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Harpies. Ink on paper.

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Harpy. Ink on paper.

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White Knight. Ink on paper.

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Have you considered posting your art of the same series one by one? It feels like each deserves its moment they’re all so grand

Hi, thank you for the question and the kind words. Yes, I have tried both in the past, but I am never sure what works better, normally I post some of the more complicated artworks like the Encounter series by themselves and the character concepts in groups but I might try more individual posts as well for those.

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A huge two-tailed serpent emerges with a hiss (John Blanche, Steve Jackson's Sorcery! 1: The Shamutanti Hills, Penguin, 1983)

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Elric of Melnibone Limited Edition Portfolio by Two Man Horse (1977, Dark Eagle). Art by Bob Gould.

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Realm of Chaos by John Blanche.

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Bronze figure of Sobek

This solid cast figure depicts the god Sobek as a plump crocodile sprawled on a hollow shrine shaped plinth.

The details of his scales are carefully incised, his eyes have gold inlays and on his head he wears an ‘atef’ crown composed of a central tall reed crown with bulbous top (now lost) and sun disc, flanked by ostrich feathers and upreared cobras, all mounted on a pair of twisted ram’s horns.

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"This painting is a replica of a classic tapestry hanging in the main hall of Baron Vorloi's home. This scene of elf warriors battling a green dragon sums up much of what early settlers thought of the lands of Karameikos: a forested home of many monsters." (Eric Hotz, Mystara Campaign boxed set Karameikos, Kingdom of Adventure, TSR, 1994) Hotz's art style here references early medieval culture, similar to his work for the Harn series by Columbia Games.

Mystara was the AD&D 2e version of the Known World campaign setting originally created by Moldvay and Schick at Kent State. The Known World became an official D&D setting in the 1981 B/X Expert rules and in module X1: Isle of Dread, then was expanded upon in the 1987 Gazetteers.

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Battle magic (John Blanche, White Dwarf 156, December 1992)

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This blog is the most comprehensive collection of John Blanche out there. Take a look.

Blanche’s complete Voodoo Forest, Part 2/6

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White Knights. Ink on paper.

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White Knights. Ink on paper.

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Harpies. Ink on paper.

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Black Knights. Ink on paper.

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Four skeleton warriors and their floating master. Ink on paper.

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Skeleton gang. Ink on paper.