James Shields creates stock art for the roleplaying games industry. His first Kickstarter offers up a minimum of 50 fantasy characters and one of them might be yours. You can follow his progress on the official campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeshields/fantasy-stock-art-and-rpg-minis [Back this Campaign] Let’s look at the pledge levels. $10 gets you 50+ characters and creatures […]
Gladzy Kei takes Princesses to battle
Canadian cosplayer and artist Gladzy Kei has well over 60,000 followers on Facebook and it is easy to see why. Take a look at this battle damaged Snow White. If you think she would make a great cosplay then you’re right. This is what happened when Kei’s design was worn by Andy Rae. Gladzy Kei […]
10 magnificent visuals from Jonathan Bach
Jonathan Bach is a concept artist at Strange Frog Productions in LA. He’s been running a blog since 2009 and treats us with an update now and then. In 2017 he’s posted concept art from Tomorrowland, Ghost in the Shell and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.
GM Inspiration: Scary coin trap
https://imgur.com/wZLHTlZ This dangerous coin trap was put together by Roman Booteen. He’s had lots of offers to buy it. I think a discovery like this is a good way to keep player characters distracted for a while. The snapping teeth don’t have to be all that damaging as I think the mystery around why anyone […]
Appleseed art print
Michael Stephens is an artist, gamer and runner from the northwest of England. I rather like his Twitter profile which he describes as a backup drive for his mind. Stephens hasn’t done much with his Society6 profile, but has picked up 11 followers and has made this simple but effective Appleseed sketch available. [I fancy […]
Out of this world art by Yun Ling
Yun Ling is a professional concept artist and illustrator. At the time of writing he’s a senior concept artist at EA but he’s had freelance success at places like Eidos and Sony. Impressive! There’s a portfolio site complete with lizard riders and a Deviant Art page to browse. In the meantime enjoy a small sample […]
10 childhood memories turned to nightmares
Disse86 is an artist from Sweden. You can tune into his work over at Deviant Art, where you can buy his prints or watch his speedpainting on YouTube. No matter which option you pick you’ll be in for a ride! Dennis is a tattoo artist who likes to take childhood memories, favourite cartoons, and turn […]
Should American Kickstarter projects support international shipping?
Some RPG publishers are talking about a thorny issue again – supporting international backers on Kickstarter projects. It’s an expensive challenge and some are asking whether it makes any sense to accept international backers at all. The catalyst for the latest round of discussions is artist Bambi Wendt’s $70,700 “A Field Guide to: Dragons, Wyrms, […]
Are Destiny’s Exo the most underrated race?
In Destiny 1 there are three PC races – humans and the awakened (who were once human) and the robots who became sentient know as Exo. Disclosure – my spiky purple pineapple of a Titan is an Exo but I can’t put help notice the race isn’t that common. Is that because they lack flesh? […]
11 illustrations that mock skimpy female armour
Is there a time and a place in RPGs or fantasy novels for chainmail bikinis? It’s a debate. We’re (should be) beyond objectification but if someone wants to dress their character in skimpy armour why shouldn’t they? Wherever there’s a heated debate there’s humour. The following eleven artists have all chipped in and helped contribute […]
