« A huge green fierce snake bars the way ! », 1985 (uncredited artist) Game box illustration for #ColossalCaveAdventure, by Peter Gerrard on #AmstradCPC and #C64, Duckworth, 1985 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #interactiveFiction #textAdventure #adventureGame #ColossalCave

« Welcome to Adventure ! », 1979 by O'Neil (quite mysterious illustrator) Game box and manual illustration for #Microsoft #Adventure by Gordon Letwin on TRS-80, Microsoft, 1979 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #ONeil #ColossalCave #TRS80 #interactiveFiction #textAdventure #VRPG

« Zork I poster », 1981 by David Ardito (American illustrator, ?-?) Poster map of "Zork The Great Underground Empire", Infocom, 1981 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DavidArdito #Zork #Infocom #ZorkTrilogy #InteractiveFiction #VRPG #textAdventure #retrogaming

« Zork I Invisiclues », 1982 by David Ardito (American artist, ?-?) Back and front cover for #Zork The Great Underground Empire Invisiclues part II booklet, The Zork Users Group, 1982 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DavidArdito #Infocom #ZorkTrilogy #InteractiveFiction #VRPG

« L'Enchanteur Merlin », 1878 by Gustave Doré (French illustrator & painter, 1832-1883) Engraving for #OrlandoFurioso by Ludovico Ariosto (c. 1516), traduction A.J. Du Pays, Hachette, 1879 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GustaveDore #neogothicism #romanticism #Ariosto #Merlin

« The Incompleat Enchanter », 1979 by Peter Andrew Jones (British painter, b. 1951) Cover illustration for "The Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea" vol. 1 By #LSpraguedeCamp & #FletcherPratt, Sphere, 1980 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #PeterAndrewJones #CompleatEnchanter

« Alchemy and Academe », 1980 by Rowena Morrill (American artist, 1944-2021) Cover illustration for "Alchemy & Academe" by Anne McCaffrey, Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 1980 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #RowenaMorrill #AnneMcCaffrey #Wizard #Alchemy #AlchemyAndAcademe

« Merlin », c. 1985 by Gino d'Achille (British artist, born in Rome, 1935-2017) Illustration for "King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table" - unpublished #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GinodAchille #Merlin #KingArthur #RoundTableMyth

« The Garden of Adompha », 1938 by Virgil Warden Finlay (American artist, 1914-1971) Cover illustration for the novel of Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, April 1938 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #VirgilFinlay #WeirdTales #pulpFantasy #ClarkAshtonSmith

« Different World », 1978 by Tom Clark (American illustrator, 1950-2014) Cover illustration for "Different Worlds" magazine, issue #5, #Chaosium, Oct/Nov 1979 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TomClark #DifferentWorlds #DungeonsAndDragons #ADnD #TTRPG #FRPG #Pendragon #Runequest

« all of them quickly fell into a troubled sleep. », 1948 by Lawrence Sterne Stevens (American artist, 1884-1960) Cover illustration for "The Second Deluge", by Garrett P. Serviss in #FantasticNovels, July 1948 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #LawrenceSterneStevens #pulpFantasy

« Iblees on King's Solomon's Throne. », 1950 by Lawrence Sterne Stevens (American artist, 1884-1960) Illustration for "The Devil's Spoon" by Theodora Du Bois in #FamousFantasticMysteries, vol. 9 no 5, June 1950 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #LawrenceSterneStevens #pulpFantasy

« Boar Dwarf Army », 1990 By Gary Chalk (British artist, b. 1952) Illustration for "Fantasy Warlord Mass Combat Rules", by Ian Bailey and Gary Chalk, Folio Works, 1990 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GaryChalk #FantasyWarlord #wargame #miniatureswargames #oldhammer #warhammer

« The Tribes of The Earth Goddess Danu », 1989 by Simon Bisley (British artist, b. 1962) Painting from "Sláine, The Horned God" #3, by #PatMills, 2000 AD, 1989 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #simonbisley #slaine #slainemacroth #celticMythology #celticFantasy #heroicFantasy

«Nuada and The Collector of Lost Souls», 1978 by Jim Fitzpatrick (Irish artist, b. 1946) Original illustration for "The Book of Conquests", by himself, EP Dutton, 1978 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JimFitzpatrick #BookOfConquests #IrishFantasy #IrishMythology #CelticArtwork

« The Angry Dragon », 1983 by Jim Holloway (American artist, RIP 2020) Cover illustration for "Dragon" magazine #74, TSR Hobbies, June 1983 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DungeonsAndDragons #ADnD #JimHolloway #TTRPG #FRPG #DragonMagazine #roleplayinggames

« Inside The Temple of Apshai », 1985 by Ken Macklin (American illustrator, born 1954) Game box illustration for "Temple of Apshai Trilogy", #C64, #Atari8bit, #AtariST, #AppleII, #MacIntosh #VRPG, #Epyx, 1985 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KenMacklin #apshai #templeofapshai

