The Erol Otus Shrine

...I find that many Otus drawings catch my attention, and stick in my mind far longer than other early rolegame artists do. His style evokes the exotic and the macabre in a way that few other artists can match.

--Matt Stevens, “Brilliance & Dross in RPG Artwork”, Imazine #37

oldschoolfrp:

Old time religion.
(Erol Otus, from AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980.  This is from a later printing without the Cthulhu and Melnibone mythoi.  The picture is dated ‘81 so perhaps this art was added to the later printings to fill a blank page?) (Edit — Yep, this is a replacement picture from a third printing in 1981.) View high resolution

oldschoolfrp:

Old time religion.

(Erol Otus, from AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980.  This is from a later printing without the Cthulhu and Melnibone mythoi.  The picture is dated ‘81 so perhaps this art was added to the later printings to fill a blank page?) (Edit — Yep, this is a replacement picture from a third printing in 1981.)

(via irobo)

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    Erol Otus is a nightmare inducing genius.
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    Oh that site’s a pretty neat resource, I was just working from my own collection. I have an original printing and one of...
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    Thanks! According to the Acaeum the copy from which I scanned this would be a third printing — the first version to have...
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