Clipart Critters 338 - Witches Trio
Another great one from Bradley K. McDevitt. It features a trio of witches over a cauldron under a full moon while a cat looks on.
Very spooky and puts me in the mood for fall.
I have to admit I enjoyed it so much it is going to be in my very next project. But more on that one later.
UPDATED: It is now part of my A5 version of my Basic Witch: The Pumpkin Spice Witch Tradition book.
From Luigi Castellani. It features a dead or zombie witch on a broom. Love it. Has a real "American Witch" meets "Living Dead Girl" vibe to it.
The cat and the ripped fishnets are a nice touch.
BlaszczecArt Stock Art: Halloween Witch
This one features a long-haired witch riding a broom. Had to grab it. I am not sure where I will use it yet, but I will certainly find a spot.
A cool bit of art from Daniel Comerci. It is labeled as a "Troll Witch" and that works for me.
I used this one for my Winter Witch book and it is rather perfect to be honest.
Style Sunday: Roll 1d8+1, tag that many friends with your favorite RPG cover art.
Well. Again, I am not a huge fan of tagging people at random.
So instead here are some (1d8+1) of my favorite pieces of RPG art.
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D&D Basic Erol Otus |
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WitchCraft by George Vasilakos |
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Vampire the Masquerade |
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Monster Manual |
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Larry Elmore Witch |
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Blue Rose |
A long time ago I picked up a bunch of stock art for my witch books. I never got around to using all of it. I might one day. But until then here are some reviews/overviews.
As always I will be following my rules for these reviews.
10 High-res CG images of witches.
I like Sade's style and I would love to find more places I could use this art.
I used some of this art for the Sisters of the Aquarian Order.
A cute little frog-fae girl. 7 images, beautifully done with transparent backgrounds.
6 images, three different figures with a transparent or detailed background each.
The art is good and I am glad I bought it, I just need to find a good use for it.
The art is good and hi-res. Not sure why it is called a "witch", "moon elf" would be better. I had been using these for characters in my old D&D4 game.
Good art for a character concept. The variety of images/poses are good.
Nine images of the pictured hero. Works great as a noble or other important NPC.
The art is very good.
Fantastic works of art. Human (or half-elf) cleric/druid girl in a variety of poses and backgrounds. 3 with backgrounds and 8 without. She wears armor and carries a staff.
There is no attached license though the main page says for commercial or personal use. The lack of a clear-to-understand and read license is a bit of a downgrade for me, but if you are looking for art for your own personal use then this is a 5/5.
8 image files of a redhead sorceress. Various poses with transparent backgrounds.
She is partially armored and carries a staff.
Publisher's Choice -Equipment: Witch Tools
From Fat Goblin Games. $3.83. ZIP file.
This collection includes six TIFF images of a cauldron, hat, a wand, a broom, book, and a shrunken head.
Witchcraft Tool Set - Illustrations - Stock Art
From Nono. $5.00. PDF.
Instead of separate image files this one is presented as a pdf. Less useful when using the images, but easier to evaluate them all at once. This one has 42 images, including knives, candles, brooms, cups, crystals, herbs, and wands.
From Queen. $2.99. JPG/PNG files.
This one is presented as a set of images on one JPG and one PNG file. The images are all featured on the cover. There is an included license.
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Publisher's Choice - Colin C. Throm (Baba Yaga)
Another one I bought a while back but I have not had the chance to use this one yet.
Though looking at it now I think I have the perfect place for it now.
I mean really, who wouldn't to have Baba Yaga in an adventure or book?
I am sure I have used this one somewhere, but I can't recall where. It is a great piece. She could work well as a witch, warlock, shaman, druid or about anything really.
I remember seeing this one and grabbing it right away.
Other great pieces include:
Stock Art: Curlee Witch's Ritual
I knew Marc only tangentially, but I am friends with many people that were very close to him.
You can buy this piece and use it in your projects. I think I would like to use it in one of mine, just need to find the right one.
It has a solid Pathfinder feel to it with the inclusion of the hag.
Testing a few things on my social media manager, but I figure this is also a good time to show off the latest art I had commissioned from OdinDoesArt. I am quite pleased with it, to be honest.
