Original Nehwon art from the 1e Dieties & Demigods is for sale!

[Piratecat]

Looks like Jennell Jaquays, formerly Paul Jaquays, is selling off her art to pay for gender reassignment expenses. Great stuff here!

"What I will be selling are the set of interior illustrations I (as Paul Jaquays) created for the Newhon section (Fafhrd & Grey Mouser) of the AD&D Deities & Demigods book, back in 1980. These are black and white ink illustrations rendered over my blue pencil drawings. The original set included Fafhrd, the Mouser, Ningauble, Sheelba, a quadrapedal killer whale, Death, Hate, the Rat God, the Cold Woman, the Old Gods, a god on a rack, a female god with a harpy in the background, a scheming bearded god, a lightly anthropomorphized spider god, and a ghoul (transparent naked female with visible skeleton)."​

The cost isn't cheap, but it's nifty that this is available after all these years. Thread here:

I'm selling the original Nehwon Deities & Demigods art

 

[Upper_Krust]

Looks like Jennell Jaquays, formerly Paul Jaquays, is selling off her art to pay for gender reassignment expenses. Great stuff here!

The cost isn't cheap, but it's nifty that this is available after all these years. Thread here:

I'm selling the original Nehwon Deities & Demigods art

Thanks for the link Piratecat. Although as much as I would love some of the original artwork from my favourite book of all time, I suspect it will be priced out of my meagre range.

I wonder if Jennell's best way forward would be with ebay auctions whereby every piece is set a minimum price by her?

Either way I wish Jennell all the best and thank her for her artistic contributions to that amazing book.

 

[Yora]

I've been looking for some sample images online. Why exactly did we stop having such pictures for our D&D books?
Even Wayne Reynolds is perfectly capable at making pictures with that great atmosphere, he did a lot of them back in the day when it was fashionable.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Yeah no way I could afford (well justify) the cost but an ebay auction with reserve set would be a better idea IMO.

I would really love one though!

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey Yora!

I've been looking for some sample images online.

Do a google image search for "Nehwon Pantheon".

Why exactly did we stop having such pictures for our D&D books?

Black and white art seems to be frowned upon by the 'bigger' publishers, which is a shame. Not that I dislike colour art, but (modern rpg) colour art typically tries to imitate photographs whereas black and white art has more artistic character and personality...if that makes sense.

Even Wayne Reynolds is perfectly capable at making pictures with that great atmosphere, he did a lot of them back in the day when it was fashionable.

Well I think he always turns in a great piece. But I fondly remember his b&w splatbook art.