Jeff Dee's The Inimical Races of Tekumel Kickstarter

So I'm a huge fan of Empire of the Petal Throne and I've got a good chunk of the setting material and Jeff Dee has been illustrating the hell out of the setting. I've been following this kickstarter project of his for awhile now and its interesting to say the least. Its had some impact on my own Talon sector writing for a couple of months now. I'll be watching this one with some interest. What is  the Tékumel Foundation, going to do with this artwork. 

Its interesting to see a side by side comparison of Professor Barker's work and what Mr.Dee has done for example. 

  

So to me this is going to bare watching to see where this is all going to end up. The artwork is fantastic but another Empire of The Petal Throne game would be fun to see. That being said I've got my original set and a new one sitting near by and  those get used for reference all of the time. So if you'd to know more or better yet support this kickstarter then please go over Here

Jeff Dee's Empire Of Petal Throne Artwork Recreation Kickstarter

 Jeff Dee is recreating his artwork Dragon magazine with a Empire of the Petal Throne twist! To quote the kickstarter. 

" From This time, I'm going all the way back to my roots. The illustrations I did in Professor M.A.R. Barker's article, "Legions of the Petal Throne Painting Guide" in Dragon Magazine Issue 6 were my first professionally published work - ever! This happened way back in 1977, before I'd even started art school."

He would actually deal with the artwork but as he would do them today! Here's an example 

In his words That's a soldier of the Legion of Sérqu, Sword of the Empire, based on Professor Barker's own drawing from page 74 of the original Empire of the Petal Throne (EPT) rulebook. 

There's a huge selection of Dee's artwork from Empire right over Here
I'm very excited to see this part of the kickstarter  

"One might ask how I propose to create accurate drawings of these creatures. Good question! The Tékumel Foundation has graciously offered to make some of Professor Barker's previously unpublished drawings available to me for reference. Which is freakin' awesome.

Where possible, I've included links to renditions of these creatures by later artists. Brett Slocum's GURPS Tékumel Conversion site also provides short text descriptions of all of these creatures and more."

This kickstarter bares watching! I can't wait to see where this is going to go.  I'll keep everyone posted! You can read more right over Here

Update to the Jeff Dee Melnibonean Deities & Demigods art re-creation project

The funding deadline for my Melnibonean Deities & Demigods art re-creation project is midnight on Sunday. The funding goal is higher this time, because this project involves twice as many drawings (so, twice as much work). And ttime is running out!


If you haven't pledged yet, but would like to own signed prints of my drawings of the Melnibonean Deities & Demigods, please back my project today! If you're already a backer (thank you!) and you participate in any social media, whether it's a blog or a podcast, facebook or Google+, please post about why you support this project. Include the link http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeffdee/re-creating-my-melnibonean-art-from-deities-and-de. If you can find it in your heart (and your wallet) to increase your pledge amount, that would help as much or more - and you'll get more prints to make it worth your while. Remember, nobody is charged a penny unless the project meets its funding goal. With your help, I intend to make that happen!


I"m just doing my part so that this can happen folks! This is very cool that he's doing this.. Thanks for taking the time to read this one folks 

Jeff Dee Kick Starter Melnibonean Artwork From ‘Deities and Demigods’.

Back in the early 80s when the first version of Deities & Demigods came out it was this artwork that gave me my first exposure to Micheal Moorcock & his worlds. This project is very cool & I'm interested to see where this is going to go. The monsters & high weirdness that followed brought back lots of fun times & memories. This update to the artwork is cool. Over at the Moorcock forums I heard talk about this book lots of times. I you want to read more about this upcoming project go Here

This project is the 5th installment of my ongoing effort to re-create my old TSR / Dungeons & Dragons artwork – which was destroyed* by some thoughtless functionary to make room in TSR’s files. Last time, I re-created twelve drawings from the 1980 AD&D module 'Expedition to the Barrier Peaks'! This time I’m re-creating twenty-two drawings from the Melnibonean chapter of the original 1980 edition of the AD&D book called ‘Deities and Demigods’. These drawings were removed after the 2nd printing of the book, making them especially rare!

Listen to an interview including a discussion of my efforts to re-create the lost TSR art here.

The new artwork will be posted to my DeviantArt page (jeffdee.deviantart.com) as it's completed, so you can see how they turned out. You can see the re-creations I've done so far here.

This chapter contains almost twice as many illustrations as any of the previous ones, so I've broken them into four sets. Watch the video to see the illustrations by name!

Arioch Set
Backers who request the Arioch Set will get these 6 prints:
Arioch, Kakatal, Chaos Symbol, Myyrrhn, Elric vs Vulture Lions & Elenoin

Elric Set
Backers who request the Elric Set will get these 5 prints:
Elric, Grome, Dharzi Hunting Dog, Vampire Tree & Straasha

Stormbringer Set
Backers who request the Xiombarg Set will get these 6 prints:
Xiombarg, Donblas, Stormbringer, Vulture Lion, Grahluk & Darnizhaan

Moonglum Set
Backers who request the Yrkoon Set will get these 5 prints:
Yrkoon, Moonglum, Kelmain, Mist Giant & Pyaray

BONUS! 13 illustrations were 'missing' (the character portraits were left blank) in the Melnibonean chapter of the original Deities & Demigods book. For each $220 raised beyond the original goal, I will create a NEW illustration to fill one of those blanks:

* $4720: Assassinator of the Gods
* $4940: Clakar
* $5160: Fileet (lady of the birds)
* $5380: Haaashastaak (master of all lizardkind)
* $5600: Meerclar (mistress of catkind)
* $5820: Misha (lord of the wind giants)

At the $5820 level, I'll add a Meerclar Set and a '5 Sets' reward option so backers can get prints of these 6 missing illustrations.

* $6040: Mordagz
* $6260: Nihrain Horse
* $6480: Nnuuurrrr'c'c (master of the insect swarm) "King with Wings"
* $6700: Nuru-ah (master of cattle)
* $6920: Oonai
* $7140: Quaolnargn
* $7360: Roofdrak (master of all dogs)

At the $7360 level, I'll add a Roofdrak Set and a '6 Sets' reward option so backers can get prints of these 7 missing illustrations.

This project is dedicated to Michael Moorcock, of course!

*Note: A few pieces are known to have survived, but in most cases there's no way to know. I am therefor re-creating everything.

Jeff Dee's Melnibonean Art Work From Deities & Demigods

 

In other Melnibonean news Jeff Dee can now recreate his artwork from the original Deities & Demigods. There should be a new Kick Start soon. Above is a side by side comparison of Elric from that very book. You can see the illustration right Here

According to Jeff : 


'Wonderful news! I've received Michael Moorcock's permission to re-create my drawings from the Melnibonean chapter of Deities & Demigods' We should see a Kickstart fairly shortly about this! Can't wait. These were some of my favorite drawings from the original Deities & Demigods I'll follow up on this one fairly soon!  Can't wait too see where this goes. The above image is copyright to Jeff Dee & Wizards of the Coast LLC. There is no challenge to the copyright holders this is for fan use only..