« The black arrow sped straight from the string... », 1976 by #MikhailBelomlinsky (Russian artist, 1934-2020) Illustration for #TheHobbit by #JRRTolkien, first Russian version translation by Natalia Rakhmanova, 1976 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #Bilbo #Smaug #dragon #Bard

« The Princess Cymoril », 1970 by Philippe Druillet (French comics artist, b. 1944) Illustration for "La saga d'Elric le nécromancien", from #MichaelMoorcock 's saga, Ed. Pellucidar, 1971 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #darkFantasy #PhilippeDruillet #ElricOfMelnibone #Cymoril

« Dagon », c. 1978 by Philippe Druillet (French comics artist, born 1944) Features as cover illustration for HP Lovecraft's "Dagon" (French Ed.), J'ai Lu, 1978 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #darkFantasy #psychedelicFantasy #PhilippeDruillet #HPLovecraft #Dagon #Cthulhu

« Stealer of Souls », 1979 by Frank Brunner (American artist, b. 1949) Plate #5 of "Elric Portfolio", Looking Glass Prod., 1979 & cover for #Stormbringer RPG 1st Ed., #Chaosium, 1981 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #FrankBrunner #MichaelMoorcock #elricofmelnibone #FRPG #TTRPG

« Elric of Melniboné », 1979 by Frank Brunner (American artist, b. 1949) Illustration for his "Elric Portfolio", plate #7, Looking Glass Productions, 1979 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #FrankBrunner #MichaelMoorcock #Stormbringer #Mournblade #elricofmelnibone #EternalChampion

« Elric of Melniboné », 1982 (left) and 2021 (right) by Mike Mignola (American comics artist, born 1960) #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MikeMignola #MichaelMoorcock #ElricOfMelnibone #Stormbringer #EternalChampion

« Nikita and the Dragon », c. 1950-60 by Nikolaï Mikhaïlovitch Kotcherguine (Russian artist, 1897-1974) Illustration for "Микита Кожум'яка" (Nikita The Tanner), ukrainian fairy tale, c. 1965 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #NikolaiKochergin #bogatyr #byline #UkrainianFairyTale

untitled dragon's death, 1980 by Steve Oliff (American comics artist, b. 1954) Cover illustration for "Different Worlds" magazine, issue #8, Chaosium Inc., June/July 1980 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SteveOliff #DifferentWorlds #TTRPG #FRPG #roleplayinggames #ChaosiumInc

« Aura Battler Dunbine », 1984 by Noriyoshi Ōrai (Japanese master, 1935-2015) Original poster art for "Aura Battler Dunbine" anime series from Yoshiyuki Tomino, Nippon Sunrise, 1984 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #NoriyoshiOhrai #AuraBattlerDunbine #animeFantasy

« Joust », 1983 by Hiro Kimura (American artist, ?-?) Cartridge box cover illustration for Atari 2600/5200 videogame "Joust" Atari Inc., 1983 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HiroKimura #Joust #Atari2600 #Atari5200 #Atari #ArcadeArt #videogameFantasy

« Swordquest Fireworld », 1982 by Warren Chang (American artist, born 1957) Cartridge box cover illustration for Atari 2600 videogame "Swordquest Fireworld", Atari Inc., 1982 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #WarrenChang #Swordquest #Atari2600 #Atari #VRPG

« Island of the Lizard King », 1984 by Iain McCaig (American artist, b. 1957) Cover for Ian Livingstone's #FightingFantasy #7 adventure #gamebook Puffin Books, 1984 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #IanLivingstone #IainMcCaig #IslandOfTheLizardKing #TTRPG #FRPG #LDVELH

« Cthulhu Mythos », 1974 by Bruce Pennington (British artist, born 1944) Cover illustration for "Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos" Vol. 1, August Derleth Ed. Panther, 1975 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #BrucePennington #HPLovecraft #Cthulhu #CthulhuMyhtos

« Die Sünde » (The Sin), also known as « Lilith », 1893 by Franz von Stuck (German painter, 1863–1928) Oil on canvas, 95 x 60 cm, Neue Pinakothek, Munich #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #FranzVonStuck #romanticism #symbolism #darkFantasyArt

« La Mort et et Fossoyeur » (Death and the Gravedigger), 1885-1900 by Émile Martin Charles Schwabe (Swiss painter, 1866-1926) Pen and watercolor on paper, 78 x 56 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #CarlosSchwabe #romanticism #symbolism #darkFantasyArt

« La fiancée de Bélus», 1885 by Henri-Paul Motte (French painter, 1846-1922), student from Jean-Léon Gérome Oil on canvas, 178 x 122 cm, Museé d'Orsay, Paris #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HenriPaulMotte #academicism #mythologicalFantasy #JeanLeonGerome

