Zines from Below

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Jamie Douglas - illustrating, making zines and stuff for ttrpgs https://www.jamie-douglas.com/ https://jamie-douglas.itch.io/ https://www.patreon.com/c/ZinesfromBelow

A dark, wild, cartoony illustration of a spiny purple dragon looming over two cowering robed supplicants, framed by chains,
Various sketches of a demon called a Calcabrina, sort of a human steamroller with organic and mechanical parts.
Screenshot of a conversation about Calcabrinas in an AMA by creators of the Demonic Grimoire, in the Necrotic Gnome discord.
Vibrant, purple, red, grey and black hellscape. A twisting maze of passages and stairways enters the belly of a huge armored figure's hollow chest, the inside of which is lit by a red lava glow. Nefarious creatures wander the space, including: -a flying eyeball -emaciated, pointy eared creatures -a mysterious hooded figure in a tattered robe, carrying a staff. Purple lighting crackles across a black sky, illuminating ghastly, craggy mountains. Fanciful hand-lettered text that looks like glowing, pointy iron bars reads: OUT OF THE IRON LABYRINTH.
Fantasy art show poster by Chris Visions
Photo of a battered sketchbook spread flat so you can see the front & back covers, decorated with spray paint, paint markers and stickers. The spine is labeled with the starting date, June ‘25.
Colorful and cartoony mixed media art of robed figure[s] traversing a snaking path through lush plants and chaotic blotches of color and mark-making.
Cartoon city-scape of a settlement, hanging from the interior of a ruined structure in a forest. Plumes of smoke curl towards holes in the ceiling. Pouring through, sunbeams illuminate dust motes and the swaying rope bridges which connect platforms and buildings. Tiny mice can be seen traversing the bridges. The illustration is rendered in monochromatic teal, black and white.
Photo of a sunlit cafeteria in a corporate office building
A wheel of spot illustrations of a variety of animal NPCs from THE BARON'S GRIP.
Ink drawing of a wonky twisting dragon with five legs.
Open sketchbook with two plastic toys sitting on the oage, a bee and a lizard. The page is covered in notes and scratchy line drawings in ballpoint pen of both toys from various angles.
Beat up paperback copy of LEGENDS FROM THE END OF TIME by Michael Moorcock, published by DAW. The cover features a tangled blob of colorful, eccentric characters against a black background.
Cover illustration for THE BARON’S GRIP
Isometric sketch of a temporary science classroom trailer’s inside.
Pencil sketches of mice adventurers up to their waists in water, exploring a ruined temple with frog motifs carved in stone.
Pencil sketch for the cover of Twisting Old Wounds, an adventure module made as an entry to the Appendix N. Jam.
Cover artwork by Nate Treme for his ttrpg FAR, Fantastic Adventure Rules, on a home-printed zine copy. The illustration shows two giant d6s sitting in a cartoon landscape of trees and plants, with some kind of high-tech structure nearby. A cat peeks out of a pip on the upper d6, a figure peers out of the tech-tower's window. Foliage grows out of a broken-down car.
Pile of handmade postcards showing a green and black cartoon dragon stomping on a little town, with bubble letters reading "HAIL, PUNY MORTALS!" and neon pink splatters.
Sketchbook drawing of Lynda Barry
Three panel line drawn cartoon, arranged vertically: 1. An artist (man with beret) and a Nazi military officerenter a conservative of trees. 2. A conservative of trees. 3. An artist exits a conservative of trees. Maybe he's not an artist, maybe he's a Frenchman? That just occurred to me. Cartoons often rely on stereotypes and the reference points of their audiences!
Screenshot of an email, including the cover of 'Diet of Worms ' zine.
Black and white pencil sketches of groups of monsters
Final sketch for the cover of In Ruins
simple drawings showing different composition options for fantasy scenes in a castle, with brainstormed lists of descriptive words
A colorful TTRPG rules booklet: "In Ruins, A Dungeon building game by M. Allen Hall." Some stickers are arrayed next to the book on a cutting mat. The book cover shows a cartoon skeleton swinging on a chain over a long feast table, confronting a kobold holding a spear and sticking out it's forked tongue with a surprised expression. In the background, a banner patterned with playing card suits waves from the ceiling, and a slime monster advances from under an archway.
Handmade illustrations of an over world map and a dungeon map, showing the process from start to finish
Rpg Zines and books: Solo Dark, Knave 2e, Worldwizard
Dungeon delving RPG zines on a table
Pile of pocket mod zines and handmade booklets
A pocket mod booklet with a drawing of an adventurer sitting on a graph paper notebook filled with notes about a gane design