Doug Kovacs

Doug Kovacs
Doug Kovacs at Gen Con on August 7, 2011
Nationality American
Known for Fantasy art

Douglas Kovacs is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.

Early life and education

Doug Kovacs was born in 1973, and grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. In 1996 he received a BA from Columbia College Chicago.[1]

Works

Doug Kovacs has worked as a freelance illustrator for Wizards of the Coast on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. He has been working on a series of metal plate paintings depicting Green Men since 1999. His work has been described as "detailed fantasy and science fiction renderings of mythical creatures".[2] Doug also worked with Goodman Games in developing Dungeon Crawl Classics, and painted the covers for many of the modules and rulebooks.[3] There is an award named after him at the Gen Con Art Show which is given out to the artist for being "[most like] Doug Kovacs".[4]

References

  1. http://dougkovacs.com/09%20Info%20%26%20Detritus/Info%26Detritus.html
  2. "Des Plaines Art Guild". Daily Herald. January 10, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2012.   via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  3. http://www.goodman-games.com/5070artpreviewkovacs.html
  4. http://mchughstudios.com/studioblog/2011/08/16/i-am-back-from-gencon-with-art-to-boot/
  • Official website
  • "Doug Kovacs :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on August 24, 2005.


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