"[1] Raupp developed an interest in art during childhood, and began playing the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game while in high school.
Tim Kask, who was then the editor of Dragon, happened to see some of my science-fiction and fantasy pieces, and told my art teacher to have me bring in a portfolio.
[4] Roger Raupp worked as an interior artist for Dungeons & Dragons books including the first edition hardcovers Unearthed Arcana and Oriental Adventures.
[5] Raupp began "going by the name 'Rudy Didier Rauben'" about a year after WotC acquired TSR,[6] describing it as "more of an AKA scenario",[7] though he'd later refer to it as a "legal name change".
[6] He said in an interview with James Curcio (originally published on Alterati.com), he felt disillusionment about commercialism in art in the gaming industry, "After a year or so of that ... coupled with a brutal divorce, I shaved my head, renounced my vanity, legally changed my name and just wandered off.