I do a lot of art that doesn't get published. Sometimes it is because I'm doing stuff for myself, practicing, or sometimes the thing I was commissioned for just never happens. In this instance, this piece was done as the frontispiece for Labyrinth Lord 2nd edition. Now, Labyrinth Lord has been around for a while in the indie Old School Renaissance games. It was the first real retro-clone" of the basic Dungeons and Dragons games (elf and dwarf were classes instead of races). LL has a soft spot for many, but has been eclipsed in recent years by the Old School Essentials game (I did a couple of pieces for that game too). I jumped at the chance to illustrate the refreshed 2nd edition. Drawing pig-faced old school orcs was great fun. But alas, the game seems to have just been on hiatus for the past two years without word from the designer. Anyway, I'm happy to have done the art. Cheers and happy gaming!
