Keith Parkinson passes away

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 28, 2005, 7:39 pm

Wasn't really sure which forum to put this in, but I thought it was worth mentioning seeing as how he did the cover art for all the EQ boxes we all owned. I know at one point he was the art director over at Vangaurd, but I'm guessing with this illness that was some time ago. Anyways, here's the link.

http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » October 28, 2005, 7:46 pm

Fairly certain he was still the Art Director up until his passing, maybe not in the office but defintely in effort- but that's not the point here.

Keith Parkinson was a great artist, and a man who has truly contributed to the gaming and art worlds. He will be missed.

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » October 28, 2005, 10:34 pm

Keith will be missed greatly. He was a remarkable man and someone I was priviledged to both work with and know on a personal level. He affected so many beyond those that personally knew him and approached life with vigor and happiness that is so rare.

Noysyrump · Post by **Noysyrump** » October 29, 2005, 5:30 pm

has always been one of my favorite Fantasy artworks. Its been on my hardrive since i ever owned such a thing beeing my desktop more often than any other single pic.

He will be missed.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » October 29, 2005, 8:19 pm

He will be missed and I hope his success in work brought him the ability to experience as much of life as possible before he left it behind for new worlds.

Mak · Post by **Mak** » October 29, 2005, 9:16 pm

I got to meet him at GenCon a few years ago and got him to sign the print I bought. He was very gracious and personalized it to me, and it's hanging up in my office even now.

Rest in peace, sir.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 30, 2005, 2:55 am

In appreciation of his artwork:

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 30, 2005, 5:34 pm

Great Artist that will be missed!

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » October 30, 2005, 10:10 pm

Im saddened by this loss, in tears actually. I loved his worked, truly truly terrible.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 31, 2005, 2:38 am

For those that enjoy comic art, you might want to take a look at this thread:

http://www.veeshanvault.org/forums/view ... 374#289374

I posted a .cbr file there with a bunch (500+) of Al Rio sketches.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » October 31, 2005, 9:44 pm

http://www.vanguardsoh.com/forums/showt ... genumber=1

Brad wrote a nice peice on him here