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Roslof auction "welcome back" card by Willingham not Otus
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misterspock
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 12:36 am
was this confirmed that the art was done by Erol Otus? just thinking that it comes across as Bill Willingham's work
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EDIT: I re-titled the thread from "recent Roslof auction item 'welcome back' card question" since the question was answered/confirmed by Bill Willingham
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:57 am
Howdy,
I thought it looked more like Jeff Dee but Laura confirmed it was done by Erol. Here is the full story:
Laura was a big outdoor enthusiast and loved cross country skiing. Erol was a young kid when he came to Lake Geneva to work for TSR. Laura took him cross country skiing. At one point she told him she would take the lead along a particularly challenging area in the woods. Erol deferred to her expertise and she took off ahead and promptly hit a rock with a ski-tip and went down into the snow in a heap. Erol came up and swished to a neat stop saying, "Is this the way you people ski in Wisconsin?" They both burst out laughing as Laura lay there in the snow. She was soon in a cast and recovering from a badly twisted knee and torn ligaments. Erol and Jean Wells both created get well cards for her which were signed by most of the staff in the Dungeon Hobby Shop, Pre-Press, Art, Design, and Development.
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TheHistorian
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:44 pm
Definitely doesn't strike me as Willingham at all.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:34 am
I would say Jeff Dee also. Except the pants aren't bootlegs
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:45 pm
update: determined it's definitely not Jeff Dee's work.
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:11 am
That's Willingham. The stylization of the teeth, eyes and nose give it away. See Willingham's work in V&V Death Duel With the Destroyers, for more examples.
The only doubt in my mind is the skew (lack of left-right symmetry) in the face. But that could be an artifact of it being a quicker sketch or something.
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:47 pm
forgot to follow up on this way back..anyways, it was confirmed it's Bill Willingham's art on this card and not by Erol Otus.
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