I realize that I didn't get everyone here, but I tried to pick a good selection of artists. Who do you like? Any illustrations/paintings in particular that make you "ooh" and "aah"?
My favorite pen/inker is Prescott. My style is very similar to his and comic book illustrator Ed McGuiness'. He gets my vote.
Favorite illos in SR art:
"Nuked Mage Test" MitS, p.51 (funniest)
"Grand Melee" CC, p.87 (best combat)
"Carnage" MM, p.73 (coolest)
Full Version: Favorite Shadowrun Artist
You mean there's art in SR?
*ducks to avoid the avalanche of complaints*
sorry, couldn't resist. I'm usually too busy frantically trying to find a rule to look at art. I do know there's some good ones in there, but I'd have to reread every single page in every single book to be able to tell you what was good.
*ducks to avoid the avalanche of complaints*
sorry, couldn't resist. I'm usually too busy frantically trying to find a rule to look at art. I do know there's some good ones in there, but I'd have to reread every single page in every single book to be able to tell you what was good.
How.... DARE you not include Tim Bradstreet.
His art's the only good thing in NAN vol. 1.
His art's the only good thing in NAN vol. 1.
I'm sorry but I just HATE Baxa's style!
Personall,y I miss Brom, but Prescott's stuff is great
Personall,y I miss Brom, but Prescott's stuff is great
Oh, yeah. I agree with fist: Baxa's work looks like muddled shit. Larry MacDougall's work looks like grey-toned shit.
| QUOTE (DocMortand) |
| You mean there's art in SR? |
Yeah, buddy, I know what you mean. I try and ignore it too.
I wish the vote was specified to interior art.
I love Prescott's work, but Paul Bonner's covers are AWESOME!!!!
It's a shame he's not getting more love.
I love Prescott's work, but Paul Bonner's covers are AWESOME!!!!
It's a shame he's not getting more love.
Personally, I think there should be two polls, one for color art and one for the black and white line art.
Personally, I think there should be an option for the Aztlan sourcebook. ROCKETHORSE!!1 is in a class all its own.
He doesn't do art for Shadowrun anymore, but he was the friggen best. His art was the most "realistic" portrayal of what I imagined the Shadowrun world to be when I picked it up so many years ago. Tim Freakin Bradstreet.
And his cover for the old Vampires Player guuide, Super Hot.
And his cover for the old Vampires Player guuide, Super Hot.
Yeah, Bradstreet rocked. I also really like Djurdjvic (sp?), whose style is really cool, if totally different from Bradstreets. Dunno why - his stuff just catches me with the atmospherics, I guess.
| QUOTE (Crimsondude 2.0) |
| How.... DARE you not include Tim Bradstreet. |
This was my first thought, right down to the exact wording.
Yeah Tim Bradstreets "Combat Zone"(I think with the Three sammies leaning on the Mini Van) has to be my Favorite Picture in all of Shadowrun 2 , but from Artists that are still doing SR stuff ... Its gotta be a Tie between Prescott and Bergting , they both have some awsome art
Yep, that picture is my favourite work of him too. In ED i love Jeff Laubenstein, but i think his work doesn't fit so well in the SR-universe, so i voted Tim Bradstreet (aka "one of the others...").
And who is Mark Zug?
And who is Mark Zug?
Fred Hooper, just loved what he put in Corporate Download.
Tim Bradstreet.
Acme Mystic Circle Paint.
Acme Mystic Circle Paint.
I like Bradstreet's stuff so much, half of my Shadowrun T-Shirt collection has his stuff on it.
Guys & gals,
Major apologies. I really should have included Bradstreet. My bad. He deserves to be on the list.
<start the flogging>
Major apologies. I really should have included Bradstreet. My bad. He deserves to be on the list.
<start the flogging>
| QUOTE (Grinder) |
| And who is Mark Zug? |
He did most of the archetype color plates in SR3. The one vote for him is mine, mainly because the Weapon Specialist is one of my favorite pieces of SR art, and Bradstreet wasn't listed.
I hate most of Prescott's work, but the recent stuff I've seen has been better. Less goofy and cartoony, less OMG BOOBIES!
| QUOTE (John Campbell) | ||
He did most of the archetype color plates in SR3. The one vote for him is mine, mainly because the Weapon Specialist is one of my favorite pieces of SR art, and Bradstreet wasn't listed. |
Yes, that is a good piece. Nice background detail on that one.
| QUOTE (John Campbell) |
| and Bradstreet wasn't listed. |
The way I see it, he was, but his name was horribly misspelled as: *One of the many other artists not listed here*
| QUOTE (RunnerPaul) | ||
The way I see it, he was, but his name was horribly misspelled as: *One of the many other artists not listed here* |
I'll consider that one flogging. Ouch!
Bradstreet or Prescott.
Some of my favorite Prescott stuff is from the Sketchbook Selections which can be found here. Very cool tribal stuff. I'd love to see some work like that illustrating some of the urban tribal elements of Shadowrun. Or maybe even Shadows of Africa...
Some of my favorite Prescott stuff is from the Sketchbook Selections which can be found here. Very cool tribal stuff. I'd love to see some work like that illustrating some of the urban tribal elements of Shadowrun. Or maybe even Shadows of Africa...
| QUOTE (John Campbell) |
| ... the Weapon Specialist is one of my favorite pieces of SR art ... |
Yeah, I really like that pic as well.
| QUOTE (Fortune) | ||
Yeah, I really like that pic as well. |
Funny, I was thinking it reminded me of Starbuck on the new Battlestar Galactica... but then I remembered that seeing their artistic vision of Starbuck was WAY after I saw the picture in SR3. So I guess it's the other way around.
