TODAY'S FEATURED POST

GHOSTS


Greg Ruth

  Without the slightest blush of apology, I am very fond of  ghosts. As with most horror genre items, the vast majority of the stories do fall a bit short, but I will roll the dice each and every time because when they land, there is nothing better than a fantastic ghost story. I was the only kid in 4th grade whose favorite show was the Ghost and Mrs Muir from 1968 with Hope Lang,…

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YESTERDAY’S POST


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Oath Hammer


Justin Gerard

August 5, 2025 - I recently had the pleasure of working with the tabletop RPG Oath Hammer to create a cover and several illustrations. Today, I'd like to share some of the work for them with you! I love the challenge that these kinds of projects present: complex character interactions, cool backgrounds, interesting lighting and texture opportunities, and most of all, visual storytelling. This image in particular called for a classic group of RPG heroes who have encountered some hostile foliage in a misty forest. I don't think "hostile foliage" was the term used by the art director exactly, but as a homeowner with a yard that backs an equatorial jungle here in Georgia, all foliage is hostile to me. Just before this job came in I had to chop a tree down on the property which had acquired…

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