Monday, April 26, 2021

Defend Yourself Against Boredom

The Dungeon Hobby Shop is rightly celebrated for the original art that graced its catalogs, mailer envelopes, and advertisements. Here's another example of it from an advertisement that appeared in issues of Different Worlds magazine. I don't know the artist, but I like the style, which is very much in keeping with the esthetics of early Dungeons & Dragons – a Norman knight whose arms and armor are reasonably historical facing off against a fantastical monster. 

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  1. Laura Roslof - her "LR" initials are below the knight's scabbard. She also drew the Hobby Shop mailing envelope art, and a number of illustrations for the original orange-covered B3, including the infamous "Illusion of the Decapus" that was removed from the revised green-covered version.

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    1. Beautiful drawing. I remember the use of that cloud-like framing device in early RPG art to represent a dream or vision of the imagination.

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  2. Ehn. I still prefer this one of Tom Wham's ads:

    https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QC6JWxzMLBw/W8C4tCEzd6I/AAAAAAAAAkY/tQzMixurnKIw3cjkuYv91X6Q89bnAtqiACLcBGAs/s1600/SAM_4510.JPG

    found here:

    https://dungeonsyn.blogspot.com/2018/

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    1. That's a very nice one, to be sure.

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    2. That's awesome. I've always been a sucker for a cross-section view of a dungeon.

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    3. Well, now you've gone and done it, Etrimyn:

      https://zenopusarchives.tumblr.com/image/180954176396

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    4. Rapture.

      Entering via a gigantic skull is always nice too. Thanks!

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    5. The beholder keeping watch on the FGU cave is adorable. :)

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