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[Chaosium] Out now in PDF: A TIME TO HARVEST – Death and Discovery in the Vermont Hills (Call of Cthulhu)
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael O'Brien" data-source="post: 8410108" data-attributes="member: 6807727"><p><em>Chaosium's staff cartographer </em><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/matt-ryan" target="_blank">Matt Ryan</a><em> on why the recently-released </em><a href="https://www.chaosium.com/a-time-to-harvest-pdf/" target="_blank">A Time to Harvest</a><em> has a special place in his artistic career.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>A Time to Harvest</em> holds a special place in my heart and in my artistic career. Complete disclosure: despite having several Chaosium games on my shelves, I’d never played <em>Call of Cthulhu</em> until the <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blog/announcing-chaosiums-first-organized-play-campaign-for-call-of-cthulhu" target="_blank">organized play release</a> of this campaign in 2016. Excited to play, I asked my local comic book shop owner, Tim, if I could run weekly sessions in his store (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/comicsforcollectors/" target="_blank">Comics for Collectors</a>, Ithaca NY). I hoped to introduce new players to the hobby. Not only did Tim say yes, he joined the game! We put up fliers, and people showed up, played once, and stayed for the campaign.</p><p></p><p>The organized play version was released to <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/organized-play" target="_blank">Cult of Chaos</a> members monthly, with each chapter coming with supplemental maps. Looking at the map that was supplied of Cobb’s Corners, a fictional Vermont town, I wondered if I could draw it in 3-D perspective. I did, the sketch wasn't awful, and I shared it on a Call of Cthulhu group’s social media.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/cobbs-corners-matt-ryan-fan-art-150dpi.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><h4 style="text-align: center">MATT'S FAN MAP OF COBB'S CORNERS</h4><p>Chaosium Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason saw the sketch and messaged me, asking if I’d like to draw maps for him. Of course I agreed. While not my first maps for Chaosium – Jeff Richard had earlier seen my work and asked me to draw six maps for <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/the-glorantha-sourcebook-hardcover/" target="_blank">The Glorantha Sourcebook</a> – I was excited to draw maps for <em>Call of Cthulhu</em>.</p><p></p><p>Assignment followed assignment and I contributed maps to several great <em>Call of Cthulhu</em> books. And then Mike asked me if I’d like to draw new maps and handouts for the new <em>A Time to Harvest </em>book. I almost fell out of my chair. I love this campaign. It’s terrifically terrifying, especially chapter two (personal favorite) and the climactic scene on the village green. While running it I’d made new friends, strengthened relationships with current friends who joined the game, and introduced <em>Call of Cthulhu</em> to a dozen new players.</p><p></p><p>Mike gave me great artistic freedom and let me create all sorts of marginalia art and drawings not in the original scope of work. It was fantastic fun.</p><p></p><p>Propelled by this project, I went on to draw more maps for Jeff Richard and Jason Durall for <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/runequest" target="_blank">RuneQuest</a> line, for David Larkins for the <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon" target="_blank">Pendragon</a> line, and for Lynne Hardy's excellent new campaign <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/the-children-of-fear-hardcover/" target="_blank">The Children of Fear</a>. I was having the time of my life.</p><p></p><p>While working on the Sartar Master Map for the forthcoming Sartar campaign supplement, Jeff sounded me out as to whether I’d be up for joining Team Chaosium as the in-house cartographer. Mike enthusiastically encouraged me in this idea, and in January 2021 Chaosium and I <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-welcomes-simeon-cogswell-and-matt-ryan-to-the-team" target="_blank">made it official</a>. I’ve been able to work on some fantastic projects since then, not all of which I can talk about yet, and the fun continues!</p><h4 style="text-align: center">SOME OF MATT'S CARTOGRAPHY IN <em>A TIME TO HARVEST</em>:</h4> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/atth-5.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/atth-4.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael O'Brien, post: 8410108, member: 6807727"] [I]Chaosium's staff cartographer [/I][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/matt-ryan']Matt Ryan[/URL][I] on why the recently-released [/I][URL='https://www.chaosium.com/a-time-to-harvest-pdf/']A Time to Harvest[/URL][I] has a special place in his artistic career. A Time to Harvest[/I] holds a special place in my heart and in my artistic career. Complete disclosure: despite having several Chaosium games on my shelves, I’d never played [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I] until the [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/blog/announcing-chaosiums-first-organized-play-campaign-for-call-of-cthulhu']organized play release[/URL] of this campaign in 2016. Excited to play, I asked my local comic book shop owner, Tim, if I could run weekly sessions in his store ([URL='https://www.instagram.com/comicsforcollectors/']Comics for Collectors[/URL], Ithaca NY). I hoped to introduce new players to the hobby. Not only did Tim say yes, he joined the game! We put up fliers, and people showed up, played once, and stayed for the campaign. The organized play version was released to [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/organized-play']Cult of Chaos[/URL] members monthly, with each chapter coming with supplemental maps. Looking at the map that was supplied of Cobb’s Corners, a fictional Vermont town, I wondered if I could draw it in 3-D perspective. I did, the sketch wasn't awful, and I shared it on a Call of Cthulhu group’s social media. [CENTER][IMG]https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/cobbs-corners-matt-ryan-fan-art-150dpi.png[/IMG] [/CENTER] [HEADING=3][CENTER]MATT'S FAN MAP OF COBB'S CORNERS[/CENTER][/HEADING] Chaosium Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason saw the sketch and messaged me, asking if I’d like to draw maps for him. Of course I agreed. While not my first maps for Chaosium – Jeff Richard had earlier seen my work and asked me to draw six maps for [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/the-glorantha-sourcebook-hardcover/']The Glorantha Sourcebook[/URL] – I was excited to draw maps for [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I]. Assignment followed assignment and I contributed maps to several great [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I] books. And then Mike asked me if I’d like to draw new maps and handouts for the new [I]A Time to Harvest [/I]book. I almost fell out of my chair. I love this campaign. It’s terrifically terrifying, especially chapter two (personal favorite) and the climactic scene on the village green. While running it I’d made new friends, strengthened relationships with current friends who joined the game, and introduced [I]Call of Cthulhu[/I] to a dozen new players. Mike gave me great artistic freedom and let me create all sorts of marginalia art and drawings not in the original scope of work. It was fantastic fun. Propelled by this project, I went on to draw more maps for Jeff Richard and Jason Durall for [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/runequest']RuneQuest[/URL] line, for David Larkins for the [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon']Pendragon[/URL] line, and for Lynne Hardy's excellent new campaign [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/the-children-of-fear-hardcover/']The Children of Fear[/URL]. I was having the time of my life. While working on the Sartar Master Map for the forthcoming Sartar campaign supplement, Jeff sounded me out as to whether I’d be up for joining Team Chaosium as the in-house cartographer. Mike enthusiastically encouraged me in this idea, and in January 2021 Chaosium and I [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-welcomes-simeon-cogswell-and-matt-ryan-to-the-team']made it official[/URL]. I’ve been able to work on some fantastic projects since then, not all of which I can talk about yet, and the fun continues! [HEADING=3][CENTER]SOME OF MATT'S CARTOGRAPHY IN [I]A TIME TO HARVEST[/I]:[/CENTER][/HEADING] [CENTER][IMG]https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/atth-5.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.chaosium.com/product_images/uploaded_images/atth-4.png[/IMG][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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