ShadowRun RPG Adventure Books

In 2018, I was contacted by Tobias Hamelmann, then editor of the German edition of the ShadowRun role-playing game published by Pegasus Spiele, about illustrating "Grimmes Erwachen" an adventure compendium book with a fairy-tale theme. In the ShadowRun world which is cyberpunk at its core, a cosmic event caused classic fairytale races to reappear, like dwarves and trolls, so the setting really lends itself to fairy-tales. I was given a very loose brief for the cover and complete freedom for the black&white interior. I decided to create illustrations with some graphic abstraction and a decorative border to replace the standard one.

Grimmes Erwachen cover artwork







I was since then invited to create covers and interior artworks for the books Neo Noir, Alpträume, Budenzauber, and Schattengeschäfte, all published by Pegasus Spiele. Every time I was given almost complete freedom about style and content of the images, which I happily used to experiment freely and used a slightly different style for each: shape-heavy and sketchy for Neo Noir, surrealism for Alpträume, 3D kitbash with overpaint for Budenzauber, and western comic style (or something like it at least) for Schattengeschäfte. The hardest somehow always is to provide a few small vignettes to use all over; after shoot-outs and clandestine meetings, a bottle of ketchup seems so trivial ;) but has its uses for sure.

Schattengeschäfte

Alpträume

Neo Noir

Budenzauber


See all interior images on my Artstation:
Grimmes Erwachen https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nQZ9Xe
Neo Noir https://www.artstation.com/artwork/R3o1Ar
Alpträume https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xYq1kY
Budenzauber https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2qxW2B
Schattengeschäfte https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Om09Qb

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