Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

Todd Lockwood

MisCon 38 Featured Professional

Todd Lockwood is an illustrator and author, whose work has appeared on NY Times best-selling novels, magazines, video games, collectible card games, and fantasy role-playing games. It has been honored with multiple appearances in Spectrum and the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, and with numerous industry awards. Always known for the narrative power of his paintings, Todd's debut novel, "The Summer Dragon" was released by DAW Books to rave reviews, named by B&N and Amazon both on their shortlist of "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels of the Year." View his art at http://www.toddlockwood.com or get chummy at https://www.facebook.com/artoftoddlockwoodIn 1994, he attended Worldcon, his first science fiction convention, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, taking some of his Asimov's covers and some other work to show to artists and art directors in hopes of making contacts with people in the science fiction and fantasy publishing world. "It was a revelation! ... I met other artists and saw so much amazing work. I met Michael Whelan, who responded very favorably to the black and white work I had done, particularly Cerberus." Lockwood began illustrating cards for Chaosium and Phil Foglio's XXXenophile card game, and soon his friend David Martin suggested him to an art director at TSR, the publisher of the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. In 1997, Wizards of the Coast acquired the TSR properties and moved Lockwood and his family to Washington state. Working for Wizards, he continued to work on the D&D line and on Magic: The Gathering.
Lockwood produced art for the Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms, and Dragonlance campaign settings, as well as cover art for novels based on the Forgotten Realms setting. His work is included in the book Masters of Dragonlance Art. Lockwood also became the Vice President of ASFA (the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists), which sponsored the Chesley Awards for fantasy art at the World Science Fiction Convention. In 1999, he helped to redefine the look of the Dungeons and Dragons game for the Third Edition release. In 2002, after Hasbro bought Wizards of the Coast, Lockwood returned to freelancing.
He and his wife and

Web site: http://www.toddlockwood.com/

Scheduled Panels and Presentations:

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(Tentative)

• Fri 2:00 - 2:50 PM, Meet the Artists, Dragon Pavilion (1)
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: John Barba, Justin Barba, Michael Brugger, Rob Carlos, Dragon Dronet, Tony Gregori, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Cait May, Sean Ricks, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Jeff Sturgeon, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Lacy Zee (Vox Moxxi)

  Here's your first opportunity to meet and hang out with MisCon 37's artists. You can talk art, ask questions, have a cup of coffee (or something stronger), get things signed, whatever you want. Just come hang out.

• Break Fri 2:50 - Sat 3:00
• Sat 3:00 - 3:50 PM, Artist Pictionary, Ballroom C
  Moderator: Jean Carlos; Panelists: Stan! Brown, Jean Carlos, Rob Carlos, Todd Lockwood

  Watch our artists play a vicious game of Pictionary against each other.

• Sat 4:00 - 4:50 PM, AI: the Good, the Bad, the Apocalyptic Part 1, Dragon Pavilion (1)
  Moderator: Peter Wacks (pjwacks); Panelists: Kyle Elliott (Big Kyle), Paul Jenkins, Todd Lockwood, Peter Wacks (pjwacks)

  ChatGPT. BardAI. Dall E. Midjourney AI. Let's discuss Artificial Intelligence. Will it destroy the world as we know it? Will it usher in a new golden age? We could just as the AI, I suppose . . .

• Break Sat 4:50 - Sun 11:00
• Sun 11:00 - 12:50 PM, Artists' Corner, Dungeon
  Panelists: John Barba, Michael Brugger, Rob Carlos, Tony Gregori, Todd Lockwood, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Jeff Sturgeon

  Hang out with some of MisCon's artists as they draw, paint, or play around with whatever catches their interest. Want to bring your own art materials and make your own stuff? Please do. Want to ask questions about anything art-related? Now is your chance. Just want to eat a sandwich and watch Rob Carlos draw some awesome dragons? Come have a seat. This is an informal hangout session--come and go as you like, or drop in for a few minutes between panels.

• Sun 1:00 - 1:50 PM, Dark Forest Creature Mash-Up, Ballroom C
  Moderator: Todd Lockwood; Panelists: Tony Gregori, Todd Lockwood, Sean Ricks, Nikki Rossignol McCoy

  Come help our artists create forest creatures on the fly. They will draw/sketch/paint creatures of the Dark Forest based on the traits/parts given by the audience and see what comes out. We'll draw attributes from some sort of fairy hat.