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Robin Zander around 1989, by Erin Combs. Credit the photographer if reposting.

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[leggerefiore]

N's daughter (Clover, I think is a good name) would be similar to Erin in a lot of ways, but less clingy. Also inherits her dad's fascination with math. Clover would be definitely younger than Erin, though... (N doesn't need to be a dad any time soon in the BW timeline.)

N probably gets parenting tips from Ingo (pretend they know each other) since he is so, so lost. He has no idea what he's doing and is terrified of being cruel to his daughter.

[cantikdaae]

This might be long shot, but the past few weeks I have been trying to find pictures of actors/dancers who have played Meg Giry on Broadway, West End, US Tour and UK Tour, especially from the pre-internet years (1986 to mid-2000's). I noticed that the main cast had individual photographs for the souvenir brochures (especially BW/US Tour). But for some reason these are really hard to find. Luckily I have been able to trace down some of them due to people selling their brochures and posting pictures of the cast page, but I had no luck in finding more. So I am asking the Phantom brochure collectors out there, could you please help me if you have a brochure with clear pictures of one of the following Meg Giry's? Thank you very much!

Broadway

Catherine Ulissey (1990-1993)

Geralyn del Corso (1997-1999)

US Tour

Tracey Allen (SF 1993-1994)

Betina Hershey (1997-1999)

Melissa Swender (1999-2000)

Erin Sacks (2001-2003)

West End

Karen Lowe (1988-1989)

Marina Stevenson (1992-1994)

Katherine Fletcher (1994-1996)

Natasha Knight (1997)

UK Tour

Lorraine Chappell (1995)

Heather Craig (2000)

[atraumatizedmint45]

I think BW Megatron is trying to send Lady Erin a message....

[coffeenuts]

Erin by Doug McMinimy https://flic.kr/p/2nTZ95P

[bubblesworldau]

"I'm a vampire! Nom nom nom"

[corsairesix]

Okay, here's

Erin's Incomplete and Arbitrary Guide to Free/Free-ish art for TTRPGs!

This isn't a super complete or conclusive guide, it's just some stuff that I've found in my experience. The one grain of salt you should take this with is that for a few of these suggestions are used often because they're free, so if you use them as a cover or something, you may have a very similar cover to a lot of games.

Also, if you have any other recommendations let me know!

With that out of the way, here we go!

General

Okay so general tips for using the resources that are offered in most of these guide.

Pixabay: This is the most usable of the Pixabay/Pexels/Unsplash triad that is usually recommended. It has a useful tag system so the search is decently helpful, and you can filter by "illustration" or "vector" which is really useful for getting specific stuff that you need. Still, the illustration filter is still full of AI art and peoples' first 3D art project. The former is often tagged as such, but not always; I find it useful to check a user's profile and see their other stuff if you're not sure, because it often is obvious if they do AI from their bio or other uploads.

Pexels/Unsplash/... Morguefile I guess?: Less than useful in my experience but I don't use photos in my TTRPGs. They seem to tend towards photography rather than illustration, and AFAIK there's no way to filter, but I haven't used them that much. Unsplash seems to have a good variety of photos in different styles if that's your thing.

Wikimedia Commons: This is structured as an archive, not as an art resource. There's no tagging on photos, so unless your search terms are included in the title of the picture, they're not going to show up.

What you want to do is use Categories. If you want an image of say, a robot, google (or use the Commons search but it's worse) "robot wikimedia commons" and click on the category. Sometimes there will be sub-categories that might have stuff in them that will fit your purpose better -- either "android" or "robots in art" -- that you can navigate too (btw, ______ in art is invaluable in wikimedia commons. a good amount of categories have it as a sub-category). You can also go to the bottom of the page and see what categories your current category is a part of, maybe "automata" fits more to your need that "robots."

Also for wikimedia commons, you can see the license for each image. A good amount are public domain, CC0, or CC-BY, but some are CC-BY-SA, which is trickier for TTRPGs. Probably better to just avoid those.

Adobe Stock/Shutterstock: These are technically paid but at least when I used them you could get a free trial and get 10 licensed photos. It's a pretty good deal tbh. There's a lot of AI art there too, but later I'm going to recommend some specific users that are GREAT. Uhhh, if you have a cracked photoshop that involves actually having an adobe account, use a different email for the Adobe Stock trial.