« Fléau ! » (Scourge !), 1901 by Henri-Camille Danger (French painter, 1857-1937), student from Jean-Léon Gérome Oil on canvas, 181 x 145 cm, Museé d'Orsay, Paris #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HenriCamilleDanger #scourge #academicism #allegory #JeanLeonGerome

« Meerwunder und ſeltʒame Thier », (Chart of terrestrial and sea monsters) c. 1550-70 By Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (Swiss artist, 1525–1571) Handcoloured engraving for Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1544-1628) #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HansRudolfDeutsch #SeaMonsters

« Sfinxen » (The Sphinx), 1887-1907 by Georg von Rosen (Swedish painter, 1843-1923) oil on canvas, 280 x 365 cm #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GeorgvonRosen #neoclassicism #orientalism #MythologicalFantasy

« King Arthur Pendragon », 1985 by Lisa A. Free (American illustrator) Advertising illustration for "Pendragon" RPG, Chaosium, 1985 Appears in #DragonMagazine #104, Dec. 1985 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #LisaAFree #FRPG #TTRPG #Chaosium #Pendragon #KingArthurPendragon

« Emperor of Dreams », 1978 by Ned Dameron (American illustrator, 1943-2022) Cover illustration for "Emperor of Dreams: A Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography" by Donald Sidney-Fryer Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., 1978 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #NedDameron #ClarkAshtonSmith

« The Flesh Golem », 1994 by Stephen Fabian (American artist, 1930-2025) Illustration for AD&D "Ravenloft Van Richten's Guide To the Created" Teeuwynn Woodruff, TSR Inc, 1994 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #StephenFabian #ADnD #DungeonsAndDragons #Ravenloft #TTRPG #FRPG #Golem

« The Tower Of The Elephant », 1977 by Stephen Fabian (American artist, 1930-2025) Interior cover illustration of ”Conan Tower of the Elephant" portfolio House of Fantasy, 1977 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #StephenFabian #conan #REHoward #conanthebarbarian #SwordAndSorcery

« Conan series plate III », 1976 by Stephen Fabian (American illustrator, 1930-2025) Poster illustration for Fictionneer Books, 1976 Oil on canvas, 16" x 20" #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #StephenFabian #swordAndSorcery #Conan #ConanTheBarbarian #REHoward

« Conan series plate II », 1976 by Stephen Fabian (American illustrator, 1930-2025) Poster illustration for Fictionneer Books, 1976 Oil on canvas, 16" x 20" #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #StephenFabian #swordAndSorcery #Conan #ConanTheBarbarian #REHoward

« Red Moon Of Zembabwei », 1974 by Ron Miller (American artist, b. 1947) Cover illustration for a #Conan novel by #LSpraguedeCamp and #LinCarter, in "fantastic" magazine, vol. 23 №5 July 1974 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #RonMiller #SwordAndSorcery #psychedelicFantasy

« Homeland », 1990 by Jeff Easley (American artist, born 1954) Cover illustration for #TheDarkElfTrilogy №1 "Homeland" by #RASalvatore TSR/Penguin Books, 1990 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DungeonsAndDragons #ADnD #JeffEasley #TTRPG #FRPG #ForgottenRealms #DrizztDoUdren

« Under The Thumbs Of The Gods », 1975 by Stephen Fabian (American artist, 1930-2025) Cover illustration for the novel by #FritzLeiber, in "fantastic" magazine, vol. 24 №3, April 1975 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #StephenFabian #FafhrdandtheGrayMouser #swordAndSorcery

« The Mirrormere », 1974 by Tim Kirk (American illustrator, born 1947) Illustration fo the "The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1975 - July", Ballantine Books, 1975 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TimKirk #jrrtolkien #middleearth #LordOfTheRings #lotr #Dwarwes #hobbits #Mirrormere

"La Péri", 1865 by Gustave Moreau (French painter, 1826-1898) Pen on paper, drawing for enamel #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #gustaveMoreau #symbolism #romanticism

« Ahasuerus at the End of the World », 1888 by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (Hungarian painter, 1860-1933) Oil on canvas, 139cm x 228cm #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #AdolfHimeryHirschl #biblicalFantasy #MythologicalFantasy #romanticism #symbolism #darkSymbolism

« Tetsuo Shima on his throne », 1988 by Katsuhiro Ōtomo (Japanese master, born 1954) Title page illustration of "Akira" chapter 90, Young Magazine #24, Dec. 1988 #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #KatsuhiroOtomo #TetsuoShima #Akira #SFart

« Weapon X », 1991 by Barry Windsor Smith (British illustrator, born 1949) Finished unused cover illustration for the last chapter of #Wolverine #WeaponX Marvel, 1991 Pen and Ink, 11" x 16 7/8" on bristol board #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #BarryWindsorSmith #MarvelComics