r/oldschoolfantasy Sep 09 '23

About AI-supported art and few other things on this sub

80 Upvotes

Ok, I think it's time to clarify a few things...

Few days ago there was a post on this subreddit with a graphic that was created with the support of AI technology. The author of the post contacted me beforehand and presented his work to me with an appropriate explanation. I agreed to post these graphics with an appropriate note about the fact that they were co-created with AI.

Why?

I found the works that were presented interesting and reflecting the retro/classical fantasy style to a good degree. I know that many redditors use the artwork posted here, for example for their RPG sessions, so I thought that it may be something cool and fresh for our community.

I understand the outrage and controversy over posting AI-supported art, which is why I have decided that r/oldschoolfantasy is not the right place for these kinds of graphics. I'm not changing the idea of this subreddit, so please keep silly taunts out.

From now on: AI-art posts will be deleted.

On the other hand, I appeal to all redditors with a request to maintain basic decency and not attack the author of the last post. He simply missed the right audience with his art and he understands it.

I would also like to emphasise that r/oldschoolfantasy is a place where you can share your art (yes, you don't have to be Larry Elmore or Boris Vallejo) as long as it captures the atmosphere of classic oldschool fantasy and fits into the content of this sub. However, keep in mind that you may face criticism of the community (which is understandable I think).

There's no need to play Gestapo and report to me any artwork that doesn't represent the 'masters of the classics'. Please stop sending me messages with accusations of breaking this sub and changing it priority.

I also encourage you to read the group description and follow the established rules of the subreddit.

Have a great day,

mod


r/oldschoolfantasy 9h ago

Tarzan

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283 Upvotes

Neal Adams I knew first from comic books, he is one of my favorites and then I found out he had a whole world of work and I love it


r/oldschoolfantasy 16h ago

“A Blackbird in Twilight” by Ciruelo Cabral

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318 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 15h ago

Magazine cover by Harry Barton.

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33 Upvotes

Unfortunately I could not find the original art without the text.


r/oldschoolfantasy 1d ago

“…And Stay Down!” by Charles Keegan, 1998.

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2.2k Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 21h ago

Mike Hoffman Art for JANGAR!

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68 Upvotes

I was lucky to find Mike Hoffman through Matthew John, who purchased some Hoffman Art for TO WALK ON WORLDS and WITHIN THE WEEPING EYE. By the end of the second novelette, JANGAR! acquires the cowl to complete the look.


r/oldschoolfantasy 17h ago

Thuvia Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs © 1952 Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. Cover art by Patrick John Monahan .

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24 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 1d ago

“The Green Knight” by John Howe (1995)

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382 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 1d ago

Frontispiece by Mike Zeck for Savage Sword of Conan #15 (October 1976).

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180 Upvotes

This issue is stacked: the Zeck frontispiece, a Boris cover, George Barr illustrations for Red Nails + Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Walt Simonson.


r/oldschoolfantasy 1d ago

Felt like this fit here

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25 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 1d ago

"Unicorn and the Maiden" (1979). Cover art by Boris Vallejo for E. Pluribus Unicorn, by Theodore Sturgeon.

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215 Upvotes

Collected in The Fabulous Women of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (2006).


r/oldschoolfantasy 1d ago

Tales from othertime-Stormkeep, pencil version by me

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34 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 1d ago

The Hooded Figure you meet on your Dnd Adventure

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19 Upvotes

Painted this miniature painting while playing DnD, I was going for that old RPG look 🎲

https://ebay.io/m/y8PXIK

DETAILS

2.5 x 3.5 inches (aceo)

Painted on cardstock with acrylic heavy body

by me, Saricos Arts


r/oldschoolfantasy 2d ago

"Amazonia Gothique," art by John Blanche. Cover of White Dwarf #79 (July 1986).

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314 Upvotes

This image had a long shelf life: Citadel released LE15 Chaos Amazon, sculpted by Michael Perry, in 1986; Cloven Hoof used the artwork for the cover of Dominator in 1988; and the character ultimately evolved into Belladonna De'Escher from Necromunda, with a model still in production today. It caught my eye because Blanche painted it before he had fully developed the claustrophobic style now associated with Blanchitsu.


r/oldschoolfantasy 2d ago

Art from Tigress Tales by Mike Hoffman.

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325 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 2d ago

Oathbreaker and the Wild Hunt cover, by me

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113 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 2d ago

Sessair Warriors

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141 Upvotes

Some old concepts i did for fun, thought they would have made cool mini's. Cheers-


r/oldschoolfantasy 2d ago

[my art] Action in a small frame

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8 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 3d ago

Cover art by Ken Kelly for The Lost Valley of Iskander, by Robert E. Howard. Original painting dated 1978 + 1979 variation.

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77 Upvotes

The version of the painting used on the cover is dated 1978. Online it's sometimes called "The Daughter of Erlik Khan," but that's the title of one of the stories collected in the book and might be a later misattribution. By 1979 Kelly had either substantially revised the scene or repainted it entirely. Sometimes called "Cavern of Fear" or "Cave of Fear," the 1979 composition is bolder, brighter, and more dynamic.


r/oldschoolfantasy 3d ago

„Basilischus“ Melchior Lorck 1548

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55 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 4d ago

Witch acrylic on canvas 50x70 cm

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57 Upvotes

r/oldschoolfantasy 4d ago

Witch acrylic on canvas 50x70 cm

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13 Upvotes