Eric Hotz is a freelance artist and illustrator based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
Hotz studied archaeology and art history in college and has worked extensively as an illustrator at excavations and for field reports. For five years he was employed by Columbia Games Inc, before leaving to pursue further education. Since 1992 he has been a freelancer, working for TSR, White Wolf, and Wizards of the Coast.
He currently sells papercraft building models and silkscreened gaming mats from Hotz ArtWorks.
Credits[]
All credits are for interior art unless otherwise specified.
- 2003 DAV: Road of Heaven
- 2002/December 9: DAI: Dark Ages: Inquisitor Rulebook
- 2002/September 2: DAV: Dark Ages Europe (cartography)
- 2002/July 15: DAV: Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook (interior art and cartography)
- 2001/November 12: VTDA: Iberia by Night
- 2001/June 11: VTDA: Bitter Crusade
- 2000/July 24: MTAs: Blood Treachery
- 1999 VTDA: Cainite Heresy
- 1998/July: MTSC: Crusade Lore: The Storytellers Screen and Book
- 1998/June: CTD: Kingdom of Willows
(under the mis-spelled "Eric Holtz") - 1998/January: VTDA: Transylvania Chronicles I: Dark Tides Rising
- 1997 CTD: Isle of the Mighty (map)
- 1997 VTDA: Libellus Sanguinis 1: Masters of the State
- 1996/May: VTM: Chicago Chronicles Volume 1
- 1996 VTM: Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire
- 1994 VTM: Clanbook: Ventrue
- 1993 MTAs: Technocracy: Progenitors
- 1993 WTA: Rage Across the Amazon (maps)
- 1992: ArM: Parma Fabula: The Ars Magica Storyguides Screen (Color Map)
- 1992: ArM: Ars Magica 3rd Edition (Color Map)
- 1991 VTM: The Succubus Club (cartography)
Special Thanks[]
- 1992: ArM: More Mythic Places : Eric “A book so nice I mapped it twice.” Hotz, for always being there when he’s needed.
- 1991/December: ArM: Mythic Places : Eric “I’ve got three projects going now, but I’ll have your maps done next week.” Hotz, for having a superhuman scheduling capacity.
- 1991/November: ArM: Black Death : Eric “If you leave your name at the sound of the tone...” Hotz, for having a very… unique… answering machine message.
- 1991/October: ArM: Medieval Bestiary : Eric “Jack-of-all-trades.” Hotz, for mastering so many art forms and juggling them all at one time.
- 1991/July: ArM: A Winter's Tale : Eric “Just what does your handwriting say here?” Hotz, for piecing together some very rough map sketches.
- 1991/June: ArM: The Pact of Pasaquine : Eric “How do you want me to draw these castles?” Hotz, for some really nice cartography, and for putting up with our communication problems.