Newton H. Ewell is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.

Early life

Newton Ewell was born in October 1962, in

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. Ewell was intrinsic to the Sci-Fi and Convention scene in and around the Washington D.C. Area in the 1970s and 80's, widely known for the rare talent for rendering detailed illustrations of starships and space stations and related Sci-Fi Fantasy matter.

Career

Newton Ewell has done artwork for the ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...

'' role-playing game, including interior art for the ''Treasure Maps'' set (1992), and was an interior artist for both SJR2 ''

Realmspace ''Realmspace'' (product code SJR2) is an accessory for the ''Spelljammer'' campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents This 96-page booklet describes the area of space near the planet Abeir-Toril, Toril of ...

'' (1991) and SJR7 ''

Krynnspace ''Krynnspace'' (product code SJR7) is a supplement published by TSR (company), TSR in 1993 for the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' that is a crossover between the ''Spelljammer'' and ''Dragonlance'' campaign settings. Description ...

'' (1992), as well as the '' War Captains Companion'' (1992). He also designed ships and created map art for SJR2 ''Realmspace''. Additionally, he has a design credit for both the MC7 '' Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix'' (1990), and the MC9 '' Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix II'' (1991), and was the author of HWR2 '' Kingdom of Nithia'' (1991). He also worked as an editor on projects such as '' Wild Things'' (1990), '' Vikings Campaign Sourcebook'' (1991),

Dark Sun ''Dark Sun'' is an original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (D&D) campaign setting set in the fictional, post-apocalyptic desert world of Athas. ''Dark Sun'' featured an innovative metaplot, influential art work, dark themes, and a genre-bending take o ...

's '' The Complete Gladiator's Handbook'' (1992), and AC1010 ''

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'' (1992).

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* 1962 births Artists from St. Louis Living people Role-playing game artists {{D&D-stub