in Studio Art,[1] and moved to Lake Geneva, where she eked out a living as a graphic artist by holding down three part-time jobs simultaneously.
[1] In 1977, Mike Carr, one of the first employees of TSR, met Darlene, when he went to a local graphics shop to order brochures for Gen Con.
[11] This issue also carried the first episode of "Jasmine", her color comic strip about a princess whose realm was coveted by an evil prince.
Although reviews in Gameplay[13] and The Dragon were good - Merle Rasmussen wrote, "Jasmine incorporates a few old ideas with many new ones to create a fresh approach in card gaming.
[1] That same year, she left the world of fantasy artwork to enroll in Graphic Design at Indiana University, and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 1987.
After graduation, she and her first husband, Michael Price, moved to Plainville, Connecticut, where she was a freelance graphic artist and taught calligraphy and art classes.
However, he still had all of his own notes from his Greyhawk home campaign, and decided to publish details of the original castle and city in six volumes.
This 256-page hardcover book contained details of Gygax's original city, its personalities and politics, as well as a two-part fold out map of the area rendered by Darlene.
After the end of her first marriage, Darlene began a relationship with occult author Vincent Bridges, and for many years they lived in Mount Gilead, North Carolina.