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Stephanie Tabat
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Distributed to the book and hobby trade In the United Kingdom by TSR, Ltd.
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DUNGEONS
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DRAGONS, ADVANCED DUNGEONS
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DRAGONS, ADaD, FORGOTTEN REALMS,
DRAGONLANCE, DRAGON and GEN CON are registered trademarks owned by TSR, Inc. The TSR
logo
and SUPER ENDLESS QUEST are trademarks owned by TSR, Inc.
First printing: September 1989
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 88-5 1 734
ISBN: 0-88038-605-3
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Clyde Caldwell
Jeff
Easiey
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Keith
Parkinson
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h e introduction to a n a r t b o o k should whet t h e appetite a n d tempt t h e
palate, like hors d’oeuvres before t h e main meal. In that spirit, I’m
about to
tell
you s o m e
of
my own observations a b o u t t h e amazing, talented artists
represented in this book, things they aren’t willing
to
tell
o r haven’t recognized
in themselves. As t h e managing editor
of
TSR’s b o o k department,
it
has k e n
my pleasure
to
work with e a c h
of
these artists over t h e years, a n d they have left
m e almost
as
many personal impressions
as
their art has created
for
us
all.
omething about Clyde Caldwell reminds m e
of a
swashbuckler.
I
c a n
see
him
in my mind’s e y e
at
t h e bow
of
a
sailing ship, saber in hand, his brightly
colored
tunic wafting in t h e salty breeze. Yet his hands a r e not t h o s e
of a
pirate-they a r e fine-boned artist’s hands. He has
a
ready, distinctive laugh,
a
slow, southern drawl, a n d h e s e e m s
to
thrive o n popcorn a n d yogurt. The
women in his paintings a r e t h e dreams
of
many men a n d
cause
depression
a m o n g
us
women. We know that t h o s e women really exist somewhere
because
h e works from photographs
of
his models.
I
haven’t been
able
to
s h a k e t h e image
of
Jeff
Easley
as
a
Middle-Eastern
sultan since Clyde painted him into t h e cover
of
t h e novel,
Red Sands.
Or t h e
image
of
Jeff
with
a
bloody a x e
wedged
in his forehead-part
o
his homemade
f
Halloween costume
of
a
couple
of
years
ago.
He’s
a
quiet, gentle man w h o
s e e m s
able
to
a b s o r b t h e c h a o s
of
TSR’s art room a n d sum
it
all
u p with s o m e
incredibly witty observation. While interviewing TSR’s
staff
artists for
The
Art
of
the
DRAGONLANC€@Saga,
tried
to
pry from him s o m e juicy
tidbit
about
his
I
painting entitled “Lair
of
t h e
Live
Ones,” which
is
t h e o n e with Raistlin standing
near
a
pit,
surrounded by
all
sorts
of
g o o p y eyeballs a n d slimy creatures.
I
said
something pithy like,
“It
looks
as
if
you really
got
into this
piece
a n d had fun
creating t h e s e weird creatures. Did you enjoy painting
it?”
Jeff
looked
at
t h e
photocopy
of
t h e painting, glanced a w a y thoughtfully, stroked his thick, red
beard once, a n d
said
in
a
deep,
mock-serious
voice,
“Yes,
I
did.”
That w a s
it.
I
like
to
time my noon meal in t h e cafeteria to coincide with his, mainly to
see
what incredibly weird concoction h e c o m e s u p with from t h e nearby grocery
store. Whatever
it
is, from sardines to chicken,
it’s
bound
to
be
covered with
liberal
dashes
of
t h e hot
sauce
h e keeps near his drawing table.
If
you can picture
it,
Larry Elmore reminds m e
of a
cross between Larry’s own
sexy renditions
of
Tanis Half-Elven from t h e DRAGONLANC&@
saga
a n d
a
slightly
befuddled
Yosemite Sam. There’s
a
genuine warmth a b o u t Larry that radiates
to
his co-workers a n d his fans; h e
gives
you t h e impression that h e doesn’t t a k e
himself o r his accomplishments
too
seriously, though h e
is
very serious a b o u t his
art. He’s
filled
with funny stories, but my favorite
is
t h e o n e a b o u t his beloved
hot rod burning u p just three
feet
beyond t h e jurisdiction
of
t h e
local
fire
department. And don’t
let
him
tell
you that that curly dark-haired woman in
many
of
his paintings isn’t his wife. He vehemently denies
it,
as
does
she, but t h e
rest
of
us know better.
T
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