Artist Keith Parkinson passes away

[The Serge]

A true loss to the world in general and to the genre in particular.

 

[Tolen Mar]

I just realized he and I had the same birthday...now Im really down.

 

[Chunklets]

R.I.P. Keith.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

(Pays quiet respect)

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Keith is gone, but he is already immortal. That is the beauty of art.

 

[devilbat]

I loved his work.

Godspeed.

 

[Edgewood]

This is so sad. It's like a small piece of my past youth has been lost. The fab four were the inspiration of so much imagination for me. I'll miss ya Keith. Maybe this will restart a revival ofthe fab four style in coming Dungeon and Dragon magazine covers.

My thoughts to his family and friends....

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

His Bloodstone art alone kept me thinking and thinking about the Realms; I still have a dog-eared copy of his sword-wielding demon artwork from an old Realms Calendar stowed away in a trunk, that I brought 2000 miles from back home just so I could have it to use as a picture reference during play.

R.I.P., Keith.

 

[isidorus]

So sad, he will be missed.

 

[Particle_Man]

Wow, first Sutherland, now this. It has not been a good year for D&D art. RIP sir.

(My personal favorite was the blonde paladin looking right at you, while her horse is in the background (I think she has a tiny dragon around). It was the cover of the Dragon issue with alternate paladins for 1st ed. AD&D, I believe).