Contributors

Otherwise known as friends of Ruminant Productions, the following people have us helped out in some form or fashion and we’d like you all to go take a look at what they can do (and what they did for us!) Keep an eye out for info on how you can contribute too.

Art & Graphics

Kythera of Anevern

Vanished Lands Mail Man

Kythera of Anevern is a freelance artist who contributed a lot of hard work and time to several of our products, the most prominant being the Storyteller Archive Vol 1. She has worked created art for several other games in the RPG industry and we are happy to have worked with her. You can find out more information about her at her website at Anevern.com.

Cindy Kinnard

Vanished Lands Female Feral

Cindy Kinnard is a freelance artist and costumer designer based out of California. She has contributed several pieces of artwork to the Storyteller Archive Vol. 1 and we are very happy to have some of her work! You can check out some of her other work here. She also co-runs an awesome blog about “bad” horror, Creepy Kitch.

Liz “GORNAK THE DESTROYA” Chesterman

Vanished Lands Turtle Leviathan SketchLiz Chesterman is one of our few artistic contributors who has worked on multiple products here at Ruminant Productions. Sadly we can’t showcase everything she has worked on but we are happy that she helped us out with the artwork in the Storyteller Archive Vol. 1. Liz is a freelance artist. You can find her online portfolio here and her main website here.

“Bad” Andy Baldwin

Andy is a good friend of the Ruminant Productions team and has got quiet an eye for the photograph. He is primarily responsible for the covert and back cover art for the Storyteller Archive Vol. 1 as well as giving us some concept photography.

Concept Photography for Vanished LandsVanished Lands Concept Photography

Chad Shaw

Chad Shaw is a photographer based out of Texas who came in to do some photographer for ads for our books.  He is contactable via email here.

Anne Ward

Anne Ward is a freelance graphic artist based out of Texas and another good friend of the Ruminant Productions team. Her primary contribution is the Ruminant Productions logo you see at the top of the page. She also regularly consults on graphical design issues regarding marketing and branding issues we regularly face.

Website

Paged Media

Paged Media helped get our website off the ground and continues to offer us help and advice in all things WordPress and website related.  They’re the reason why everything here doesn’t look like something the cat designed and dragged in. They regularly create and maintain website for authors and we were really lucky to get some of their time and help. For more information about them you can find their website by clicking here.

Sancho & The Cepheid.org Admins

On the back end is our good friend Sancho and all the admins that help run Cepheid.org, the host of the website you are currently viewing. Without them you’d have nothing to read here!

Recent Posts

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  • The Hard Time Diaries, Jane, Day 8

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  • Happy Storyteller Day

    That right folks, today is the day you show your Storyteller, Game Master, Dungeon Master, or whatever you call that guy that makes your character’s lives miserable some appreciation for helping you create some awesome stories.

    So treat your Storytellers to lunch, or even better, run a one-shot for ‘em.

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    Howdy Folks.
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    Howdy Folks. Happy New Year!

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    And what …

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