Kevin Long
Kevin Long is an American graphic artist best known for his airbrush paintings and black-and-white illustrations in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He was a principal artist in Palladium Books from 1986 until 1995 and served as one of the original contributors to the Rifts role-playing game (RPG) series.
Kevin Long
- Born
- 2000
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- illustrator · television producer
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Kevin Long is an American graphic artist best known for his airbrush paintings and black-and-white illustrations in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He was a principal artist in Palladium Books from 1986 until 1995 and served as one of the original contributors to the Rifts role-playing game (RPG) series.
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Biography
Biography
Kevin Long grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan and attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, 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, Raven Software hired Long as a 2-D artist. He was responsible for some of the graphics in Hexen II: Portal of Praevus (1998), Heretic II (1998), Soldier of Fortune (2000), Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force (2000), Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002), and Quake 4 (2005). In 2007, Long was the Art Lead on Wolfenstein.
Role-playing game artwork credits
Role-playing game artwork credits
Works are listed in order of publication date within their respective categories.
Beyond the Supernatural
Beyond the Supernatural
• [Out of Print] – Interior art. • [Out of Print] – Additional text and ideas, interior art and photographs. • – Interior art.
Heroes Unlimited
Heroes Unlimited
• [Out of Print] – Coauthor, cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • – Additional text and concepts, interior art. • – Interior art. • – Cover art. • – Interior art. • – Coauthor, interior art.
Macross II
Macross II
• [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art.
Nightbane
Nightbane
• – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art [uncredited].
Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game
Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game
• [Out of Print] – Coauthor, additional art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • – Interior art. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art. • – Interior art. • – Additional text and concepts, interior art.
Rifts
Rifts
• Core • [Out of Print] – Interior art and paintings. • – Interior art, Rifts logo design. • World • – [Out of Print] Cover 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 [uncredited]. • – Cover art; interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art. • – Interior art. • – Interior art. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Contributing artist. • – Interior art. • Dimension • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Cover and interior art. • – Cover and interior art. • Source • [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art. • – Cover and interior art. • – Cover and interior art. • – Cover and interior art. • – Interior art. • – Interior art. • Conversion • [Out of Print] – Cover and additional art. • – Interior art. • – Cover and additional art. • – Interior art. • Other • – Cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Interior art. • – Cover and interior art. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art. • – Interior art. • – Interior art [uncredited].
Robotech
Robotech
• Illustration — Illustration of a Veritech Alpha Fighter in battloid mode, from The Robotech Role-Playing Game Book Five: The Invid Invasion (May 1988). • [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover and additional art. • [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover and additional art. • [Out of Print] – Additional text and ideas, cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • – Interior art.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art.
The Rifter
The Rifter
• [Out of Print] – Cover and interior art. • [Out of Print] – Interior art. • [Out of Print] – Interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Cover art; interior art [uncredited]. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art [uncredited]. • – Interior art. • – Cover and interior art. • – Cover art. • – Cover art. • – Interior art. • – Interior art. • – Interior art.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
• [Out of Print] – Cover art. • [Out of Print] – Cover, armour, castle, and additional art. • – Interior art. • – Additional art. • – Interior art. • [Out of Print] – Cover art. • – Interior art [uncredited].
Shadowrun
Shadowrun
• (SKU 7322) [Out of Print] – Interior art. • (SKU 7906) [Out of Print] – Interior art. • (SKU 7910) – Interior art. • (SKU 10662) – Interior art.
Other games
Other games
• – Interior art.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
2000
Kevin Long born.
Reception
In 2014, Scott Taylor of Black Gate, named Kevin Long as Honorable Mention in a list of The Top 10 RPG Artists of the Past 40 Years, saying "Robotech, even above Rifts in my mind, reflects the soul of Palladium, and over the course of three decades Long's work has helped bring the fabled Japanese animation series into the forefront of American science fiction role-playing." In his 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, RPG historian Stu Horvath reviewed the multi-genre role-playing game Rifts and noted, "The real star of Rifts art is the clean, technical line work that Kevin Long provided for the game's first five years. He does a masterful job making all of the disparate elements seem cool and cohesive — magic and tech and high tech and super-high-tech and psionics and animal people and faction and after faction — and so many skulls!"
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- 1.User: Erick Wujcik. Thread: Kevin Siembieda apologizes. RPGnet tabletop roleplaying forum. Skotos Tech. Post 134. May 9, 2004.
- 2.Siembieda, K. Erick Wujcik's health is in fast decline. Forums of the Megaverse: Murmurs from the Megaverse. Palladium Books. June 6, 2008.
- 3.Accardo, S. The Art and Design of Quake 4. GameSpy. IGN. May 6, 2005.
- 4.GameFly. Developer Bio: Kevin Long. MobyGames. September 15, 2007.
- 5.Raven Software. Staff Detail: Kevin Long. Raven Culture—Our People.
- 6.Art of the Genre: The Top 10 RPG Artists of the Past 40 Years – Black Gate. 12 February 2014.
- 7.Horvath, Stu. Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground. MIT Press. 208. 2023. 9780262048224.
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