Where is this image from?

[Nareau]

It looks very familiar, and I'm thinking I saw it in the Monstrous Compendium back in the day. Anyone know who the artist is, and where it first appeared?

Nareau

 

[Xer0]

It looks like a Parkinson to me... I'm pretty sure that's his signature in the lower left part of the image. Not really sure about the context behind it though.

 

[DragonBelow]

Indeed, that's Parkinson's "Lord Soth's Charge", a Dragonlance (and Ravenloft) villain

Full image is here:

http://www.keithparkinson.com/images/lordsothscharge.jpg

 

[FickleGM]

It was also used for one of the cardstock separator pages in one of the 2nd edition Monstrous Compendiums or appendices.

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

Ah, Parkinson... he was probably my favorite oldschool D&D artists. His passing makes me a little sad <sniff>

 

[Ze]

It was also used for one of the cardstock separator pages in one of the 2nd edition Monstrous Compendiums or appendices.

Exactly.

 

[prospero63]

As others have mentioned, it's Keith Parkinson. I've got a couple of his prints and got the old Second Nature Dragon Tales screensaver/desktop background with a lot of his stuff in it. Greeting the Dawn is one of the best fantasy landscapes out there (and The King's Gold is just plain wicked).

 

[Steel_Wind]

Parkinson's Lord Soth's Charge first appeared in the DragonLance calendar. 1985 I believe.

 

[rossik]

you have one in tales of the lance 2ed boxed set too. inside one of the books.

great image, btw

 

[Nareau]

Excellent, thanks guys!

Nareau