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Doug Kovacs
Doug Kovacs at Gen Con on August 7, 2011
NationalityAmerican
Known forFantasy art

Douglas Kovacs (born 1973) is an American artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.

Early life and education

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Kovacs was born in 1973, and grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.[1][2] One of his earliest experiences with fantasy was when his mother read The Chronicles of Narnia to him when he was young.[3] He took art classes in high school.[2] In 1996 he received a BA from Columbia College Chicago.[1]

Works

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He has worked as a freelance illustrator for Wizards of the Coast on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. He has been working on a series of metal plate paintings depicting Green Men since 1999. His work has been described as "detailed fantasy and science fiction renderings of mythical creatures".[4] Kovacs also worked with Goodman Games in developing Dungeon Crawl Classics, and painted the covers for many of the modules and rulebooks.[5][6] Joseph Goodman and Kovacs were looking into designing a new role-playing game to appeal to players who appreciated the old-school feel from the DCC adventures, and started playtesting it in 2010 and taking it to smaller conventions and game stores, before they released a beta version in 2011 and the full Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG in 2012.[7]: 96–97  Alex Lucard, in his 2012 review of Dungeon Crawl Classics #72 for Diehard GameFan, wrote that "the adventure also boasts some incredible artwork by the always awesome Doug Kovacs".[8] Lucard, in his 2014 review of Dungeon Crawl Classics #82 for Diehard GameFan, called the art and maps by Kovacs "the best in the industry".[9]

An award was named after him at the Gen Con Art Show which is given out to the artist for being "[most like] Doug Kovacs".[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b http://dougkovacs.com/09%20Info%20%26%20Detritus/Info%26Detritus.html
  2. ^ a b "Special Guest Doug Kovacs". 20 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Six Answers from Doug Kovacs". 6 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Des Plaines Art Guild". Daily Herald. January 10, 2011. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2012. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Dungeon Crawl Classics". www.goodman-games.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24.
  6. ^ "Goodman Games Launches New 'Dungeon Crawl Classics' Indiegogo Campaign". ICv2. April 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  7. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.
  8. ^ "Tabletop Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics #72: Beyond the Black Gate". Diehard GameFAN. September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  9. ^ "Tabletop Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics #82: Bride of the Black Manse". Diehard GameFAN. April 24, 2014. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  10. ^ "I am back from GenCon–with art to boot. | Jeremy McHugh".
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