I loved the first Equipment Subscription, and have made extensive use of it. This subscription only has a few equipment sets so far, but I've already used some of the new art in a published product, and I can't wait to see what comes next!

The two backgrounds with the knot design, I have used many times over the years in products and they are great. The wood-edged one, I just don't care for and have never used. I don't see anything wrong with it, so if you like it you shouldn't have any issues with it.

I've already used one of these designs in a product and I'm going to be publishing one soon using another. These interiors are a simply, cost-effective way of giving your pages a real professional look. I highly recommend them.

Feb 2020 addition to 2014 review: Since my initial review, I have used these backgrounds in many, many products with no significant issues. Highly recommended.

Of the single design page backgrounds, this one is probably my favorite. The colors are nice and have a solid contrast. My only complaint is the flowery design in the corner. If you put text over it it can be difficult to read. In the image for this product, the publisher gets around this problem by giving the text a VERY large space before putting text. But that is my only complaint and some light photoshop work can get around that. 4.5 out of 5.

At first glance this is really impressive. When you dive in and work with it, ... well the best description I can give this is sloppy. The top and bottom banners on the left and right and left pages are at different heights. Easy enough fix: delete one and copy and flip the one remaining (yes, I am actually recommending deletion of 1 of 3 files in this product). The banner at the top is great for placing logos or title of the book text. Unfortunately the center of that area does not match up with the center of light area meant for text nor does it match up with the center of the document. Some creative enlarging, cropping, copying the layer, and moving the new layer up to the bottom of your page height later and you can have it match up with the center of the document (but you'll be cropping out parts of the design on one side).

Then there's the triangle at the bottom center of the page. It would be perfect for placing a page number in it, only it is not big enough for a page nubmer unless you are making it really tiny. The center of it matches up with the top banner, so not with the center of the text area. So you have an arrow pointing to where a column is not.

Short of the long, I can't recommend this. Like I said above, this is sloppy. While it is not usable, there are others in this publisher's series of page backgrounds that are far better. I recommend them before this one. It is a pity, however. I like the color of the top and bottom banners with the page background. If these issues are addressed, it would definitely earn a higher rating.

This is a fantastic collection, high quality especially for the price! The shapes are unique and the definition is perfect.

The portraits are diverse, and are exactly what I needed for a DMs Guild product I am working on.

Cool set of bl/wh character illustrations that I use simply for my fantasy RPG character portraits. And while you can find free images using a Google search, I like to support artists. A few bucks isn't going to break the bank.

Most of the art is good or very good, with a "neutral" style that makes it usable in multiple kinds of publications.

My main criticism is regarding some pieces that display characters with an oversized head. Sometimes it's just a bit, sometimes it's very blatant. I counted around 1 out of 5 images with the problem. I assume it's a conscious stylistic preference on the artist's part. I'd prefer all characters with proportional heads and bodies.

Obviously the subscription lacks updates for a while, which is a shame. Hoping they get back to releasing new stuff. I got this at a discount, which made the deal very attractive to me, at just under 1.5 USD per piece. Sure I can't or won't use all images, but even at full price it's a reasonable deal, provided they live up to the 100 art pieces advertised.

These are some cool looking dwarves. I Love this style. I really wish there were more like it.

I'm a big fan of Rick's original goblin mega pack, but these illustrations are much better and even more horrifying. The Gobtaur and Spider Goblin are my favorites so far, and I can't wait to see what comes next!

All of the images included in this product are of good quality, but I have to say that I was quite disappointed to find that none of the items on the cover image are included. I would not have purchased if that had been clear, so I feel this practice was deceptive.

There aren't many covers in this format, and to get four in the pack is deligtful. Highly recommend, especially if your cover art can "pop out" of the center area.

Protip: if you want to make the center area larger, you can crop both halves and adjust accordingly! I can't do that with many of these cover projects!

These are some weird-looking monsters, exactly what I needed for my setting book!

I used a couple of these portraits for pregenerated characters in my minimalist RPG, they were perfect!