Artists at Sheer Spec

Writers & Editors

Arcane Noire. We have a number of great, diverse writers on our team for our dieselpunk-inspired, urban investigators. Find out more about them and all the other great projects they’re working on.

  • A. A. Voigt is a biracial American writer and TTRPG enthusiast who lives in southern Indiana. His work has been featured in Ghost Heart Literary Journal, Interstellar Flights Magazine, and the Story Engine Deck. You can find him on Twitter @aaronsxl, listen to his podcasts about media and Christianity @mortifiedpod and @TheBibleBoys, and play his games at aaronsxl.itch.io.
  • Armanda Haller is an Argentinian TTRPG designer who has written the solo games Paranoid Android and Cordelia Needs A Kingdom. She’s is currently working on Nornir, a GM-less game for 3 players where Elder Futhark are used as the oracle for the game; and Santes Populares, a solo journaling game about the life of a Folk Saint. She has started a program in which she translates one-page TTRPGs by marginalized designers for free. You can follow her on Twitter @armandah17 and find her published works at her itch.io account.
  • Basil Wright is a Black, Indigenous, queer writer who lives in Florida with their sibling. They love puns, fantasy novels, and psychology. Their stories almost always have at least one magical inanimate object that becomes very animated, very fast. Twitter: @kobanya_kana Website: https://towerofbasil.wordpress.com/
  • Cassidy Lane is a freelance writer, avid gamer and proud nerd. She recently transitioned from writing about games to writing for them. Her background is in print and broadcast journalism where she covered politics, crime and education. You can catch her on Twitter @wrathfulacorn.
  • Cody Garett Wells (he/him) is a TTRPG creative and lover of all things that are nerdy fun! A father of four kids and husband to an amazing wife, Cody tackles his ADHD and Depression one word at a time.
  • Dani Belonia (he/they) is a South American amateur game designer and writer. He currently lives in Brazil, but has plans to move to the US in the near future. Dani has an interest in weird magic, native culture focused stories, and everything that strays away from the classic Gygaxian fantasy. You can find them on Twitter @dani_belonia and on itch at danolibel.itch.io.
  • Evan Fenner
  • Jeff Grapevine is a writer and lover of stouts living in Minnesota. He has an MFA, loves St. Bernard’s, and obsesses over the use of fantasy tropes. You can find him on Twitter @GrouchoWan1.
  • Jhenne Tyler (she/her) is a Bay Area based writer, illustrator, storyteller, and magical Black 30-something who’s recent collabs include Pixelberry Studios Choices, Sanguine Games’ ABYSS, and just, so many zines. You can find her inane thoughts in tweet-form at @jtbtweetin, and though her writing is currently sprinkled about the wild, she hopes to centralize it on her momentarily-artalicious website JhenneTyler.com soon.
  • Katrina Waldman (She/Her) is a Bi writer, lover of all things Folklore, and all round nerd. She has recently begun her journey writing in the TTRPG space and has loved becoming embedded in such a supportive, caring community. You can find her on Twitter @LoreMistress93 and she also runs a blog which can be found at www.theloremistress.co.uk in which she reviews TTRPG releases, and creates her own real-world inspired content for D&D 5e.
  • Lorien Paulson
  • Tal Woodblaze is a freelance writer and designer of TTRPGs. You can find all his links here https://linktr.ee/TheGamersRest

Plight of the North Sky. Our epic fantasy game is largely written by our lead designer, J. Boone Dryden.

Visual Artists & Graphic Designers

Arcane Noire. The art for this game is truly unique and strives to fit in with the wonderful aesthetic of dieselpunk meets city tour book. These great artists are helping create that.

  • Acid Arrow (Sara Beaman) is a disabled, nonbinary, traditional media illustrator from Durham, NC, who has been playing TTRPGs since they were seven. Sara specializes in working with alcohol markers and colored pencil, and they especially enjoy illustrating for fantasy. You can follow Sara on Twitter @acidarrowart.
  • Leon Plontsch is a character artist and animator from Frankfurt, Germany. Currently a 5th semester animation student! You can find their portfolio here.
  • Paul Vincent Rudolph is a UI/UX Designer by day and a TTRPG designer by night. He runs Table Cat Games and is a Pinnacle Games Ace licensee that is currently working on his first setting for Savage Worlds, Street Wolves. Follow him on Twitter @tablecatgames, Instagram @tablecatgames, or check out the TCG website www.tablecatgames.com.

Plight of the North Sky. The Fate Deck of our epic fantasy game is a vital element of the mechanics and the lore. The art that is being created for it truly brings it to life.

  • “Bojankles”