"If I could have anyone illustrate my RPG, it would be..."

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:09 pm

Curious to know what your favorite artists are, could be people who already do RPG's or people who do other things but you'd want them to work on RPG's.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:21 pm

Tony Diterlizzi & Brom

Schleiermacher · Post by **Schleiermacher** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:32 pm

Jean Gireaud, AKA Moebius. Granted, he's dead so it could be difficult to arrange that.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:28 pm

Masamune Shirow see GITS
Yutaka Izubuchi see Patlabor
H.R. Giger see really fucked up stuff.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:37 pm

Alex Ross. Cliff Childs.

-Username17

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:46 pm

Brom, RK Post and Wayne Reynolds. Though for something more whimsical, Ursula Vernon and Tony Diterlizzi would be a good combo.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:01 pm

I've always loved Tony Diterlizzi's and Wayne Reynolds' work.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:41 pm

Actually, thinking about it, if they were up for it, I would love to add Phil and Kaja Foglio to the hypothetical whimsical project.

angelfromanotherpin · Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:10 pm

Michael Komarck.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:31 pm

Sergio Aragones for fantasy heartbreaker.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:29 am

Adam Brandejis keeps doing the most relevant work of any living visual artist....but he's not an illustrator, so now I'm wondering what sort of RPG would have animitronics, interactive marketing campaigns and installation pieces in place of illustrations....

For something a lot more plausible, this guy:https://m.facebook.com/KlunkArt is probably just barely in the range I could afford if I were to self publish an RPG.

Dr_Noface · Post by **Dr_Noface** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:38 am

Mike Mignola

talozin · Post by **talozin** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:51 am

Erol Otus.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:50 am

Wen-M, the dude who does the Anima art.

Wiseman · Post by **Wiseman** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:51 am

Genzoman

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:54 am

Dr_Noface wrote:Mike Mignola

Pretend I mentioned him in the "Brom, RK Post, Wayne Reynolds" list.

Damn, now I need to make a good horror adventure fantasy game and kickstart enough for that art lineup.

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:09 am

As long as we're talking about things that won't happen... Zombie Kay Nielsen.

I'd want shit to get weird.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:35 am

I'd want Masamune Shirow to do all character art, where it's basically a drawing of a person doing a thing or some people fighting or whatever. I know, I'm contractually obliged at this point to go "BOOBIES!"

If it's a sort of sci-fi thing then I'd say "Fuck it, Masamune can just do everything". For fantasy worlds though I'd get maybe Sara Catena or Thomas Kinkade to do world art and the little sidebars of "this is just a foresty place you might visit" and things like that. Or go through some children's books that have a lot of vivid colour and look for the artists of those.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:55 am

Koumei wrote:I'd want Masamune Shirow to do all character art, where it's basically a drawing of a person doing a thing or some people fighting or whatever. I know, I'm contractually obliged at this point to go "BOOBIES!"

If it's a sort of sci-fi thing then I'd say "Fuck it, Masamune can just do everything". For fantasy worlds...

His fantasy stuff is also fun.

Orion's also a pretty crazy sci-fantasy manga

With Hellboy concluding, Mignola's said he's going to focus on painting to see how good he is at it.

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:32 am

Mike Mignola for horror/modern fantasy, your dime a dozen ecchi weeb artists for an Exalted heartbreaker or a Street Fighter RPG revival, and Hajime Ueda/Yoshitaka Amano for weird fantasy.

If I wanted a generic fantasy heartbreaker, I'd just get the monkeys that do art for 5e, as it's the only good thing about the edition.

rasmuswagner · Post by **rasmuswagner** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:48 am

Enki Bilal for the dark, serious stuff, Milo Manara for the rest.

Eikre · Post by **Eikre** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:50 pm

Rebbecca Guay.

I actually think Wayne Reynold is some worthless tripe, at least in his recent use as a frequent front-man. Dude has an obstinate refusal to depict bodies, clothing, or armor that makes any fucking sense, and an understanding of emotional complexity that extends only about as far as "people sometimes choose to show their teeth for some reason???"

He is fine when you need a picture of some menacing fuckhead whose mid-strike pose is luckily not one of the ones which would threaten self-laceration by way of sheer-steel codpiece, but for building a real look-and-feel this guy is not breaking my top hundred.

hogarth · Post by **hogarth** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:07 am

I liked Bill Willingham's work.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:24 am

Bob Ross.

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:46 pm

Most of these picks for artists are good ideas, even if some are retro-nostalgic ones; but there's always room for others

For technical things: Chriss Foss
For organic things: Wayne Barlowe

If we're going totally fantasies for artists; golden age illustrators like John Singer Sargant might be interesting to see their take on science fantasy content.