Kevin Long is a graphic artist best known for his

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paintings and black-and-white illustrations in the genres of

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

and

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. He was a principal artist at

Palladium Books Palladium Books is a publisher of role-playing games (RPGs) perhaps best known for its popular, expansive '' Rifts'' series (1990–present). Palladium was founded April 1981 in Detroit, Michigan by current president and lead game designer Kevin ...

from 1986 until 1995 and served as one of the original contributors to the '' Rifts''

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(RPG) series.

Biography

Kevin Long grew up in

Battle Creek, Michigan Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, Michigan, Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek River, Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle C ...

and attended the

College for Creative Studies College for Creative Studies (CCS) is a private art school in Detroit, Michigan. It enrolls more than 1,400 students and focuses on arts education. The college is also active in offering art education to children through its Community Arts Part ...

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, where he majored in advertising illustration. Upon graduating, Long worked in the local advertising industry. Having completed a five-year stint in his chosen profession, he was lured away by the artistic and creative freedom offered by Palladium Books. While there, Long built his reputation as one of the most popular illustrators in the role-playing industry. In addition to having created the dynamic look of various characters, vehicles, and equipment in ''Rifts'', he co-authored a number of other Palladium RPG titles. However, Long left Palladium in August 1995 for unspecified reasons. In October 1997,

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hired Long as a 2-D artist. He was responsible for some of the graphics in '' Hexen II: Portal of Praevus'' (1998), ''

Heretic II ''Heretic II'' is a dark fantasy action-adventure game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in 1998 continuing the story of Corvus, the main character from its predecessor, '' Heretic''. It is the fourth game in the '' Hexen: ...

'' (1998), '' Soldier of Fortune'' (2000), '' Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force'' (2000), '' Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix'' (2002), and ''

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'' (2005). In 2007, Long was the Art Lead on ''

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''.

Role-playing game credits

Works are listed in order of publication date within their respective categories.

Palladium Books

''Beyond the Supernatural''

* ut of Print– Interior art. * ut of Print– Additional text and ideas, interior art and photographs. * – Interior art.

'' Heroes Unlimited''

* ut of Print– Coauthor, cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * – Additional text and concepts, interior art. * – Interior art. * – Cover art. * – Interior art. * – Coauthor, interior art.

''Macross II''

* ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover art.

''Nightbane''

* – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art ncredited

''Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game''

* ut of Print– Coauthor, additional art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art. * – Interior art. * – Additional text and concepts, interior art.

''Rifts''

;Core * ut of Print– Interior art and paintings. * – Interior art, ''Rifts'' logo design. ;World * – ut of PrintCover and interior art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art. * – Additional text and ideas, cover and interior art. * – Additional designs and concepts, cover and interior art. * – Interior art. * – Additional concepts, interior art. * – Interior art ncredited * – Cover art; interior art ncredited * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art. * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art ncredited * – Contributing artist. * – Interior art. ;Dimension * – Interior art ncredited * – Cover and interior art. * – Cover and interior art. ;Source * ut of Print– Cover and interior art. * – Cover and interior art. * – Cover and interior art. * – Cover and interior art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art. ;Conversion * ut of Print– Cover and additional art. * – Interior art. * – Cover and additional art. * – Interior art. ;Other * – Cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Interior art. * – Cover and interior art. * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art ncredited

''Robotech''

* ut of Print– Cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover and additional art. * ut of Print– Cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Cover and additional art. * ut of Print– Additional text and ideas, cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Interior art. * ut of Print– Cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * – Interior art.

''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''

* ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover and interior art.

''The Rifter''

* ut of Print– Cover and interior art. * ut of Print– Interior art. * ut of Print– Interior art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Cover art; interior art ncredited * ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Interior art ncredited * – Interior art ncredited * – Interior art. * – Cover and interior art. * – Cover art. * – Cover art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art. * – Interior art.

Miscellaneous

* ut of Print– Cover art. * ut of Print– Cover, armour, castle, and additional art. * – Interior art. * – Additional art. * – Interior art. * ut of Print– Cover art. * – Interior art ncredited

''Shadowrun''

* (SKU 7322) ut of Print– Interior art. * (SKU 7906) ut of Print– Interior art. * (SKU 7910) – Interior art. * (SKU 10662) – Interior art.

Other games

* – Interior art.

Notes

References

External links

Kevin Long :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive
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