It's the last couple days for this anniversary celebration! We've told a lot of stories and anecdotes. For today's update, let's focus on The Fantastic Art of Goodman Games. Phil Reed is doing an amazing job of curating and designing this book. There is sooooo much art to work with!
We've posted several galleries on our web site profiling the amazing artists we work with. Erol Otus, Doug Kovacs, Sanjulian, Brad McDevitt, Stefan Poag, Peter Mullen, Jennell Jaquays, Will McAusland, Jim Holloway, Jeff Easley - it's been an amazing privilege to work with them all. You can find those galleries here.
For today's update, I'd like to share images from a few artists who don't yet appear in those galleries. For no good reason other than, we just haven't found the time! Here, then, let's show off some amazing art:
The Goodman Games Art of Ian Miller
I've been a lifelong fan of Ian Miller since first encountering his art in early Games Workshop books. It was such an honor to have him contribute to a couple of our titles.
An incredible illustration by Ian Miller for an early story in Tales From The Magician's Skull.
Ian Miller's cover for our adaptation of Empire of the East.
The Goodman Games Art of Jim Pavelec
Jim lived in Chicago at the same times Doug and I did. When the right project comes along, his style of horror-fantasy is just so perfect. Here are a couple images he's done for Goodman Games.
Jim's incredible cover painting for the Complete Guide to Liches, one of our earliest releases.
Jim Pavelec's iconic painting of The Magician's Skull. This painting brought the character to life.
Side note: Based on Jim's incredible painting, we commissioned a wearable mask of The Magician's Skull. Here it is, modeled by our good and dearly missed friend, Howard Andrew Jones.
Jim Pavelec's cover to Complete Guide to Wererats, another early release. A distributor at the time told me this was one of his favorite illustrations out of all the early d20 companies.
The Goodman Games Art of Jim Roslof
Jim Roslof was TSR's first art director. He is probably most famous for painting the cover to Keep on the Borderlands, along with hundreds of other TSR illustrations. He did a lot of work for Goodman Games. Here are a few of his images that we just can't forget.
One of Jim Roslof's cover paintings for our Dungeon Crawl Classics line. This one was for #28, Harley Stroh's Into The Wilds, and it perfectly captures that original D&D feel. Plus: Goblins riding giant bats! How cool is that?
This is one of the earliest images completed for DCC RPG. We used it for a flyer advertising the game at Gary Con 2. Jim Roslof perfectly captured that feeling of adventurers delving into a mysterious subterranean realm.
The Goodman Games Art of Russ Nicholson
I've admired Russ's art since first encountering it in the Fiend Folio. Russ was a very nice guy who was always happy to contribute. He did dozens of drawings and paintings for us over the years. Here are a few of my favorite illustrations from him.
So many aspects of this thief illustration seem just spot-on. Picking a lock, use of hand signals, keeping watch...
It's "just a wizard" but so well-executed. I've always loved this picture.
There's a lot more where that came from - and you'll find it all in The Fantastic Art of Goodman Games!
So tell us in the comments, readers - which of these is your favorite image?
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