First let's start with some words from Johan Nohr (Mork Borg, CY_Borg, etc.) cover artist on the Netcrawl RPG main rulebook and a photo from Art By Nohr showing some early iterations of the cover.
Netcrawl in Art By Nohr
Artist Statement: Johan Nohr
The Netcrawl cover art is a high-contrast, high-speed freefall through the violent glitch hells of the cyberdungeons, straight into the the hungering arms of whatever horrors lurk in their depths. We referenced my previous work on CY_BORG and aimed for something that spelled digital danger and a descent into ruin.
I presented the main composition with the falling character quite early, but it took a while to nail down the final mood. We talked about making it look dangerous and high speed. The first direction I took, however, was a bit too calm and minimal, so we switched it up and added more discord and twisted noise. This is why I think it's important to have an active conversation with the author, so that you both get on the same page. Looking back, even though I appreciate the first, calmer direction, I really think the final version takes the cake and grabs you more into the image. Pretty happy with it!
For the Netcrawl logo, I wanted it to look glitchy and low res, like a missing image link or a too scaled-up badly damaged JPG file.
Three Weeks to Go!
It has been an absolutely amazing 9 days! We have funded and quickly knocked out several stretch goals (on the first day). More stretch goals were added and soon to be conquered. Please keep the momentum going by sharing the project with your friends and audiences.
Join Us on Discord & Patreon!
That's right Netcrawl has both a Discord and a Patreon. Join them both for free!
Meanwhile over at Kickstarter, here's some other projects to back:
Overworld Omnibus for 5e and DCC RPG - TTRPG Monster Manual Don't Delay!Bloat Games is currently running a "Quickstarter" ending in 4 days! Overworld Omnibus collects the 5e and DCC RPG versions of Overworld, Nightworld, Pipeworld, Roboworld, and Space Station M zines into a large 8.5" x 11" Hardcover editions available in 5e or DCC RPG rules sets! The last 3 zines sound great for your Netcrawl RPG campaigns and sessions.
Against the Cult of the Hippie Commune The Netcrawl Theme creator Loot the Body is picking up the pen to craft a weird adventure against some filthy hippies. The launch on Kickstarter is eminent!. Tales from the Smoking Wyrm Issue 10 Blind Visionary Publications is ready to launch their 10th issue of Tales from the Smoking Wyrm on Kickstarter. Lots of DCC RPG goodies in every issue. You should also check out their Earth Crawl sci-fi TTRPG project on Patreon.
CROSS COLLAB ALERT
Hey scumdog-os, don't forget to back Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland: Deities and Demi-Bros Deities and Demi-Bros is the 250+ page godz supplement for Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland, packed full of Lawful wrestling gods and Khaotic eldritch nightmares best left under the bed. Deadly Dudez/Toxic Creeps is a manual of 100+ monsters for scumdogs of all levels. If you back both Netcrawl and Neon Lords you'll get a sweet bonus adventure from us both, Token Collect! Netcrawl has reached the funding goal to add more mini-adventures to Token Collect. We still need to unlock it over at Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland: Deities and Demi-Bros project!
Adventure By Poll
Are you playing? We just started the adventure after picking a class and a bonus skill. Check out the first part of Twin Split!
