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

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oldschoolfrp: Ankheg by Dave Trampier, from the AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide, TSR, 1979. I remember as a kid my first reaction to this picture was “Why does that haystack have an ear?” View high resolution

oldschoolfrp:

Ankheg by Dave Trampier, from the AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide, TSR, 1979.

I remember as a kid my first reaction to this picture was “Why does that haystack have an ear?”

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    I always thought that his hat was an ear on the haystack…..
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    a.k.a the thing that almost ate Muriel yesterday.
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    I remember as a kid my first reaction to this picture was “Why does that haystack have an ear?”
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