Which TSR artist of the 'golden age' is most prolific? For these purposes I shall define the 'golden age' as 74'-86'. The more i read over old TSR modules, Dungeon magazines, Dragon magazines etc the more Jim Holloway art I see lately.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
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Holloway is probably my fave (besides DCS), followed VERY closely by Willingham, then Otus and Dee. I started in '76 so from then to about '86 was the "golden age" for me. Heavily influenced and inspired by those 5 in particular.
ReplyDeleteTramp, Russ, Otus.
ReplyDeleteThe key word here is prolific. What artist do people think is most prolific, as opposed to like the best. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was Sutherland.
ReplyDeleteYou see Sutherland a lot in 78-81, but after that Holloway is everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI think this needs to be broken up between Gygax-era andpost Gygax-era.
ReplyDeleteHard to say.. you'd need to do a survey of all the printed material (including Dragon magazine), then account for TSR often reusing art in other products to fill white space. If you cut it at '83, I think Sutherland would take the prize since he also did a lot of cartography.
ReplyDeleteThere was a big shake up in the early 80s when almost all the TSR artists got fed up and quit; I'd have to look up the reference, but the art director - Roslof, it might have been? - then brought in the 80s "new breed" of Elmore, Clyde Caldwell, etc.). If looking at what artist was most prolific, I'd probably make that shakeup a dividing line and choose one before, and one after.
That aside, there's also the question of whether you specify just D&D or all TSR's RPGs.. aside from his D&D work, Holloway specifically had art in just about every other TSR RPG - Star Frontiers, Gamma World 2e, Boot Hill, Gangbusters..
#wholelottaholloway
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