tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post6343293751643754975..comments2024-03-25T21:52:03.310-05:00Comments on Hill Cantons: Suggestions for Artwork?Chris Kutalikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-26511714936114106312011-02-24T23:35:38.794-06:002011-02-24T23:35:38.794-06:00You might like the work of Eric Hotz, who does som...You might like the work of <a href="http://www.erichotz.com/" rel="nofollow">Eric Hotz</a>, who does some great fantasy <a href="http://www.erichotz.com/woodcut_223.html" rel="nofollow">woodcut-style art</a> (among other things). He's done art for Steve Jackson Games (their edition of Authentic Thaumaturgy, notably), ICE, Columbia Games (Hârn), and even has published his own rule set (High Colonies, which he also illustrated).faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-40301863643227501682011-02-24T22:08:03.671-06:002011-02-24T22:08:03.671-06:00Great finds all from my quick gander on Google.
...Great finds all from my quick gander on Google. <br /><br />I seem to remember confusing Czeschka with Klimt sometime ago. The Die Nibelungen work is just incredible. <br /><br />It looks like Gutenberg has the 1916 Nisbet book--illustrated to boot.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-70912613647100381092011-02-24T21:48:52.269-06:002011-02-24T21:48:52.269-06:00Oh yeah...only look at the 1916 edition of the Nis...Oh yeah...only look at the 1916 edition of the Nisbet book. the art in the earlier editions is different and much inferior...The Drunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292082916107221498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-34523348480627460662011-02-24T21:35:56.545-06:002011-02-24T21:35:56.545-06:00Carl Otto Czeschka's Die Nibelungen (1909) has...Carl Otto Czeschka's Die Nibelungen (1909) has some nice art nouveau illustrations that are public domain and perhaps not as familiar as Bilbin's work.<br /><br />Noel Nisbet's illustrations in Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1916) are really amazing and weird and I don't feel that they are widely seen.<br /><br />Te Tohunga by Wilhelm Dittmer (1907) is interesting. The book was about Maori legends so it might be good for representing non-western fantasy cultures... masks, tattoos, tiki statues. volcanoes, etc.The Drunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292082916107221498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-50431686335359428262011-02-24T18:05:52.376-06:002011-02-24T18:05:52.376-06:00@Irbyz
The wire-drawing mill piece is incredible. ...@Irbyz<br />The wire-drawing mill piece is incredible. I am always amazed by how fresh Dürer's work is even after 500 years.<br /><br />re: the DF post. Merlinus Coccaius himself. Wonderful work that I haven't used yet on the blog. I could really use access to a university library again myself...(sudden pine for the ease of grad school life again). <br /><br />Speaking of Bilibin and Vasnetsov, Jim Pacek did a great job integrating their work into his Wilderness Alphabet.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-43582943687382854782011-02-24T17:09:05.779-06:002011-02-24T17:09:05.779-06:00> (like the one in my masthead
*nods* had sai...> (like the one in my masthead <br /><br />*nods* had said before you'd picked one of my favorites there. ;)<br /><br />(And straight out of Tolkien, eh? http://www.terminartors.com/files/artworks/2/2/4/22425/Durer_Albrecht-The_Wire-drawing_Mill.jpg )<br /><br />> What other Germans? <br /><br />Well, "German" in the broadest sense, historically, and beyond: that particular phrasing was Ragnarok's own.<br /><br />Digging out the older woodcuts was certainly an "easy" (and cheap) option for providing "atmosphere" even if the range of topics available could not, perhaps, cover the full scope of one's fantasy world. (Need to head further south for those multiracial adventuring parties? http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=43135&p=916190#p916190 *jk*)<br /><br />It helped to have a good university library ( http://endlessbookshelf.net/endlessbookshelf-images/buchnarr.jpg ?) with a large number of books collecting together such material, admittedly...<br /><br />> I am partial to a lot of dead Europeans of the Art Noveau type apparently. Carl Larsson's Midvinterblot and the Slavic pagan works of Alphons Mucha. Great stuff. <br /><br />Good calls. :)<br />Heading further east, I was thinking towards Ivan Bilibin (*points to blog entry header*) and Viktor Vasnetsov, say (a better Paladin than I'd guess might be found in recent D&D manuals?).<br /><br />Need to keep an eye on (c) dates, of course, but personally the high contrast of woodcuts often works more readily than full color illos - for myself, anyhow - unless those conjure a /very/ coherent "world"; and thus likely to be commissioned at non-trivial cost (q.v. Arthur Rackham? *g*)<br /><br />My 02c, anyhow, and best wishes as you go ahead (or seven? http://tinyurl.com/6afogvu ^^) with the project.<br /><br />David.irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-44035239964073858362011-02-24T14:58:40.971-06:002011-02-24T14:58:40.971-06:00You won't find me knocking Dürer, especially h...You won't find me knocking Dürer, especially his watercolors (like the one in my masthead and in other posts) which have a wonderful, dark-fantasy tale melancholy to them. <br /><br />I am partial to a lot of dead Europeans of the Art Noveau type apparently. Carl Larsson's Midvinterblot and the Slavic pagan works of Alphons Mucha. Great stuff. <br /><br />What other Germans?Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-30035561570290754892011-02-24T14:26:19.451-06:002011-02-24T14:26:19.451-06:00That's one up on the old solution adopted by R...That's one up on the old solution adopted by Ragnorak (Ysgarth, etc.) and myself of "dead German artists" (not just Dürer ;) ); or "dead Russian artists" as the case may be.<br /><br />Sweet offers, those. :)<br />d.irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-54699894177095451872011-02-24T14:24:36.291-06:002011-02-24T14:24:36.291-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-77435487589842484232011-02-24T13:04:36.592-06:002011-02-24T13:04:36.592-06:00@Stefan and Johnathan,
I forgot to say that I had ...@Stefan and Johnathan,<br />I forgot to say that I had a strong preference for keeping it in "the family", so glad that you both stepped forward. Actually doubly glad as I have enjoyed both your work.<br /><br />Drop me a line at kutalik at gmail dot com and let's talk details.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-21416426492176004172011-02-24T11:51:03.022-06:002011-02-24T11:51:03.022-06:00ckutalik - love the vision you have. I'd also...ckutalik - love the vision you have. I'd also like to offer my services if you'd be interested. Here's a link to my gallery: www.johnathanbinghamart.com.Xyanthonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902260753434100101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-15209393842496210972011-02-24T10:37:02.476-06:002011-02-24T10:37:02.476-06:00Your source material is really great looking. I&#...Your source material is really great looking. I'd love to be involved if you think I can cut the mustard. Some works can be seen at www.knucklebones.net.Stefan Poaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192911890556534923noreply@blogger.com