Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 3 | Tony DiTerlizzi
The Spider & The Fly was published 22 years ago, on October 1st. Creating this award-winning, bestselling picture book was a journey as twisting and winding as Mr. Spider’s web. Simon & Schuster editor, Kevin Lewis (above), planned on publishing a picture book adaptation of Mary Howitt’s classic 1829 poem with hopes of approaching Caldecott-award-winning … Continue reading "BEHIND-THE-BOOK: “The Spider & The Fly”"| Tony DiTerlizzi
After The Monstrous Manual: The Calm Before The Storm Using the money I had earned from Dragon Mountain and the Monstrous Manual, in the summer of 1993 I rented a two-bedroom apartment, dedicating one bedroom as my “art studio”. Well…really I drew and painted all over the place, as you can see in the photo … Continue reading "Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 10"| Tony DiTerlizzi
Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 9 | Tony DiTerlizzi
Creepy-Crawlies I am sad to say our trip down Monstrous Manual Memory Lane is nearing its end but don’t fret, we still have a few more monsters to cover: Giant creepy crawlers that are iconic Dungeons & Dragons monsters, like… ILLUSTRATION #3: Ankheg The giant subterranean invertebrate known as the Ankheg (ANN-kegg) made its colorful … Continue reading "Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 8"| Tony DiTerlizzi
Lizard Men, Fish Folk and a Mantis Warrior Welcome back to a deep dive of my experience working for TSR on the 1993 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monstrous Manual. We’ve covered quite a bit leading up to this point–from my humble beginnings as an aspiring art school graduate to rendering some of D&D’s classic creatures. … Continue reading "Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 7"| Tony DiTerlizzi
“There were virtually no fantasy figurines being produced when Chainmail Fantasy Supplement tabletop battles were being played, and so that is where the conversion of dime store toys into monsters began.” –Gary Gygax, 2007 I’m back and highlighting some classic, iconic monsters of Dungeons & Dragons that I had the opportunity to illustrate back in … Continue reading "Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 6"| Tony DiTerlizzi
Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 5 | Tony DiTerlizzi
Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 4 | Tony DiTerlizzi
Behind The ‘Monstrous Manual’: PART 2 | Tony DiTerlizzi