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Doug Kovacs | |
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![]() Doug Kovacs at
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Nationality | American |
Known for | Fantasy art |
Douglas Kovacs (born 1973) is an American artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.
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]
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]
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Doug Kovacs | |
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![]() Doug Kovacs at
Gen Con on August 7, 2011 | |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Fantasy art |
Douglas Kovacs (born 1973) is an American artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.
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]
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]