OpenGameArt: This is primarily aimed towards video games, so it's mostly game assets. If you want a pixel art style for your TTRPG, it'll be actually pretty good, lots of backgrounds, sprites, etc. that can be repurposed into book art. If you want illustration, there are fewer offerings, but not none. Use the search and filter by "2D Art/Concept Art" and "CC0/CC-BY"

Okay, now let's get into specifics!

Fantasy

It's no secret that fantasy is maybe the biggest tabletop genre. Here's where I find good fantasy art.

LadyofHats: A wikimedia commons contributor who has made, among other things, a whole bunch of good BW CC0 illustrations for Dungeon fantasy style monsters.

Godbound/Worlds without Number Art Pack: Art packs from the Godbound and Worlds without Number TTRPGs. High detail, full color fantasy art. The disclaimer at the beginning definitely applies here though, these have certainly been used in a TTRPG before.

Scarlet Heroes/Silent Legion Art Pack: Similar to above, but these are black and white. Scarlet Heroes is more traditional fantasy style, Silent Legion is a bit more occult-noir looking.

JN Butler: BW fantasy punk-y art. Really good for interiors. CC-BY, and even has already-written alt text.

David Revoy: A lot of CC-BY art! Tends to tag his art by license, which is helpful, plus a lot more stuff on wikimedia commons (just search his name). Tends toward cartoon-y/anime-inspired.

Franco Rivolli: CC-BY, has a small collection of painterly fantasy art on OpenGameArt.

Golden Age of Illustration: Public Domain works with a classic fairy tale vibe. You can google the artists in the movement but I find Arthur Rackham, Aubrey Beardsly, Ivan Bilibin, and Kay Nielsen to be good places to start.

Other helpful wikimedia categories: Fictional Creatures in Art, Fantasy pulp magazines, Arthurian Legends, Witches in Art. Be discerning when using the old stuff, there's definitely problematic stuff in there.

Sci-Fi

I'm not as familiar with where to source sci-fi art, but here's what I've found so far. It also tends to be a little more difficult in general, since there's a lot less public domain sci-fi than public domain fantasy.

Stars without Number Art Pack: Same style as Worlds without Number, but with more sci-fi and aliens!

Magazines about Science Fiction: A Wikimedia Commons category, but I wanted to give special notice to this one because plenty of these magazines went defunct and didn't renew copyright, so it's a lot more modern public domain art that you'll find a lot of places. Still only up to like, the 50s, but still.

Walter Licínio: He does AI art, but he does have a free art pack from when he was an illustrator, so depends where you fall on that. Mostly sci-fi, some fantasy.

Misc

I wanted to just shout out the Roleplayer's Guide to Heists art pack. It's some modern stuff, some fantasy, some SF. Obviously suited to heist stuff but some good spot art.

Free-ish

So this is where I wanted to shout out some artists I've found on Shutterstock and Adobe Stock. I'm putting it under free-ish because it's only free under the free trial.

Warmtail/Warm_tail: Some stuff in brushy paint style, some stuff in anime-ish style, almost always dramatic lighting. Expansive catelog useful for a lot of different purposes. Lots of angels.

Tithi Luadthong/Grandfailure: Lots of sweeping vistas and lone figures looking off into the distance. Some dreamy fantasy stuff, some cool cyborgs.

Alexandra Petruk: A cartoonier style, but with a fun distinct look. Lots of fey, witches, and mermaids.

Kalleeck: Fantasy art in a bit of a grimier style.

Dom Critelli: Fantasy art, some landscapes, the most interesting pieces here are his weird little guys.

Camilkuo: Some interesting concept art. Good for spot art for fantasy and sci fi.

And then there's some decent fantasy action scenes by Firstear and iobard.

So many “how to find free/budget TTRPG art” guides are just like “Pixabay exists” and that’s it. Even with the resources, it’s difficult to actually find usable art, especially if you’re looking for illustrations and not photos, and ESPECIALLY now that you have to wade through AI stuff on a lot of these websites

[vampiringg]

"Well, it sounds bad when u put it like that -" that is because it is bad. No matter how I put it, it is bad

[antifragi1e]

u know i only found out jesy was a white woman 2 yrs ago lol

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Mary Ellen Mark. Erin (Tiny) Charles. 1990

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[leggerefiore]

I just read your Ponyo post, and Lennie x Erin is so cute! Do any of the other fankids end up together?

I haven't really given a lot of thought about the others... Well, maybe Grimsley's daughter and Larry's son because I think his son should be tormented by a gambling wife. He has to give her an allotted budget for gambo lest they both go broke. She is tormented (goes over budget often and has less to use the following week).

