Eric Deschamps (born 1975) is a freelance and concept artist whose work has appeared in

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out ...

s, science fiction and fantasy books.

Career

Over the years, Deschamps has worked on various projects, including illustrations for popular publications such as Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Assembly, Vampire the Eternal Struggle by White Wolf, Decipher's Wars card game, Giant magazine, and Fantasy Flight's A Game of Thrones card game. His work has been recognised in publications including nine volumes of Spectrum, where he was awarded for best Contemporary Fantastic Drawing, Expose 2, where he received accolades for best digital drawings, and the silver award by the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. Deschamps' professional career began as a television graphic designer for

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...

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, where he was responsible for creating animated graphics for popular shows such as

NBC Nightly News ''NBC Nightly News'' (titled as ''NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas'' for its weeknight broadcasts ) is the flagship daily evening News broadcasting#Television, television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NBC television network ...

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, and

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. He was part of the Emmy award-winning design team for the

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and Salt Lake City Olympic Games.

Work

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' interior art for '' Sharn: City of Towers'' (2004), '' Explorer's Handbook'' (2005), '' Dragon Magic'' (2006), '' Complete Mage'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells'' (2006), '' Complete Scoundrel'' (2007), ''

Magic Item Compendium The ''Magic Item Compendium'' is a sourcebook written for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons v3.5, 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents The ''Magic Item Compendium'' contains over a tho ...

'' (2007), '' Expedition to the Demonweb Pits'' (2007), ''

Complete Champion ''Complete Champion'' is a supplement for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents Somewhat of a sequel to '' Complete Divine'', the book is geared for characters who fight for a cause. Publication hist ...

'' (2007), '' Rules Compendium'' (2007), and the fourth edition ''

Player's Handbook The ''Player's Handbook'' (spelled ''Players Handbook'' in first edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D'')) is the name given to one of the core rulebooks in every edition of the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') ...

'' (2008), ''

Manual of the Planes The ''Manual of the Planes'' (abbreviated MoP) is a manual for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. This text addresses the planar cosmology of the game universe. The original book (for use with ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st Edit ...

'' (2008), and '' Player's Handbook 2'' (2009). He is also known for his work on the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game.

Cover Illustration

d20 System The d20 System is a role-playing game system published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, originally developed for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The system is named after ...

: Critical Hit Deck, first edition (May 2007)

: Critical Fumble Deck, first edition (January 2008)

Pathfinder Pathfinder, Path Finder or Pathfinders may refer to: Aerospace * ''Mars Pathfinder'', a NASA Mars Lander * NASA Pathfinder, a high-altitude, solar-powered uncrewed aircraft * Space Shuttle ''Pathfinder'', a Space Shuttle test simulator Arts and ...

- Golarion: W3 - Flight of the Red Raven, first edition (May 2008)

World of Darkness ''World of Darkness'' is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with ''Vampire: The Masquerade'', ''Werewolf: The Apocaly ...

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Inferno, first edition (July 2010) d20 System: Critical Fumble Deck, second edition (February 2010) d20 System: Critical Hit Deck, second edition (February 2010)

Fallen is Babylon, first edition (June 2010) D&D5 - Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition: DM Screen Eberron, first edition (January 2020) Ellis and Pathseeker (Dragon Storm 3) (2022)

Other Illustrations

An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron Shadowrun: Increase Shadowrun: Increases Pathfinder: Beginner Box Pathfinder: Bestiary 2 Pathfinder: Bestiary 2 Box Pathfinder: Monster Box 2 D&D4 - Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition: The Book of Vile Darkness D&D4 - Dungeons and Dragons The Forgotten Kingdoms: Campaign Guide D&D4 - Eberron: Campaign Guide Pathfinder - Golarion: Campaign Setting D&D3 - Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition: Complete Champion D&D3 - Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition: Complete Mage D&D4 - Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition: Core Rulebook Collection GURPS - Transhuman Space: Toxic Memes The World of Darkness: Innocents

References

External links

Eric Deschamps' website
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