John Harper

@johnharper.bsky.social

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Game designer and graphic artist in Seattle, WA. Blades in the Dark, AGON, Lasers & Feelings, Lady Blackbird. johnharper.itch.io

A triptych design for three Fiasco playset anthologies, rendered in a Saul Bass, 2d style, depicting the stages of a crime: heist, escape, and jail.
A promotional image for the 1993 TV series MATRIX, starring Nick Mancuso as a hitman back from the dead to right his wrongs and avoid hell. It depicts Nick threatening a guy, with artistic devil horns and tail painted over him.
Mitchell, a gray and white tuxedo cat with a black nose, poses next to a pen drawing of his cute face.
A sample page from the zine, showing the inciting incident and the basic mechanics.
Willem Defoe in a bar scene, wearing a motorcycle jacket and holding a cigarette
A photo of Geraint Wyn Davies as Vampire Detective Nick Knight on FOREVER KNIGHT. He has a ridiculous look on his face like he's stoned.
A black and white illustration of a zombified person wearing a hood and corroded gas mask. Their torso is heavily damaged, and you can see through the wound to the ribcage
A close up shot of Mitchell's incredibly cute face.
Mitchell, the gray and white tuxedo cat, lounges on a blanket during the day.
A rough layout suggestion for a more condensed character playbook.
A mockup of a fake pulp sci-fi book cover depicting an astronaut on a ship at sea with a menacing figure behind him pointing a pistol at his back. In the sky behind the astronaut, a huge ghostly skull looms over his shoulder. The book is titled "Pull that trigger and the giant ghost skull that follows me around with stomp your ass."
A bottle of Westland Flagship whiskey.
Mitchell, a grey and white tuxedo cat, crouches next to a wooden console, waiting to ambush a person's hand that's just out of sight overhead.
The cover of Earth, Wind, and Fire's album, I Am. It depicts a blazing star over the ruins of ancient Egyptian ruins.
A screenshot of the AP News crossword showing the clue: "Tabletop pastime like 'Lasers and Feelings': Abbr.
Mitchell, a gray and white tuxedo cat with a black nose, is blissing out from chin scritches while cuddled up on the couch
A layout spread rendered in orange and purple sunset colors, illustrating the various outcomes of a challenge roll, from a "slammed" driver getting blown up by a rocket to a hero car smashing through an attack helicopter in mid air.
A black and white illustration of a Wretch: a formerly human creature, wearing a blood-stained uniform and shattered gas mask, revealing a corrupted skeletal visage beneath.
Mitchell, a gray and white tuxedo cat with a black nose, is upside down looking at the camera underneath a chair.
A black and white illustration depicting a massive metal ship, wrecked on a rocky coast. A pair of deathland scavengers approach it with caution, placing electroplasmic flares to guide their way and (hopefully) deter any vile spirits or terrors in the vicinty.
Abandonded cargo rail cars surging with unstable electroplasmic discharges are infested by a twisted barbed wire nest, guarded by two silent Wiremen -- humanoid figures composed of twisted metal filaments.
A character sheet for a Deathlander, showing the Attune stat with four levels, from d4 to d10, indicated by dots -- similar to another game that ranks abilities using four dots. :)
Mitchell, the gray and white tuxedo cat with a black nose, plays with his moth toy on the floor.
The cover for "Requiem for the Wretched Dead: Breathless Survival in the Deathlands" depicting a scene in the deathlands on the Shattered Isles. An electroplasmic lightning storm rages across a desolate landscape of rocks and ash, silhouetting a strange tower in the distance, glowing with arcane energies.
Budos Band I
A 2-page spread from Ride or Die, showing a synopsis of the system for Heists. The art depicts a crew of Drivers pulling off a heist on a moving train at night, while fighting the cops. One car is descending via parachute and another is driving full tilt across the top of the train cars. Other characters are embroiled in a gunfight.
Mitchell the gray and white tuxedo cat lounges on a console in front of a pop art illustration of Liza Minnelli
Mitchell the grey and white tuxedo cat is sitting on a vintage console made from the flooring of a high school basketball court. His long legs make him look very tall, even while sitting down.
