zinesfrombelow.bsky.social
Jamie Douglas - illustrating, making zines and stuff for ttrpgs
https://www.jamie-douglas.com/
https://jamie-douglas.itch.io/
https://www.patreon.com/c/ZinesfromBelow
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I check back like every month to see if I can buy a physical copy yet, haha.
If you haven't seen @beefstrong.bsky.social 's book UMBRA, it is veeery cool.
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I want to peep the rest of that Jordan Speer art in clerk & dagger so bad…
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Mine just shipped, feel like I'm gonna be in the same boat. The suspense!!
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That's great, ypu can do it! I think libraries really appreciate when people in the community want to use their space and plan events!!
I've seen a few zine/comics fests start small. As they grow a little every year, the organizers (my friends) figure out how to make everything smoother!
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These are looking awesome!! I'm always trying to make myself use more spotted black, and Mignola is absolutely so good to look at. It's hard though, I don't naturally think that way :\.
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But I'll get back to pestering you RPG designers, collaborators and publishers soon!
Not to mention my own RPG zine projects, which are chugging along in the background.
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2. Designing an abstract cover for a political science book.
3. Ink/watercolor spot illustrations for an article in an alumni magazine (a wonderful repeat client that I work with every now and then).
4. Teaching my Fantastic Cartography class at a local art school.
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1. Re-creating/customizing a vintage world map covered in more than 40 little illustrations for a baby's room. Working from a phone photo taken in a shop in Paris. I'll get it printed at 65x40", hand-watercolor the illustrations, and mail it to the clients.
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Aww yeah, me too! I make my DRAWDROPPER zines out of stuff i photocopy from sketchbooks and then collage back together in new context.
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Fantasy Art History delivered by sock-folk?? I am so here for it! 🔖
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These are awesome!!
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I submit Patrick Kyle
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Look at that absolutely stacked lineup
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It's amazing to see TeenDAG and KidDAG's drawings, they're so great!!! That ewok is magical.
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Thanks for posting these, they're so awesome!
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Wooooah that landscape/map painting ruuules
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Or vice versa!
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Scans of the final inks for the spot illustrations. I re-did a couple of them because I was satisfied with the first attempt.
Thanks for looking! Hire me to help with your project, I want to do more work like this.
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Some thumbnail sketches/ideas for the interior spot illustrations, based on the games six factions! Here you can see my favorite sketches, along with the development of the Bandits and Slimes.
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Final(ish) sketch, and ink/watercolors. I often use ink, graphite and water color to make textures which I can and layer with photoshop. I love mixing traditional and digital media, collaging stuff together.
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I'm itching to try the game, either solo or with some friends, but I've been so busy this week 😵💫.
Rough sketches!
My normal illustration process:
1. Communicating with client
2. Brainstorming
3. Thumbnails
4. Rough sketches
5. Final sketches
6. Final illustration!
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Ty ty! Let's play it!! 😄
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Mangayaw is so good! I love seeing hexes slapped on a historical map, that's gonna be so fun!!
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I'm not sure if there will be a final game for other people to play, or if it's just me figuring out how to play a game by myself 🤷♂️. Either way is cool, I think!
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Ty 😭🙏
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For oracles and spark tables, I've been using Solo Dark, Knave 2e and this cool new thing WORLDWIZARD.
I also made my own 52 card spark tables for room generation, but you need a lot of sparks for this kinda thing.
Cool! Hopefully I'll make more headway and have more to share soon.
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Beneath the Dungeon Floor! by @hodagrpg.bsky.social is awesome! I loved the writing of the beginning, especially the town/home base, something I'm trying to incorporate into my game.
I had some trouble understanding how to play this--might require more understanding of OD&D (I'm working on it!).
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Some games inspiring me:
DELVE by @annablackwell.bsky.social . Coolest suite of solo games I've tried. SO much to track though, this game asks a lot of the player! It almost feels more like you're playing a strategy game.
DARK FORT is cool, sleek and impressive, but I'm not sure it's actually fun.
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Generating the dungeon and also running the game at the same time is a lot, so I think game rules need to be super simple. I want to pass the time drawing and thinking, not JUST rolling dice/consulting tables.
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For tracking resources, I've been designing a pocket mod character booklet, very inspired by @n8hps.bsky.social 's NOSR zine, Sledgehammer and others. I use a paperclip or bookmark tab to track things like torches or days.
So far the rules are basically Cairn, but...
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I'm trying to make a game composed of these verbs:
-Draw
-Imagine
-Log (take brief notes)
-Track resources(only a few)
-Choose Risk/Reward
-Be surprised by randomness
I don't want to make/play a solo game based on scenes or writing prompts, which many seem to rely on.