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Great dungeon! I'm hoping to run it in one of my desert-themed campaigns. Any sources on the (presumably public-domain) art? Especially pages 18--19 of the book.

jason wardell1 year ago

Thanks, Sam! Please do let me know how it goes!

That particular spread is by Jasper Cropsey, engraved by William James Linton, from The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe and retrieved from Old Book Illustrations (with some minor adjustments by me). The other spread is an extremely zoomed-in Henrique Alvim Corrêa illustration from a Belgian edition of War of the Worlds. The cover (also Old Book Illustrations) is by Auguste Joliet.

The only non-public-domain pieces are the illustrations on pages 8 and 11 by Perplexing Ruins as well as the hex map icons in AVI and CVI, also by PR. Hope this helps!

sam-pollard1 year ago(+1)

This is great! I really like the old woodblock style. I usually look through wikimedia commons, but I've not seen the Old Book Illustrations site before.

Also, the work is in the public domain so you have no obligation to even credit the long-deceased artists :)

jason wardell1 year ago

And, I should add, thank you for getting me to be more thoughtful about the public-domain art I use! It's tough to pack in credits into an already-cramped zine, but no reason I can't keep better tabs on whose work I'm repurposing and provide adequate credit.

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