Mitchell the grey and white tuxedo cat with a black nose is doing a blep.
Mitchell the grey and white tuxedo cat with a black nose is doing a blep.
The cover of Stephen Biesty's "Cross-Sections Castle" book.
A meme image of Gillian Anderson as Scully from the X-Files, showing her face in close up wearing glasses in multiple frames, with an ascending degree of dramatic lighting and reflection on her glasses with each frame.
Stretch goal for Blades '68: GM Roundtable. A two-hour livestream featuring designer Tim Denee and a panel of experienced GMs sharing their best tips, tricks, and advice on running the game and bringing the vibrant world of Blades '68 to life.
Artwork in a sunset-gradient, vaporwave style of of two cars flying through the air toward the viewer while the drivers fist-bump each other. Presumably the car on the right is a right-hand drive -- maybe a Japanese import? :)
A completely bonkers image of Geraint Wyn Davies with vampire fangs from the TV show FOREVER KNIGHT.
A fight scene in the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster, depicting a Driver judo-throwing a bad guy, disarming his M4 rifle, while another Driver's supercar flies through the air behind them, landing on the open ramp of the cargo bay.
An image of the Cutter's Deck, showing the Jack of Blades: a scoundrel holding a pair of blades.
Art for the third Ride or Die adventure, "Lupi Di Roma" depicting a chaotic vehicle chase / battle between the hero drivers and a motorcycle hit squad on the Spanish Steps in Rome.
Mitchell the tuxedo cat, doing a big stretch while napping on the couch.
Mitchell the cat: a gray/black and white tuxedo cat with a black nose, snuggling on a blanket, getting a chin scritch with his eyes closed.
Artwork for Ride or Die adventure "Aces High" depicting a group of Drivers pursuing a large cargo plane as it attempts to take off on a runway. An anti-tank missile streaks by one of the cars, narrowly missing it, while another car flies through the air, landing in the cargo bay o the plane.
Artwork for the first Ride or Die adventure, "Full Steam," depicting a heist crew attacking a moving train at sunset while pursued by police and followed by their extraction helicopter. An off-road vehicle is flying through the air over the train while the passenger leaps from the car to the train roof. Another vehicle charges ahead of the train while its passenger fires an assault rifle backwards from the side window at the cop car.
A work-in-progress image of the Ride Or Die character sheet, showing the core abilities (Fast, Furious, Cunning, Cool) as well as spaces for your Driver's Ride, Talents, Achievements, and Bonds (starting with your Bond with La Familia -- your friends, family, and crew).
The cover art for RIDE OR DIE, a Paragon system game. It depicts a variety of action scenes inspired by The Fast & The Furious movies, including a sports car flying through the air, bisecting and exploding the tail boom of an attack helicopter.
The movie poster for SORCERER, depicting a truck on a rope bridge in a rainstorm, about to slide off the side.
Exterior shot of a gas station and garage, early evening, with golden light spilling out from the open garage door.
Willem Defoe in a bar scene, wearign a motorcycle jacket and holding a cigarette
The cover for Disney's SPOOKY BUDDIES movie, a supernatural mystery in the Air Bud franchise.
Mitchell, a dark gray and white tuxedo cat, lounges on his blanket on the couch.
Title screen for Peter Weir's film PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.
Jeffery Combs as Doctor Mordrid.
A coffee mug in the video game Dead Take which reads "Lampblack Productions."
A coffee mug in the video game Dead Take, which reads "Lampblack Productions."
Bill Hader baffled shrug
Mitchell the tuxedo cat (with gray and white markings and a black nose) reclines on his back on his blanket with his front paws stretched out in front of him.
The record cover for Black Sabbath's album, Paranoid, featuring a psychedelic, multi-exposure photo of a swordsman in pink and blue hues.
The album cover for Black Sabbath's debut album, sitting atop a record player.
A graphic from Daggerheart depicting the 9 Domain icons, arranged in a stylish circular motif with a gold-leaf finish on a deep blue-purple background.
Laurence Fishburne as Cowboy Curtis.
The box art for GAMMA WORLD 2nd Edition (1983) featuring a rampaging robotic tank.