Todd Lockwood

Todd Lockwood, (July 9, 1957 - ) born in Boulder, Colorado, is a multiple-award-winning American artist specializing in fantasy and science-fiction illustration. Best known for his work on the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and for his covers for the books of R.A. Salvatore, his art has also appeared in books from Tor, DAW, and on magazine covers, including Asimov's, Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, Realms of Fantasy, Dragon Magazine, and Dungeon Magazine.^{[citation needed]}

Todd received his education at the Colorado Institute of Art, in Denver, Colorado, graduating in 1981 with the award for "portfolio par excellence," and went to work immediately in the design and advertising world. He spent the next twelve years toiling in relative obscurity, painting beer cans, satellite dishes, and other things that he found "mind-numbingly boring". In 1990, when an agent in New York chewed him out for being hospitalized, he started to plot his escape.

In 1994, he attended his first Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, just to see if he could make some contacts with the people that did the "interesting work". A door was opened that would lead to a staff position in 1996 with TSR, the makers of the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. In 1997, Wizards of the Coast acquired the TSR properties and Todd moved his family to Washington State, where he continued to work on the D&D line and on Magic: the Gathering. In 1999, he helped to redefine the look of the popular Dungeons and Dragons game for the Third Edition release. In 2002, after Hasbro bought Wizards of the Coast, Todd returned to freelancing.

His work has been honored with multiple appearances in Spectrum and the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Twelve Chesleys, including one for Artistic Achievement, two prestigious World Fantasy Art Show awards, and numerous other industry awards. He and his wife and three children reside in Washington state. His first art book, "Transitions", from Chrysalis books (U.K.), was released in September of 2003. You can see his work at his website.

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