Even if not known by name, is their style unique enough that it is readily identifiable above the background noise of the industry as a whole? Again, subjective, but does their artwork make 8 out of 10 gamers say, ‘Yes, I know that artist, they did blah’.Ħ.
Has their presence lasted inside the industry for more than a decade? Easy enough, have they done RPG work that has been released over 10 years apart during their tenure.ĥ. Thus, you couldn’t milk one big company your whole career and get this ‘point’.Ĥ. Has their work appeared in three game lines and three distinct companies? This was a tough one, but I decided to truly have an impact they needed to have significant bit of work or defining piece in unique game lines from industry companies that were above ‘garage works’. Is one of their pieces a seminal work in the industry? This is subjective on my part, but did they do a piece you could put up without graphics that 8 out of 10 gamers could tell you the game it represented.ģ. Did they define a gaming line? Meaning, did they have a large impact on a whole line, doing a significant amount of work in it.Ģ. Oh, and here are the overarching criteria.ġ. Still, the list grew beyond a simple ‘Top 10’ so enjoy the expanded list and let me know what you think. How did I judge? Well, I broke things down into six different qualification categories, but as I was under a deadline, I decided not to dig deeper than that and had to go with my gut on tiebreakers. Now sure, the below rules have some level of interpretation on my end, but I do believe they hold water for overall impact on the industry. What to write? Well, how about a ‘Top 10’, since those seem to always create a buzz and get people to click down after the break.Ĭonsidering the Lamentations of the Flame Princess argument, and the just-passed 40th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, I decided on the ‘Top 10 RPG Artists of All-Time.” Yep, I think I’m qualified to take that one on, but just to discourage my own favoritism, I decided on a way to judge the list outside my own nostalgic mind.
Nonetheless, I flipped on my computer with my sexy desktop background of our very own Sue Granquist lounging around in her ‘Goth Chick’ black, white, and buckled finery and then bumped over to Microsoft Word. Taylor, I’m not paying you six figures to get a tan, so write me some numbers-generating copy! Therefore, I read over an email once more from our intrepid editor, John O’Neill, which I’d received the Friday before. Honestly, I would have cast our resilient secretary, Kandi, for the lead as she often times dyes her hair red when the mood strikes, but these two ‘A list’ diehards had no interest in my two cents. Now closed in, and facing a deadline, I had to fight against the sound of a debate between Maliszewski and Ryan Harvey on who would best portray adventuring party characters in a film version of Lamentations of the Flame Princess.
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As I didn’t want to get damp, I was forced to close the windows to my corner office, which usually provide some calming background noise from the crashing waves and calling gulls on Redondo Beach.
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This change was made all the more punctuated today by the fact that our southern California drought was broken with a series of showers. But with the addition of new blogger James Maliszewski to the mix, it is downright loud. has never been quiet, it just isn’t who we are. Artist Cynthia Sheppard from Lamentations doesn’t make the list but who does?
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