Laurel is a Canadian artist who works at Blizzard Entertainment as a senior illustrator. She’s contributed to Lords of War, done the keyart for Hearthstone’s first expansion and has an impressive portfolio. I recommend checking out her professional site as well as the samples below.
Castles and robots from Peter Popken
Peter Popken is an artist who works in the film industry as a conceptual designer. You can see his professional portflio or his blog for more samples of his work. If you’ve seen Thor, Beauty & The Beast or George Clooney’s Monuments Men then you’ve already seen some. He’s worked with Disney, Marvel, Paramount, Universal, […]
Matt Forbeck and what’s next for Shotguns & Sorcery
Shotguns & Sorcery is a book series from Matt Forbeck in which a fantasy noir campaign city is surrounded by legions of zombies. Outland Entertainment is running a Kickstarter to use the series as the basis for an RPG. Right now there’s already $30,000+ in the campaign fund, nearly 550 backers and still 30 days […]
Light and darkness in the art of Jan Ditlev Christensen
Jan Ditlev Christensen is an artist based in Denmark working for Io Interactive in Copenhagen. You can enjoy his official portfolio over on his website Janditlev.com as well as the work he shares to his Deviant Art page. Christensen seems to have a broad range; going deep into fantasy or sci-fi as required. What strikes […]
Listen to The Dragons of Dorcastle
The Dragons of Dorcastle is an Audible exclusive. It’s written by Jack Campbell the author of the excellent military sci-fi series The Lost Fleet. Two Great Guilds control the world of Dematr; the Mechanics and the Mages. The only thing that the two guilds agreed on – the world must not change. Now a Storm […]
Short film: A Tale of Momentum & Inertia
There’s an important lesson here and it’s one roleplayers will tell you about. There’s a reason why one of the most common questions a player asks their GM is this; “What’s it doing?” Pounce on this teleport link to land on a randomly selected video.
ODAM: Of Dreams and Magic suffers no doubt
ODAM: Of Dreams and Magic is a Kickstarter for a new tabletop RPG that supports any setting. PCs are “Anima” – those with the ability to turn dreams into reality. [Back this Campaign] The mythic villian in the game is a force known as the Doubt. That feels appropriate for a Kickstarter campaign where the […]
A feast of art from Kari Christensen
Kari started out a games studio and working for the likes of Interactive Magic and Activision. He’s gone on to manage a department of over 20 creatives and now works freelance. Gamers will recognise his clients; Games Workshop, Wizards of the Coast, White Wolf Publishing, Alderac Entertainment Group, Sabertooth Games, Fantasy Flight Games and others. […]
Sean K Reynolds’ Five Moons RPG passes Kickstarter goal
Veteran RPG designer Sean K Reynold’s latest project, Five Moon RPGs, has passed the $25,000 target on Kickstarter with a week still to go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QTQz3simg [Back this Campaign] Backers at just the $7 mark get access to the PDF Player Bundle and those at the $14 mark get the Corebook PDF. The print edition of […]
Earthdawn Fantasy Miniatures pass Kickstarter finish line
There may only be 9 days left on the clock at the time of writing but the campaign to create fantasy miniatures for FASA’s Earthdawn has now edged past their $2,400 goal. You can Back it here. [Back Campaign] Impact! Miniatures project aim to provide unpainted spincast resin minatures at 28mm scale. We’re told the […]
