I was doing paintings before they were even writing about the setting. Brom contributed to all of TSR's game and book lines, particularly the Dark Sun setting: 'I pretty much designed the look and feel of the Dark Sun campaign. hired Brom on full-time in 1989 at the age of 24. By age twenty-one, he had two national art representatives, and was doing work for such clients as Coca-Cola, IBM, CNN, and Columbia Pictures. To me it's not so much the genre but the way it's done, and you have to admire his technique.' Career Īt the age of 20, Brom started working full-time as a commercial illustrator. Rockwell isn't the kind of inspiration most people expect from me, but he just painted things so well. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell as influences on his style: 'Okay. So you can say they taught me.' Brom cites the work of Frank Frazetta, N.C. 'I wouldn't exactly call myself self-taught, because I've always looked at the work of other artists and emulated what I liked about it.

I got called Brom all the time as a kid, and it just stuck.' īrom has been drawing and painting since childhood, although he had never taken any formal art classes. Brought up as a military dependent he was known by his last name only, and now signs his name as simply Brom: 'I get that asked more than just about any other question. Army pilot he spent much of his early years on the move, living in other countries such as Japan and Germany (he graduated from Frankfurt American High School), and in U.S. Early life īrom was born March 9, 1965, in Albany, Georgia.

Gerald Brom (born March 9, 1965), known professionally as Brom, is an American gothic fantasy artist and illustrator, known for his work in role-playing games, novels, and comics.

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