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Standard Stock Art: Issue 1 Places and Locations illustrated by Rick Hershey Places and Locations is a collection of 9 print quality illustration available for use by publishers, gamers, websites, etc. Each quality illustration is designed to act as a standalone image or to have figures...

congrats guys, I loved working with David and doing the Land of the Crane cover. . . and well, I work with Neil and Dark Quest Games all the time. So, I hope to be contacted when you guys need some more art on this great setting.

I have a couple artists ready for work who are not on any current projects. . . so, for any publishers who want some work done I'll be offerering reduced rates for both cover work and interiors for one week only. If you haven't worked with Empty Room Studios before, now is your chance. Drop me a...

Hey folks, We have been busy over at Empty Room Studios and have a lot of great changes going on and planned for the future. The first thing I want to say is that we finally changed our website and gave it a much needed visual update. ERS Art Director Jeremy Mohler made some great alterations...

My name is Rick Hershey, I own and operate Empty Room Studios, we provide lots of services to rpg and comic publishers. you can check us out here Empty Room Studios Anyway, so I had this idea that we've been discussing and wanted to get some thoughts on it from the those who might be...

A Review for WWII: Operation Jedburgh has been posted at www.therpgsite.com. You can read it here: WWII: Operation Jedburgh Review Also, here are a couple images from our first Quick Play Adventure. One of many interior illustrations. A building battle map (11 others are provided) These...

Small Niche Games first Quick Play Adventures release is WWII: Operation Jedburgh Operation Jedburgh is a fast-action romp across Nazi-occupied France during the Allied invasion of Normandy. Drop behind enemy lines as a member of an elite commando unit codenamed Jedburgh and join up with the...

Small Niche Games is pleased to announce the release of its flagship product line: Quick Play Adventures. Quick Play Adventures are ready-to-run scenarios designed for a variety of different genres. Quick Play Adventures come complete with plot hooks, original maps, a detailed scenario...

Here is some new work I've done lately, if interested I'm always looking for new projects to work on and will always discuss rates and meeting budget goals. . . so don't hesistate to e-mail me at rick@emptyroomstudios.com These first couple were for Reality Deviant Publication's "The Blood...

You should do a greek historical book and call it Clash of the Titans :D I wouldn't let it bother you, it is obvious to me that your product has no resemblance to the mentioned novel. Keep on doing what you're doing and try to ignore those people who want to rain on your parade.

HERSHEY AND SPAHN FORM "SMALL NICHE GAMES" April 10, 2007 (Mayesville, SC) –Rick Hershey, founder of Empty Room Studios, and game designer Peter C. Spahn have partnered together to form a new small press to publish role-playing games and gaming material: Small Niche Games. The company plans...

Here is some recent work for the Steampunk Musha Creature Book, done by me. Also, if you like that great cover we did for Mission to the Monastery of Two Winds, then you should swing over to the Tangled Muse and see the massive 32 figure Steampunk Musha print I'm working on. . . a huge...

yeah, sure do. . . I don't remember how long ago it was, but man it feels forever now.

Well if I ever get a free moment I'll start work on another one, got the plans done- just haven't had the time to do it yet.

As the first freelancer to work for Tricky Owlbear Publishing I want to flat out say that working with them was not a pleasure, and in fact do not suggest it to anyone else. When I first discussed the logo with them I asked for a simple sketch of what there ideas were. . . here is a list of the...

They were done by (ERS cartographer) Keith Curtis for Gestalt: The Hero Within, by Scott Bennie, published by Blackwyrm Games

I also wanted to mention, as I keep forgetting, that ERS artists do private commission work also. . . so if you have a favorite character you want drawn, feel free to contact me at the above e-mail also, just make sure it says "private commission" in the subject line. Underdark Svirfneblin...

Thanks Bret, both those projects were great fun . . . and Jeremy Mohler (ERS art director) did an incredible job on the Hoards cover. We talked about that forever, wanting to get the "idea" right on it. If you haven't seen Hoards, check it out: HOARDS Empty Room Studios also did 3 covers for...

Thanks for the compliments!!! The first two were done by staff artist Joe Slucher, while the second two were done by Jeffrey Koch. The "fiend rending the world" was done for Jabberwocky Games, their Nyte Rpg I believe, another great client.

Hey David, thankyou for the compliment, but it goes both ways man! As a first time client you were great to work with and your feedback was the key to allowing us to move that cover to completion while enjoying working on it. I'm actually pretty excited about Land of the Crane, so anything we...