More than once already through the
whole production of the Slumbering Ursine Dunes I have made a
happy dance (not literally, because dignity) over the artwork. It's
deeply gratifying about working with others who have immensely more
talent in the visual arts than you to bring something appealing to
life out of the word jumble madness in your head.
And by mad jumble I don't think I
exaggerate, art direction especially at the has been at the highwater
marks of work a strange free association. Describing the Eld to David Lewis Johnson and Luka Rejec at one
moment I think the phrase “oh they bulb-headed Melniboneans in
Geiger-like stormtrooper armor plus Bowie in his cocaine-fascist Thin
White Duke/Man Who Fell to Earth period" passed someone's lips.
Strangely that not only seemed to make
sense at the time but was something both of them could riff off of. I was pleasantly surprised to see where Luka went with his
imagination with the early concept art for the Dunes stretch goal
adventure, the Misty Isles of the Eld (an
expansion that covers the pocket dimension with vat complex and
“pagoda” city). Even the early work (keep in mind that these are
quick photo sketches not the finished works) hit all the right tones,
the dark fairy tale plus acid science fantasy vibe.
But
let me show you and not tell.
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