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Wayne Reynolds is a
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
artist whose work has appeared in
comics a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...
and
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.


Early life and education

Wayne Reynolds was born in
Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...
, UK. He attended art college in Dewsbury and Middlesbrough.


Games

Wayne Reynolds has continued to produce interior illustrations for many ''
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 ...
'' books and ''
Dragon A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...
'' magazine since 1999, as well as cover art for '' Deep Dwarven Delve'' (1999), '' Reverse Dungeon'' (2000), '' Complete Warrior'' (2003), and several books for the
Eberron Eberron is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') role-playing game. The game is set primarily on the continent of Khorvaire following a vast destructive war. Eberron is designed to accommodate traditional ''D&D'' elements an ...
campaign setting. He has also produced artwork for many other games including '' Pendragon'' (
Chaosium Chaosium Inc. ( ) is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fic ...
), ''
Rolemaster ''Rolemaster'' (originally ''Role Master'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1980. The game system has undergone several revisions and editions since then. Description ''Rolemaster'' is a fantasy ...
'' (
Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''R ...
), and the ''GameMastery'' line (
Paizo Publishing Paizo Inc. (; originally Paizo Publishing) is an American role-playing game publishing company based in Redmond, Washington, best known for the tabletop role-playing games '' Pathfinder'' and '' Starfinder''. The company's name is derived from ...
), and illustrated cards for the '' Magic: The Gathering''
collectible card game A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. The genre was introduced with ''Magic: The G ...
and the video game ''
Hearthstone ''Hearthstone'' is a 2014 Online game, online digital collectible card game, digital collectible card video game produced by Blizzard Entertainment, released under the free-to-play model. Originally subtitled ''Heroes of Warcraft'', ''Hearthsto ...
''. Reynolds has also produced numerous covers for the ''
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game The ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'' is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) that was published in 2009 by Paizo Publishing. The first edition extends and modifies the System Reference Document (SRD) based on the revised 3rd edition ''Dungeons ...
''. In 2014, Scott Taylor of '' Black Gate'', named Wayne Reynolds as #2 in a list of The Top 10 RPG Artists of the Past 40 Years, saying "Since he started getting covers, his artwork has gone on to champion two of the largest gaming lines and companies the genre has ever known."


Comics

Reynolds has also done work on British comics, in particular at '' 2000 AD'' on stories like ''
Sláine Sláine (sometimes anglicized as Slaine) is an Irish language, Irish given name. People Notable people with this name include: * Slaine (rapper), hiphop MC from Boston * Sláine ingen Briain (fl. 1014), daughter of Brian Boru and wife of Sigtryg ...
'', and ''
Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazi ...
''. He also worked with 2000 AD creators on ''
Warhammer Monthly ''Warhammer Monthly'' was a comics anthology published by Games Workshop's publishing arm, Black Library, from March 1998 to December 2004, running to 86 issues in total. The final two issues were published bi-monthly under the name ''Warhammer Co ...
'' on the stories '' The Redeemer'' and '' Kal Jerico''.


Historical art

From 2000 to 2004, Reynolds did artwork for
Osprey Publishing Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history formerly based in Oxford. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company p ...
's series of historical reference books.


Bibliography


Comics

Comics work includes: *''
Sláine Sláine (sometimes anglicized as Slaine) is an Irish language, Irish given name. People Notable people with this name include: * Slaine (rapper), hiphop MC from Boston * Sláine ingen Briain (fl. 1014), daughter of Brian Boru and wife of Sigtryg ...
'' (with
Pat Mills Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...
): ** "The Banishing" (in '' 2000 AD'' #1108-1109, 1998) ** "The Triple Death" (in ''2000 AD'' #1111, 1998) *'' The Redeemer'' (with Pat Mills/ Debbie Gallagher,
Black Library The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing List of Black Library novels, novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) ...
, in ''
Warhammer Monthly ''Warhammer Monthly'' was a comics anthology published by Games Workshop's publishing arm, Black Library, from March 1998 to December 2004, running to 86 issues in total. The final two issues were published bi-monthly under the name ''Warhammer Co ...
'' #16 (prelude), 18, 20, 22, June–September 1999, tpb, 96 pages, 2000, , included in tpb, 104 pages, 2003, ) *''
Pulp Sci-Fi '' 2000 AD'' is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine first published in 1977, which serialises stories in each issue. Although most noted for its ''Judge Dredd'' stories, it has published many others. Stories A ''Absalo ...
'': "Endangered Species" (with Kek-W, in ''2000 AD'' #1171, November 1999) *''
Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazi ...
'': ** "The Triple Death" (with Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #1182, March 2000) ** "Dead Ringer" (with John Wagner, in ''
Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content L ...
'' vol. 3 #66, June 2000) ** "Flippers" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 4 #7-8, February–March 2002) *''
Tharg's Future Shocks ''Tharg's Future Shocks'' is a long-running series of short strips appearing in the British weekly comics, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' since 1977. The name originates from the fictional Tharg the Mighty, editor of 2000 AD and the book t ...
'': "Dwellers in the Depths" (with Steve Moore, in ''2000 AD'' #1206, August 2000) *'' Kal Jerico'' (with
Gordon Rennie Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for '' Warhammer Fantasy''. In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate ...
, in ''Warhammer Monthly'' #28-29, 31, 34, 36-37, 45, 56-59, 63-66, March–April, June, September, November–December 2000, August 2001, June–September 2002, December 2002 - March 2003, early stories collected in ''Kal Jerico II: Contracts and Agendas'', 54 pages, 2001, , those and more included in ''Kal Jerico: Underhive Bounty Hunter'', Necromunda series,
Black Library The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing List of Black Library novels, novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) ...
, 176 pages, 2005, ) *'' Mean Machine'': "Support Yore Local Bastich" (with Gordon Rennie, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 3 #75, March 2001) *'' Missionary Man'': "Silence" (with Gordon Rennie, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 3 #77, May 2001) *''Crimson Tide'' (with Gordon Rennie, in ''Warhammer Monthly'' #86, December 2004)


Artbooks

* ''Dungeons & Dragons: The Art of Wayne Reynolds'' (2010) * ''Visions of War: The Art of Wayne Reynolds'' (2013)


Notes


References


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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, Wayne Artists from Leeds Living people Role-playing game artists Year of birth missing (living people)