I stumbled into Adam’s gallery on a site called deviantArt (about which I’ve blogged before). There’s a lot of variability between artists on these online communities, but the moment I saw Cyclops Scene (a small crop of which is at the start of this article), I knew I’d found the guy to create my mascot.

Orcs…

I was thrilled to have Adam create the EpicTable dragon—and lucky that the timing worked out. He’s since been heavily involved in a card game from TableStar Games, called “Orc Wars“. I love the work he’s done there. He does a great job with monsters and monstrous humanoids. His orcs are clearly inspired by Warcraft orcs, and he’s got some great taurens as well. But while Adam’s orcs and taurens are similar to Warcraft art, they’re different as well. Sadly, I don’t have the artistic wherewithal to tell you why, so you’ll have to go to his gallery at deviantArt and look for yourself.

…And More Than Orcs

If orcs and taurens aren’t your thing, there’s plenty more to look at. My favorites are:

• “Cyclops Scene”, the image that originally pulled me in
• Untitled – grey haired orc
• Back to the Noose, a skeletal pirate done for a band called Swashbuckle.
• Bio-Mech Merman, which reminds me of my friend Jeremy.
• Attack of the Kraken, a great pulp work
• Leap of Faith, which seems to be his signature piece

Avatars!

If you like what you see out there, you’ll be glad to know that I’ve not left you EpicTable readers out in the cold. Adam has agreed to let me use some of his work as avatars in the EpicTable forum. So, if you don’t have an avatar for the EpicTable forum yet, head over there and pick one out!

One more thing…

Ah—one more thing: If you find that you have a need to say Adam’s last name someday, you can take advantage of the fact I finally got around to asking. Straight from Adam himself: “My last name is pronounced (Vay-gee) with the “gee” like McGee”.

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