Bradstreet owns. I can't believe they let him go.
I'm sure that FASA would have continued to use him had his services remained viable for them. You know his resume -- dude got busy in the mid-90s, and when someone is that busy, their rates rise.
I'd love to see more Bradstreet art, but I wouldn't want to be the one cutting the cheques to him.
I'd love to see more Bradstreet art, but I wouldn't want to be the one cutting the cheques to him.
I don't have my book handy, but the artist that did the GW section in SoTF was really neat too. Looked like sketch board style.
I've noticed that they really prefer artistst that have a strongly distinctive style (Baxa, yuck). Wish they'd note that distinctive isn't always GOOD. Liked Baxa in Darksun, not so much for SR.
The guy that did the cover for DoSW has some neat color stuff out there too. Once again, don't have book handy, forgot his name. Sorry
I've noticed that they really prefer artistst that have a strongly distinctive style (Baxa, yuck). Wish they'd note that distinctive isn't always GOOD. Liked Baxa in Darksun, not so much for SR.
The guy that did the cover for DoSW has some neat color stuff out there too. Once again, don't have book handy, forgot his name. Sorry
| QUOTE (Arethusa) |
| Personally, I think there should be an option for the Aztlan sourcebook. ROCKETHORSE!!1 is in a class all its own. |
Well, if by "in a class all its own" you mean, "a WHOLE NEW LEVEL of suck," then you're right.
| QUOTE (Fortune) | ||
This was my first thought, right down to the exact wording. |
Great minds are often prescient.
| QUOTE (tisoz) |
| Tim Bradstreet. Acme Mystic Circle Paint. |
Ha! That was priceless.
| QUOTE (Adam) |
| I'm sure that FASA would have continued to use him had his services remained viable for them. You know his resume -- dude got busy in the mid-90s, and when someone is that busy, their rates rise. |
Yeah, it's a shame about that. But OTOH I don't think he'd have fit with SR in the mid to late 90s. Now... I'm not sure. But he was perfect for SR1.
I'll admit that I enjoyed the picture in the culture shock section of SOTA 2063 where the elf chicks are making out. I'm too lazy to be a book ninja and produce an artist name/page number.
-Joe
-Joe
Page 114. Unknown artist. It might be Marko Djurdjevic. is my suspect from the three named artists in the TOC.
| QUOTE (Crimsondude 2.0) |
| Yeah, it's a shame about that. But OTOH I don't think he'd have fit with SR in the mid to late 90s. Now... I'm not sure. But he was perfect for SR1. |
To be honest, with the cartoony direction things went from the outset with SR3 (and, in case I am wrong, I should note my familiarity with the previous iterations is mostly gleaned from what I read here, as I've only seen a handful of 1e and 2e books), I don't think Bradstreet would really have fit well— and that says more about the SR writers and their goddamn shoe endorsements than it does Bradstreet, whose work makes up most of the very small portion of SR art that does not sicken me.
| QUOTE |
| Page 114. Unknown artist. It might be Marko Djurdjevic. is my suspect from the three named artists in the TOC. |
Yeah, pretty sure that's Marko.
Who's the guy who did the cover of SSC?
| QUOTE (Arethusa) | ||
To be honest, with the cartoony direction things went from the outset with SR3 (and, in case I am wrong, I should note my familiarity with the previous iterations is mostly gleaned from what I read here, as I've only seen a handful of 1e and 2e books), I don't think Bradstreet would really have fit well— and that says more about the SR writers and their goddamn shoe endorsements than it does Bradstreet, whose work makes up most of the very small portion of SR art that does not sicken me. |
Well, I didn't want to say that. But given the fact that once I looked back at my criticism posts and realized that they applied to stuff before SOTA63... You're right.
Bradstreet's art doesn't really mesh with anything I can think of, but it would have made a book like Underworld much cooler.
But, yeah, you're right. I agree 100%.
I chose Rick Berry, I dont know anything about him other than he apparantly did one of my favorite shadowrun pictures. Bug City.
Prescott is a very, very odd thing in my mind.
I cannot STAND his artwork. It just grates my nards for a whole number of reasons.
In Shadowrun.
I've seen him draw for something else, and it was AWESOME. His SR artwork was nowhere near as good as what that was. I think it might have been for Werewolf.
Prescott in SR form just seems to have some kind of fetish for putting flowers on nipples.
I cannot STAND his artwork. It just grates my nards for a whole number of reasons.
In Shadowrun.
I've seen him draw for something else, and it was AWESOME. His SR artwork was nowhere near as good as what that was. I think it might have been for Werewolf.
Prescott in SR form just seems to have some kind of fetish for putting flowers on nipples.
Prescott's heads/faces look too weird, even for SR.
some of us like nipple-flowers. mmm. nipple-flowers.
My favorite art, in general, was in the two Tir books. Man, they had some great art. Some wasn't so perfect, but all in all...
In terms of the direction SR art is taking, I didn't like the cartoony stuff in SR3 (especially the full-color inserts). But SoE is generally really cool (and SSG is good, except the cover) so if that's any indication, things are looking up.
In terms of the direction SR art is taking, I didn't like the cartoony stuff in SR3 (especially the full-color inserts). But SoE is generally really cool (and SSG is good, except the cover) so if that's any indication, things are looking up.
Bradstreet. What a champ.
He's been all over the place, from the old V:TM book to the Punisher, of which I have a poster on my wall (the one of Frank Castle, crosshaired skull with bulletholes in the background, carrying a scoped assault rifle).
He's been all over the place, from the old V:TM book to the Punisher, of which I have a poster on my wall (the one of Frank Castle, crosshaired skull with bulletholes in the background, carrying a scoped assault rifle).
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