Jim Holloway (artist)

James Holloway (died June 28, 2020) was an American artist of fantasy and science fiction illustrations whose work appeared in role-playing games, on the cover of Dragon, and on the covers of board wargames.

Jim Holloway was self taught in illustration, although he was able to study some oil paintings by his father.

[1] Jim Holloway produced interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine starting in 1981, as well as cover art for The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror and Dungeonland (1983),[2] and Mad Monkey vs. the Dragon Claw (1988), the Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space boxed set (1989), and Ronin Challenge (1990).

Holloway was the original artist for the Paranoia role-playing game, the first edition of MechWarrior (1986), and also did the cover for Tales from the Floating Vagabond from Avalon Hill.

He also created the opening and closing animation sequences for the video game Beyond Shadowgate.