Download the zine from DrivethruRPG to read about them, complete with OpenD6 stats!
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D6 Magazine Issue 3: An Interview
D6 Magazine – the online fanzine for Open D6 role-playing game material – has released issue #3! The horror issue has a variety of articles and scenarios, including vampires, a hell hound, a redcap goblin and Spring-heeled Jack. There’s also a simple Sanity System for running D6 horror adventures. The eerie, underwater Cinema6 adventure “Down Below” written by J. Elliot Streeter brings the zine to a close. You might remember my artwork created for the adventure in this previous blog entry. But it also has a bonus four-page interview with me by Peter Robbins, interrogating me about my past, present and future in artwork and illustrations, as well as role-playing games! Here’s an excerpt: Q: When did you decide, “Hey, I could make money doing this? Sure, let’s roll in that dough!” And what were your emotions when this decision came into fruition in your life? A: When I ran […]
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A Squad of Clones Plus Change
These are illustrations for pregen characters for a Star Wars Saga game to be run by Gary Astleford at Totalcon 2012. The one in Massachusetts, not the one on Commenor. Register quick if you want to get in on the clone action.
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Some Encounters ~ Some Plots ~ Some Places
Ben Gerber’s latest RPG Kickstarter project is Encounters ~ Plots ~ Places, where you’ll be given a whole slew of role-playing game NPCs, creatures, weapons, gear and locations you can easily adapt to your own campaign! Lots of awesome stuff about, such as the ones I was commissioned to draw below:
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D6 Magazine: Hellhound
The Halloween issue of D6 Magazine will be a bit late, but here’s a late commission from the publishers! I’m not in the loop as to which article this illustration is slated to be in, but I guess said article has a Hellhound in it! And it seems to be somewhat agitated.
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Void Vulture Scrawlings
Three more Void Vultures RPG artwork was commissioned over the week and a half and here’s what I’ve come up with. Click on the thumbnails to view bigger images, but I can tell you that the world of the spaceborne Void Vultures are filled with psionics in peril, homicidal brainbots, giant mecha, feral mutant killers and a guy who has to call his mom NOW! To read more about Void Vultures, check out their Kickstarter page here!
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Void Vultures Scribblings
Void Vultures is a role-playing game by Miriam Robern and Ryan Macklin where players take the roles of space derelict retrieval personnel – salvage experts, so to speak. Space is littered with dead, derelict starships and space stations and players will have to salvage them. However, it’s no easy task since the old derelicts might have perils such as alien creature infestation, mutant berserkers, cyborg lunatics and heavily armed rival salvage teams! To read more about Void Vultures, check out their Kickstarter page here! And here’s an awesome illustration of frickin’ space sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their heads by fellow art conspirator Ed Heil. Check out my three art contributions to the Void Vultures RPG by clicking on the thumbnails below. Wait, what? Cindy Bear snuck herself into that last illustration? She did it again, that evil bear? We’re gonna have words. Click here to see more […]
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D6 Magazine: Down Below Redux
So, anyway… under the sea, I take it that it’s better down where it’s wetter; and also where they devote full time to floating. However, the sturgeon and the ray do not get the urge and start to play in the adventure Down Below in the upcoming Halloween issue of D6 Magazine! Gamemasters and players of OpenD6 system of role-playing games take note! Something horrific is awaiting players who will have to eventually board the deep sea station in the illustration I did: For the previous illustrations I did for the adventure and hints to what players will encounter in Down Below, please click here to view them in a previous blog post.
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Dark Times in Brighton
Recently DWD Studios commissioned two black and white artwork for their Labyrinth Lord-compatible RPG product Dark Times in Brighton, an adventure for 1st – 2nd Level characters. The first is a goblin throne room with the adventuring party sneaking upon the host behind pillars and stuff. Click on the thumb below to view it. The second is the same adventuring party having a party while adventuring with carion crawlers. No not really, the crawlers are trying to eat them. What’s that decanter doing in the background with the well? Get the book to find out!
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D6 Magazine: Down Below
Halloween, being a permanent fixture to the month of October, has inspired the upcoming issue of D6 Magazine to have horror-themed articles. The third issue of the online magazine continues to deliver articles, adventures and interviews for the Open D6 gaming community. Here is a sneak peek to illustrations I did for a horror adventure set deep under the sea, entitled Down Below. Yes! That’s a baby dumbo octopus in the bottom illustration there. Watch out for the third issue of D6 Magazine due to be released at the end of the month.
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Play Argyle and Crew With Your Kids!
Argyle and Crews: Adventure in the Land of Skcos is a simple and fun role-playing game produced by Benjamin Gerber which is designed to be played with very young children… using sock puppets! I contributed three pieces of art for this project, including line art for the cover. The ultimate sockpuppet RPG for kids The game is released under the Creative Common License. Purchase Argyle & Crew at: DriveThruRPG Lulu.com or you could legally Torrent it using the following torrent file: AndCtorrent (right click and save this file) At the very least, you don’t have to throw your old socks away!
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Azamar RPG Is Now On Sale!
The Azamar RPG Players’ Guide has been released by Wicked North Games and can now be purchased from several online sources. Here’s an excerpt from the Introduction chapter of the book: Exploring Azamar Azamar is a world where many worlds touch and overlap through Magic. Each world separated by a barrier the people of Azamar call a Fabric. The Fabric is not something most people can touch or understand. Most commonly used for referring to the Fabric between Azamar and the Blur, a world overlapped with Azamar where the inhabitants are immensely powerful and deadly magical beings known as Fiends. The Fiends serve a council of some kind referred to as the Fiend Lords. At any given time, ten Fiend Lords direct and govern the other Fiends in the Blur. While the Fabric is not tangible, the Blur-Touched or those who can perceive Magic may concentrate and see where damage […]
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Trail of Cthulhu: The Watchers In The Sky
And so it came to pass Kai attempted to run Trail of Cthulhu role-playing game which he bought at DriveThruRPG. For a demo run, he also purchased The Watchers In the Sky scenario. All he needed were volunteers to run through the scenario who would sacrifice their sanity for the game. There emerged seven ill-fated volunteers. The Troublesome and Terrible Trail Trail of Cthulhu allows player to create characters that investigate mysteries that is usually caused by Things Man Was Not To Be Known, based on the horror stories by H.P. Lovecraft set in the 1930s. Cults that worship unspeakable horrors from ancient past hide under the thin veneer of civilisation. Also, creatures with unholy and incomprehensible minds beset the earth from the space beyond, working strange designs and experiments that might signal the end of humanity. Your characters are compelled to investigate to uncover the truth behind strange happenings […]
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And Then Some SWAG Character Requests
It’s the couple of days lull before I leave town for Eid-ul-Fitr vacation at the in-laws, so I had some free time to take on some Star Wars Artists’ Guild requests. Here are three character requests I picked up. I used a new Copicmarker Ciao ink brush I just purchased for their line art. Click on their individual links to read their request threads at the forums: Kar’on Quinch Smuggler as requested by vinnie3. *** J’zzzt the Hutt A Jedi Hutt as requested by Viscious the Jester. *** Doctor Adram Zanedi A Republic Military officer and a physician during the Mandalorian Wars, requested by Jalaila Tarin.
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