{"id":158328,"date":"2026-08-11T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/08\/11\/from-the-draft-to-dungeons-and-dragons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:10:43","slug":"from-the-draft-to-dungeons-and-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2026\/08\/11\/from-the-draft-to-dungeons-and-dragons\/","title":{"rendered":"From tanks and rifles to Dungeons and Dragons: Veteran\u2019s experience shaped game\u2019s famous artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/571951\/field-manuals-fantasy-realms-fort-knox-helped-launch-veterans-legendary-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Larry Elmore<\/a> became one of the artists behind Dungeons &amp; Dragons\u2019 popular imagery, he was drawing tanks and rifles for the U.S. Army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elmore has been drawing for as long as he can remember, but growing up in a family with limited means meant his family had to ration paper, he said in a conversation with Fort Knox Public Affairs Office reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/portfolio\/1830448\/savannah-baird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/portfolio\/1830448\/savannah-baird\">Savannah Baird<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Elmore was drafted into the Army after graduating with a fine arts degree from Western Kentucky University, the service gave him the resources to hone his craft, he told Baird. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce I got assigned, the Army saw my portfolio and realized I could draw just about anything from memory, so they put me on illustration work,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/571951\/field-manuals-fantasy-realms-fort-knox-helped-launch-veterans-legendary-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Elmore said<\/a> in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army changed the look of its field manuals in the 1970s to include more illustrations, and Elmore\u2019s talents were put to use. After studying objects, Elmore could retain their images and draw them from memory, including tanks and rifles, he told Baird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a God-given gift and I used it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elmore went to basic training and was stationed at Fort Knox. During his time there, he developed skills he had not learned in college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIllustrations in the \u201970s were just line work, pure ink \u2014 white and black, no grays \u2014 and they didn\u2019t teach you that in college. I developed those skills at Fort Knox,\u201d he said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After completing his two-year obligation, Elmore decided to stay on as a contractor, Baird reported. Around that time, a new employee joined the staff and introduced the team to Dungeons &amp; Dragons, changing Elmore\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite his initial hesitation, he began playing the game with his coworkers and quickly became hooked, calling it \u201cthe king of all games.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons was relatively new at the time, and its art was elementary, Elmore told Baird. He recalled that a fellow artist said he was going to submit his artwork to Tactical Studies Rules, or TSR, the company behind Dungeons &amp; Dragons, because \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/571951\/field-manuals-fantasy-realms-fort-knox-helped-launch-veterans-legendary-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">our art is much better than this<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elmore then decided to submit his own portfolio to TSR, which included drawings he had produced for the Army. Soon after, TSR offered to double his salary, hire his wife and move them to Wisconsin, the release stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elmore said he immediately shook the company representative\u2019s hand and told him, \u201cyou just bought yourself an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went on to create one of the most recognizable images in the game\u2019s history: the cover art for the famous \u201cRed Box\u201d set, which featured a warrior in combat with a red dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After six years at TSR, Elmore decided to move back to Central Kentucky and pursue freelance work for another 40 years, according to the Army\u2019s release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He recognizes the impact the Army had on his career as an artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was very lucky,\u201d he said in the release. \u201cSometimes, I think to be successful you have to be good, but 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