Now to see how far and wide this one went!
Time for another Featured Artist post. I discovered today's artist, Brian Brinlee, in one of the fantasy art groups I frequent on Facebook. He had a great style and something about his art made me think of some of the old D&D books from the late 90s. So I got him to commission a piece for me I was calling "Tea with the Witches." It featured five witches from various D&D worlds and it takes place in The Simbul's castle in the Forgotten Realms.
Here are the witches pictured. Left to right (clockwise, never widdershins when dealing with witches):
Sagarassi the Sea Witch (Krynn/Dragonlance), Iggwilv the Witch Queen (Oerth/Greyhawk), The Simbul, Witch Queen of Aglarond (Toril/The Forgotten Realms and where this is taking place), Larina (my OC), Feiya the Pathfinder iconic witch (Golarion/Pathfinder).
They are playing Pentacles, a game played with five people using Tarroka cards.
I loved this one so much I wanted to share more of his art with you.
Thanks so much for sharing these with me Brian!
One of the things I feel is my privilege is the ability to share with you my readers and friends all the new and wonderful artists I can find. I love getting art and if I can help out an artist on the way, well that is even better.
But when the artist shares something with me? That is the best of all!
So imagine my delight when the postman rings my doorbell today to have me sign for a package from Italy!
I had just featured some art from Djinn in the Shade this morning on my Dirty Nellie write-up. She was the first artist I have ever had make some art for Nell.
And here is what I got!
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| Halloween |
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| Stickers! |
Djinn also featured our witches in jail in a new bit of art this week to mark her "shadow ban" from Instagram for having "inappropriate art."
So I am thrilled to death with these!
You can find Djinn on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram (for now!), and most of all on her Pateron site. She was also one of my first Featured Artists here.
Thank you my friend for such wonderful art!
Been crazy busy at work. That time of year. But one big project is done and I am down to the last few courses in this contact hour audit I have been doing for weeks.
I have been neglecting things here so here is a quick one. I got some art made of a scene crucial to the "War of the Witch Queens" back story. The scene is called "Tea With the Witches" and it takes place in The Simbul's castle in the Forgotten Realms.
I want to send out a hearty thank you to Brian Brinlee for doing such a great job with this. Here are the witches pictured. Left to right (clockwise, never widdershins when dealing with witches):
Sagarassi the Sea Witch (Krynn/Dragonlance), Iggwilv the Witch Queen (Oerth/Greyhawk), The Simbul, Witch Queen of Aglarond (Toril/The Forgotten Realms and where this is taking place), Larina (my OC), Feiya the Pathfinder iconic witch (Golarion/Pathfinder).
They are playing Pentacles, a game played with five people using Tarroka cards.
Hopefully regular posting will resume next week!
I have not done one of these for so long. I am watching "The Witch of Kings Cross" the documentary of artist Rosaleen Norton. The movie is great and it reminded me how much I love her work. Before I get into talking about Roie, I want to mention that actress Kate Elizabeth Laxton who plays Roie in the documentary is just fantastic.
Ok. On to Roie.
Rosaleen Miriam Norton was born October 2, 1917 and lived till December 5, 1979. She was considered to be an esoteric artist and one of Australia's most notorious artists. She was one of the first women to ever be charged with obscenity for her art.
So I guess fair warning for the art that follows.
She referred to herself as a "witch" and used altered states of consciousness to make her art. She often called herself "Thorn," much like a craft name. But her friends all called her Roie.
I came to know her via her art "The Seance." I thought she had tapped into something deep and maybe even a little dark. For someone young and obsessed with witches and the writings of C.G. Jung she seemed like some sort of prophetess or seeress to me.
Later I learned her art was fueled by drugs, sex, and trying to commune with other powers, in particular Pan. Sounds perfect to me.
If The Seance grabbed me, then her Lilith cemented her in the pantheon of people that influenced my RPG writings.
Interviewer: What would be the state of the world if evil ruled?
Roie: Exactly as it is now.
If I could, her art would be the covers for all my books.
"I came into this world bravely, and I will leave this world bravely."
