Dumpshock Forums > Best B&W Shadowrun Art

Crimson Jack

Jan 18 2004, 12:01 AM

As a illustrator/graphic designer, I've been happy to see that the design of Shadowrun books has improved greatly over the years. What I haven't enjoyed though, is the declining artwork. It seems that the new books have moderate to low-level artwork in them.

So, my question is what book (sourcebook or main rulebook) were you happiest with the black & white inside?

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moosegod

Jan 18 2004, 12:30 AM

I liked some of the stuff in SR Comp.

Rock-Steady

Jan 18 2004, 01:03 AM

My Fav's were the pictures from Tim Bradstreet in the Second Edition Rule Book.

bwdemon

Jan 18 2004, 04:36 AM

Denver had some of my favorite art, as I remember...

Munchkinslayer

Jan 18 2004, 04:49 AM

Any thing with Tony Szczudlo art (like PAoE). And, yeah, Rock-Steady's right. Bradstreet just flat kicks the ass outta just about everybody.

Hey, CJ, good on ya mate! A little self-promotion never hurt anybody but the haters -- and screw them!

Crusher Bob

Jan 18 2004, 05:01 AM

Some of the artwork from the 1st and 2nd Grimoire was pretty good too. The later art seems to have funny body proportions and way too much black ink for me.

Fix-it

Jan 18 2004, 06:55 AM

Gotta be the Elemental mage who's spell backfires on him, in MITS.

Dogsoup

Jan 18 2004, 07:33 AM

QUOTE (Rock-Steady @ Jan 18 2004, 01:03 AM)

My Fav's were the pictures from Tim Bradstreet in the Second Edition Rule Book.

Aaait! I really likes his sense of detail in those pics, all the little gadgets and jury-rigged equipment a runner comes to carry.

Mr. Man

Jan 18 2004, 07:46 AM

Put me down as someone else who can't get enough Bradstreet SR artwork.

Oh, and this struck me as a pretty good thread from the old forum on (essentially) this topic.

Adarael

Jan 18 2004, 08:58 AM

All the detailed line art from Double Exposure - same guy who did the gun pictures in Fields of Fire.

He did an excellent job of mapping the images so that the ordinary, peaceful or prosaic took up between 50-75 percent of the frame and something abjectly horrible or horrifically violent was happening in the remainder of the frame.

The opening picture showed the Project Hope facility in all its' lovely beauty, happy people laughing, smiling, being comrades. The bottom 30 percent of the picture was on the other side of the wall, with three security guards. Two of them were beating a bum to death (he was howling in pain and doubling up) while the third lit a cigarette and looked on impassively.

Lovely contrast.

Lilt

Jan 18 2004, 11:56 AM

The badass biker on P73 of R3 is one of my faves.

Arethusa

Jan 18 2004, 07:40 PM

On page 50 of the SSG, there is the single best piece of Shadowrun art I've ever seen. Shame I can't link it.

LoseAsDirected

Jan 18 2004, 08:25 PM

Anything by Prescott.

Mmm.. Bouncy...

Heh.. Seriously, though.. I like the art in Renraku Arcology: Shutdown.

DV8

Jan 18 2004, 10:29 PM

You are all wrong.

You are all so very wrong.

Tanka

Jan 18 2004, 10:34 PM

Hehe... Suck cheese...

LoseAsDirected

Jan 19 2004, 04:55 AM

DV8, I lost my 2nd edition BBB about 5 years ago.. So forgive me, I forgot all about the brilliant artwork that was in it.. I also LOVED the way they detailed the various races in it much more than I do in 3rd edition.

Dogsoup

Jan 19 2004, 07:27 AM

QUOTE (LoseAsDirected)

Anything by Prescott.

Actually, Prescott's probably my main SR fave: He draws in this lovely rich-inked style with lots of contrasts, often with some humorous detail. And his ability to draw expressionate and detailed faces has no peer amongst other SR artists IMO.

BAX is teh winn in drawing bugs; Especially the "species descriptions" in Bug City where you can really see that those monsters were some hapless metahuman once. In general I've always thought of him as the authority on spirits.

Djurdevic is waaay badass for a "new kid on the block", I like him in the same way I like Prescott, and Djurdevic make the best "everyday" images so far. Im glad he gets the kind of space he does.

Larry McDougal's pics have no equivalence in his style and mood: The great unknown that is the sixth world comes to life in his pics, with all it's dirt and grittiness.

Tom Fowler's another style fave, all his SR and Deadlands:HoE works plain rawks.

Last but certainly not least is the local hero, Bergting: He may be a tad uneven in his works, but when at he's good, he's good.

All in all, I love all (with some insignificant exceptions) SR art and the people who make it.

Rock-Steady

Jan 19 2004, 12:03 PM

QUOTE (Adarael)

All the detailed line art from Double Exposure - same guy who did the gun pictures in Fields of Fire.

He did an excellent job of mapping the images so that the ordinary, peaceful or prosaic took up between 50-75 percent of the frame and something abjectly horrible or horrifically violent was happening in the remainder of the frame.

The opening picture showed the Project Hope facility in all its' lovely beauty, happy people laughing, smiling, being comrades. The bottom 30 percent of the picture was on the other side of the wall, with three security guards. Two of them were beating a bum to death (he was howling in pain and doubling up) while the third lit a cigarette and looked on impassively.

Lovely contrast.

Thats Mike Jackson.

I like his art too. The pics in "Prime Runners" are great.