Artist Spotlight: Luigi Castellani

Luigi Castellani's work is someone I've used for years. His artwork ranges the entire gambit of fantasy, to sci-fi, cyberpunk, to halflings riding owlbears. I've been a member of his Patreon for years. Each month I get four pieces and each piece comes in three versions. B&W, grayscale, and color. 

I love using his art for my NPC Cards because they have so much personality that they write themselves.

While I focus on fantasy he has a lot of great art featuring other genres. 

Above are a couple examples of  his science fiction art. 

If you're looking for a versatile artist with a healthy back catalog and producing new pieces every month. Here are links to check out and follow Luigi Castellani's creations.

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Artist Spotlight: Jeremy Hart

Jeremy Hart is not an artist that is going to give you a standard goblin or an angry face orc. Jeremy gives you nightmares. 

I've been using his work for years. His style and choice of subject allows a writer like myself to go deeper and darker. The creatures he draws won't be found in any standard monster book. Jeremy digs into that dark ID we possess and manifests these horrors. 

One of the features I really love about his artwork is the backgrounds he adds. These backgrounds set the mood, framing his creatures in chaos. 

This is the cover of the alpha release of Mythhoard. It was the first exclusive. Jeremy's art inspired the entire sandbox adventure. And I absolutely love that cover.

Jeremy's art has been on the cover for some of my micro-adventures. His images pack a punch. When scrolling through products and one of Jeremy' pieces comes up, I stop to check it out. Just fantastic.

Right now Jeremy has a Kickstarter. The Creature Feature Quarterly. He's offering four volumes. He crafts the monster and stats them using OSR systems. There is one day left. I'm in for the $15 to get all four quarters. 

Here are some of the other links where you can find Jeremy Hart and his incredible work.

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Blogspot - check this page out, really shows off his work

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Artist Spotlight: Denis McCarthy

 

I've featured Denis's work in my own adventures several times, including the fantastic cover for issue #9 of The Manor, picture above. His work can be found in nearly a 100 publications on DriveThruRPG, including several issues of Gabor Lux's Echoes from Fomulhaut and Castle Xyntillan, Erik Tenka'r's Swords & Wizardy Continual Light ruleset, Greg Saunders's Warlock products, and John M Stater's Blood & Treasure. That's just a few.

His artwork has the look and feel of the old-school aesthetic I love to see. In short, he draws fun pictures. And the reason hos work is found in so many places. 

He's got a fantastic range of work, but I think what he does best is capture the personality of the characters he draws. I've used this bartender several times because he now become "when I imagine what my bartender looks like" model. I use a lot of Denis's portraits for my NPCs. 

Does he do monsters? Check. He's got a variety of beasties on his digital store. 

Dungeon scenes. Check.

Random items and minutia. Check. 

You can get a lot of pieces from Denis on a budget. His prices range from $1.49 to $5. One of the products I'd like to point you to is his Stock Fantasy Character Art 2. You get a dozen images of adventures/NPCs at your disposal for only $4.99. 

Denis is always creating. He has a Patreon I've pledge to since the beginning and he's always got something great going on there. Below are the links where you can find more information about Denis and his fantastic artwork. Please consider backing his Patreon or pursuing his work on DriveThruRPG. 

Oh, and did I mention, he's probably one of the nicest people you'll meet. I've only had great experiences when I work with Denis. 

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Artist Spotlight: Yuri Perkowski Domingos

 

I've decided to start a new series on my blog called Artist Spotlight. I'll feature an artist I've used in my adventures or someone's whose work I enjoy. I'm a bit of a stockart junkie so I shouldn't run out any time soon. The links to DriveThru are affiliate links to help me with my stockart addiction. 

Which brings me to my first artist, Yuri Perkowski Domingos. For those of you who don't know I run a Facebook group called RPG Zines. I wanted to create a cool space for people writing zines, creating artwork, and all the behind the scenes magic like layout and editing. That's where I first saw Yuri's work. I mean come on, a rot grub picture gets me every time. 

Yuri brings an intense amount of detail to his pieces. His work jumps off the page. He has several pieces that include horrible things that happen to adventures, like our poor man-at-arms above, but also some crazy cool monsters and architectural pieces.

I love this one. If Joey Ramone was a troll this is exactly what he would look like. 

I used his lighthouse piece for my cover on my Lighthouse of  Corban Cove micro-location. It immediately invoked a desperate community living off of tired traditions to remain intact. That's what I look for. Pieces that tell me a story. 

Yuri has a fantastic selection of work to inspire your next adventure, your next zine, or whatever your working on. If you need strong artwork you can find Yuri on DriveThruRPG (I still call it RPGNow). His prices are affordable. You can pick up a lot for just a few bucks. His prices range from $1 to $3 with a few at $5. Most are at $2. 

Allow me to make a suggestion, his 38 Creature Pack is only $20! You get, yes, 38 creatures of varying horribleness, but you also get two versions of each, one with a white background and the other with a transparent background. As a publisher this saves me time having to create one. 

Here are links to Yuri's other internet presences. Follow Yuri to keep up with his latest work. 

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