Some artists are good enough to be better known in the West than they are. One of the problems is tracking down the origin of the work. Naver has a profile for Useumi which takes us to Red Hong Studio and there we find out about the concept and visual artist Hong Il, An. Just […]
Genre Police: More Than Just Semi-Nudes – Sword & Sorcery
Welcome to back Genre Police, a series of articles where I take a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games. Today, we are going to round up our fantasy sub-genres for now with the most venerable tradition of all – […]
Will you be a good dog? A review of Pugmire
Pugmire is a tabletop RPG set in the future of an Earth in which humanity has vanished and changed the planet forever. In this new world the races of uplifted dogs, cats, rats, lizards and badgers are carving out new kingdoms, fighting one another and against the deadly threat of invisible demons. This fantasy RPG […]
Gorgeous Sailor Moon inspired Inner Warriors Scouts
These Inner Warrior Scouts are by the geek popular artist NoFlutter. She’s pretty humble describing herself as ‘super derpy’ and ‘[I] like to do art things’ but I’m frequently recommended to her. These Sailor Moon inspired cosmic scouts are a good reminder of why. The good news is that you can pick up prints of […]
Imps to mechs: the art of Riyahd Cassiem
Riyahd Cassiem is a freelance concept artist who teaches at 3D World Magazine. His art ranges from stoic sci-fi to scary fantasy. Great model sculpts? Sure. He does those too! There are a few places to check out his work online. He’s generous on Facebook, shares often to DeviantArt and publishes themed bundles to Behance.
Escape into the art of Chen Zhe
Chen Zhe is a Chinese artist who easily ranges from sci-fi to fantasy, from landscape to character, and back again. His recent work has been for Bean Studio.
Magic and Time Paradoxes: Shintiara passes Kickstarter goal
Shintiara is a fantasy world caught between two stars. On of the stars has collapsed into a black hole and is dragging the planet slowly towards it. The result? Weird time effects. Past and future technologies and other hazards are now active in the world. Shintiara RPG: A World of Magic and Time Paradoxes will […]
10 scenes from concept artist Kentaro Kanamoto
Now based in the USA Kentaro Kanamoto is a talented illustrator and concept artist. You can check out his professional portfolio here or his Deviant Art gallery. Sadly, Kanamoto hasn’t made any of his work available as prints on the site. He doesn’t give much about himself a way, except that he’s a fan of […]
The amazing art of Seungjin Woo
Seungjin Woo is a concept artist who’s worked on Star Trek: Beyond. In fact, it’s his first feature film. However, the Vancouver based artist has oodles of experience at places like Double Negative, The Coalition Studio and Behaviour Interactive. His art is detailed and careful and yet conjures up broad strokes of imagination and wonder. […]
Realism and anime in one: The art of Dawn Pu
Dawn Pu is an illustrator based in China. In Dawn’s Deviant Art collection you’ll find fan art, you’ll find gorgeous backgrounds and landscapes and you’ll find anime. The latter combine nicely; lovely backgrounds with anime style people. You can see that combination in the lead image above.
