Besides The Fighting Man and Strange Tales, do we know of other works that directly inspired OD&D artwork?

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muaddib5

I'm not sure if "inspirational" or "inspired" is the right word. I think that "cribbed" fits the bill

misterspock wrote in OD&D Inspirational Artwork:I'm not sure if "inspirational" or "inspired" is the right word. I think that "cribbed" fits the bill

I personally view it as equivalent to appropriating Tolkien's elves/dwarves/hobbits/orcs/ents etc for the game.  

Plus, as was pointed out to me, even Kirby was known to "swipe": The Warlock's Home Brew: Even The 'King' Swiped From Time To Time (NSFW)

Here's another. In this post I show the original Bell art for the Greyhawk supplement cover, as well as the original comic image he used as the model for the fighter:
ZENOPUS ARCHIVES: Obscure Art Friday: Sphere of Doom by Greg Bell

Found this one via the muleabides blog:

And over at Dragonsfoot, OculusOrbis notes that the OSR-famous "Fight On!" images come from writer/artist Jim Steranko's SHIELD story in Strange Tales #167, page 6, panel 1 :

Zenopus wrote in OD&D Inspirational Artwork:

misterspock wrote in OD&D Inspirational Artwork:I'm not sure if "inspirational" or "inspired" is the right word. I think that "cribbed" fits the bill

I personally view it as equivalent to appropriating Tolkien's elves/dwarves/hobbits/orcs/ents etc for the game.  8)

Plus, as was pointed out to me, even Kirby was known to "swipe": The Warlock's Home Brew: Even The 'King' Swiped From Time To Time (NSFW)

Here's another. In this post I show the original Bell art for the Greyhawk supplement cover, as well as the original comic image he used as the model for the fighter:
ZENOPUS ARCHIVES: Obscure Art Friday: Sphere of Doom by Greg Bell

If he had only done one illustration like that I'd chalk it up to thinking maybe he was rushed to complete an entire job and I wouldn't give him a hard time. But there's just so many instances of the copying that to me it looks like he was unable to "work" any other way. There's just nothing of his drawn from originality. I completely get the copying of artwork when you're learning, in school, etc. That's just part of the process. But at some point you have to move on and have some kind of originality. Even the professionals I know whose work I've seen when they were in school still had some kind of their own flavor to it.

misterspock wrote in OD&D Inspirational Artwork:I completely get the copying of artwork when you're learning, in school, etc. That's just part of the process. But at some point you have to move on and have some kind of originality. Even the professionals I know whose work I've seen when they were in school still had some kind of their own flavor to it.

I still think you're being unduly harsh.

At this point, he was still learning.

Just because Gygax, Kaye, and Blume included his images in their publications and paid him $2 a pop, doesn't mean he suddenly springs fully formed into being as a Professional Artistâ„¢.

Like it or loathe it, How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way wasn't published until 1978, so Greg Bell is really much more of an innovator than most people are giving him credit for.