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Arcane Publishers Edtn 8
Publisher: V Shane
by Dale M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/14/2009 11:36:06

I plan on using several of the pictures included within in an upcoming project. Some of the experimental monsters have definite potential. But the art is good indeed.



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Arcane Publishers Edtn 8
Publisher: V Shane
by John W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/19/2006 00:00:00

Amazing as usual. On the high end of the stock art prices and worth every penny.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Art quality is unmatched.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing worth mentioning.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Arcane Publishers Edtn 8
Publisher: V Shane
by Philip R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/25/2006 00:00:00

Excellent. Highly recommended to any publisher in need of some monster artwork.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Arcane Publishers Edtn 8
Publisher: V Shane
by Rob M. [Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 11/08/2005 00:00:00

V Shane?s Arcane Publisher?s Edition 8 ? Monsters provides a collection of 32 monster illustrations, they all look to good label them ?clip art?. Each is done in a crisp line art style, mostly featuring solid shading, with minor stippling or cross-hatching to illuminate details. None of the illustrations includes a background, making it relatively easy to place the creature against a custom background. As is mentioned in the PDF included with the files, each is provided as 300dpi B&W Tiff files, the pictures can be colored rather easily in a good bitmap painting program. A coloring example is provided in the PDF as well.

There are 20 traditional fantasy monsters included, as well as 12 original monsters, so unique that they haven?t yet been named, referred to simply by a number. The traditional fantasy monsters are: Basilisk Bugbear (a more humanoid looking interpretation) Gargoyle Gnoll Goblin Hobgoblin Kobold Lizardman Ogre (Hard to tell if he is giantish, or maybe it is just the ridiculously large club he has) Orc (A very burly one with a huge axe) Rustmonster Skeleton Snake Spider (a large seeming one) Troll (a taller, thinner looking version, you expect it to speak with a Jamaican accent.) Vampire Werewolf Worg (a rather fearsome looking one) Wraith Zombie (a rather decrepit looking one)

The 12 unique monsters are evenly split between ones that would look more at home in an SF setting and those that might pop up in a fantasy setting. The one snake torsoed, claw-handed female one with the burning skull would make a believable demon or malevolent spirit. There are 2 rock-like creatures, a humanoid one, and a 4 legged splayed rock beast. There are a couple of ?aberration? type creatures that would make exotic aliens or chaos beasties. Overall all of these creatures should spark your imagination as you come up with a 1000 words to fit each picture.

Thus, with 32 well drawn, professional quality, ready to use pieces this collection would serve anyone needing some monster or creature illustrations, either a publisher wanting to add quality illustrations to his product, or a GM wanting to engage players imaginations.

<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: High quality of illustrations, unique interpretations of classic fantasy creatures.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Many of the original creatures are more sci-fi than fantasy in feel. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Arcane Publishers Edtn 8
Publisher: V Shane
by Josh B. [Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 11/01/2005 00:00:00

Images can enhance an rpg; breaking up the flow of white space, and presenting readers with a visual representation of the style and theme of the book. Purchasing original art can be expensive. Which can be a bite on start up and smaller publishers whom may have little to no budget to pay an artist with, or maybe you simply can't find an artist to work in the desired style or within the range of your deadline. It's times like these that stock/clipart comes in handy; giving you already completed art that you can drop into your product, and at prices usually less (sometimes much less) than what it would cost you to commission that piece from an artist. One of the immediate downsides of this is that both in the cases of stock or clipart, it doesn't tend to be a unique purchase: any number of people other than you may have copies. This can result in your product being less visually unique.

He did the mash He did the monster mash....

ahem Ok, that we've got my opening stock art spiel out of the way, and worked the nostalgia out of our systems we can get down to business.

Arcane Publishers Edition 8 is all about monsters. 32 monsters, to be precise; 20 classic creatures of fantasy gaming, and 12 new creations. The 20 classic monsters are of mixed variety; several goblinoids, a few undead, some scaly critters and others. No dragons, though the lizard guy is sort of close. As with any collection there are images I like and images I don't so much like, but they all seem up to V. Shane's usual standard of quality. I think the ogre is probably my favorite, and I think I went to high school with the goblin.

The 12 original creatures haven't been given any sort of names - the files are all just labeled M#. It's certainly an interesting collection of critters; they cover the gamut from kind of cute to outright odd. Everything I said about the other images applies to these as well.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Monster pictures, I like monster pictures. Specifically, there are several interesting versions of old favorites, along with a selection of all new monsters to fire your own ideas.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: No quick reference sheet was included, so that I could see what each image was at a glance.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Great idea on the quick reference sheet, I'll be sure to include those on all he next ones!
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