D&D General Patton Oswalt is responsible for Fox News broadcasting Erol Otus’ drawing of Shub-Niggurath.

[Blue Orange]

I like Otus, personally. He's at the unrealistic/surrealistic end of the spectrum, but I feel it reflected the goofy feel of earlier editions, and his work was really creative. There's a place for everything I think.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I like Otus, personally. He's at the unrealistic/surrealistic end of the spectrum, but I feel it reflected the goofy feel of earlier editions, and his work was really creative. There's a place for everything I think.

Yeah, I wouldn't want him illustrating, say, Harn, but for an OSR product or even something on the weirder fringes of standard D&D, he's a great choice.

He and Russ Nicholson would be my top two choices for a book on aberrations and the Far Realm, for instance. (Otus can do dark and creepy, rather than just wacky, when he wants to.)

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I can't say he's my favorite artist or anything,

I can

At least for 1e/AD&D