Well that was something of a long pause between posts, eh? So what's been happening? The One Ring is out. I have been most neglectful in not posting at least the highlights of the artwork here, but it is all over at my DeviantArt account, and indeed on my website. We went immediately into production on several supplements, so there's been no...
Hey! It's been a while, eh? So more art has been released for The One Ring, so I can share here: Barding: So these fellows are broadly based around a hopefully credible mixture of late Romano British and vikings. All the mannish cultures within The One Ring have a hefty dose of Northern European feel to them, as is appropriate to the material....
(c)2011 Jon Hodgson More art made for The One Ring, the new Tolkien table top rpg coming soon from Cubicle 7 and Sophisticated Games. With the orcs/goblins I've designed I've really tried to make them threatening and frightening. Orcs in Tolkien are unique, often ancient, spiteful, merciless and cruel creatures. I really wanted the illustrations...
Appearing in SFX magazine this month: Like much of the art I have made for The One Ring, the design of Smaug is taken directly from Tolkien's own paintings, with a hopefully appropriate update to match the times and the style of the other game art I have made. It was very important to me that Smaug show his (highly dubious) character, and be...
So this is a very exciting time for me. For the last 2 years or so I've beebn working on artwork for a new Lord of the Rings role playing game, to be published by Cubicle 7 in partnership with Sophisticated Games. At last some previews of the art work are being released, and so I can share this one, which went live on Friday: Dol Guldur, home of...
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And I have also featured this piece here at Artician: http://jonhodgson.artician.com/portfolio/Cthulu-Britannia/