Nero... Uh, idk... Definitely not with Emmet's girls and like they only other option is with Colress's daughter... Which seems comedic but hmm. I guess they both would be in Alola idk. Science girl would intimidate him (especially since she has her father's quirks of personality).

Lenie and Erin just happens because I think it torments both their fathers and also because Lenie probably likes how soft Erin is, while Erin needs someone who can Direct Him Around. Also, the Hisui-Sinnoh connection that Erin occasionally gets from Ingo. (Ingo jumpacaring Cyrus by speaking perfect Sinnohan or something.)

Inka and Emma vary... I think Emma and N is something (I make her fill the role of the BW protag sometimes). Inka used to be with Volo, but I think her and Avery are more solid.

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Source: http://twitter.com/BW/status/1023639707106852864

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— Businessweek (@BW) July 29, 2018

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[haxero]

Looks fun and exciting! Also I like the western other worldly mystery vibe to it.

Here it is, folks! The LONG GONE GULCH Official Trailer!

This ain’t your typical Western…

Long Gone Gulch is a comedic fantasy about two young sheriffs who must serve and protect a secluded mythical world, home to many legendary creatures of folklore.  Follow weirdo cowgirl, Rawhide (the only human born in the Gulch) and sarcastic greaser, Snag (the only human outsider) as they become the law of the land.  Their unlikely friendship causes them to learn from each other as they deal with a variety of problems within a town of folks who aren’t exactly on their side.  Among them are Mayor Rhubarb, the strict yet neurotic jackalope, BW, the mysterious bounty hunter who is not what she seems and Mako, the dastardly shark mutant and his gang of bandits. 

CAST Rawhide- E.G. Daily Snag- Danny Cooksey BW- Amber Midthunder Mayor Rhubarb- Myke Chilian Mako- Eric Bauza Squatch- Piotr Michael Marigold- Erin Fitzgerald Pinchley- ?

Full pilot will be out in 2019. 

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This is probably super annoying but would it be possible to have a table / rubric of the initials linked to Pedro? I feel like a noob but I’m so very nosy 🙈

EM is Erin Moriarty, former costar and friend who people thought he might be dating around the time I started this blog because they went to the SAG Awards together.

BW is Brendan Wayne aka Danny La Cava aka ‘The Mandalorian’ aka Not A Stunt Double

LC is Lateef Crowder (dos Santos) or as one anon iconically referred to him, LCDosS, Mando stunt double and choreographer.

GC is Gina Carano 🤢

GR is usually Grace Randolph, also 🤢 although I personally don’t think aaalllll her info about Pedro was BS.

RH is Russell Harvard

LH or just L is usually Lena Headey

LR is Lily Rabe

JRN is Jamie Ray Newman, one of his LA friends he saw during the pandemic which is really the only reason she has come up.

JBH is Jason Butler Harner, another friend he saw during the pandemic.

SP is Sarah Paulson

MB is Maria Bakalova I guess

PL is Paco Leon although we usually just use his first name. TUWOMT costar who P actually recommended for the project even though they’d just met once. they seemed close during filming, but literally the day everyone posted the goodbye/wrap messages in early December, P went from liking at least one in every few Instagram photos to zero interaction.

KV is Katrin Vankova, she also has a small role in TUWOMT and only really comes up because an anon on another blog suggested P was dating an actress from the movie and she’s the only young and possibly single one we know of.

SH is Sharon Horgan, another TUWOMT actor P seemed to get close to.

BA is an actor (who came out publicly in 2020) that circumstantial evidence suggests P dated, at least on/off, around 2017-18. if you talk to people who were really into either of them at the time, they saw it unfold and have the #receipts. however, they still managed to remain unassociated officially /if you Google there names together nothing comes up. contrary to popular belief I *do* have a conscience and so, since they’ve both moved on and unfollowed each other, I don’t full-name him. if you dig back through my blog enough, I did accidentally give a clue that narrowed it down to the point he was the only option.

BA might also refer to brunette anon, an anon on my blog who claimed to have a friend in common with P, to have seen him get cozy with one brunette woman at a party a few years ago, and to have been dating a very famous brunette woman shortly before the pandemic.

VFW is the aforementioned (and imo non-existent) Very Famous Woman

I’ll try to update this as I remember other things or other people come up. I’ll probably pin it once we get proof of the Fleetwood Mac T’s fate.