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D&D art, what does it mean to you?

Started by Sacrosanct, August 06, 2014, 05:47:45 PM

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jeff37923

#105
August 18, 2014, 12:55:48 AM
The more I think about it, the more I believe that I would have trouble envisioning the Dark Sun setting without Brom's artwork. Just look at the pic of the Belgoi below and see how evocative it is of life on Athas.

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Omega

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August 18, 2014, 02:32:01 AM Last Edit: August 18, 2014, 02:37:42 AM by Omega
Quote from: jeff37923;780639The more I think about it, the more I believe that I would have trouble envisioning the Dark Sun setting without Brom's artwork. Just look at the pic of the Belgoi below and see how evocative it is of life on Athas.



Your image wouldnt load. This the one?


The interior art by Baxa on the other hand... ugh. One of the few artists Im not a fan of.

LibraryLass

#107
August 18, 2014, 03:08:06 AM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;780633"D .80" seems to be the turning point.  Man that dude put out a lot of art that year.  But TSR was putting out a ton of stuff around that time.  I imagine the artists were tapped to the max so they had others do some work.  When people point out bad art, they're usually pointing to something Sutherland did, and I don't recall much of his work after the first 3 core books in the 70s.

And then they went crappy art again with Rules Cyclopedia.  Ugh, that stuff looks really amateurish.

Actually I like a couple of the pieces in the RC.

But a lot of it does suck.
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jeff37923

#108
August 18, 2014, 04:34:56 AM
Quote from: Omega;780650Your image wouldnt load. This the one?

That's the one. Thank you.


Quote from: Omega;780650The interior art by Baxa on the other hand... ugh. One of the few artists Im not a fan of.

Yeah, that stuff just left me cold.
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Black Vulmea

#109
August 18, 2014, 06:05:04 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;780523ICE had Angus McBride in their arsenal and wasn't afraid to use him. That guy's artwork was genius.
He was also a frequent illustrator for Osprey's militaria books. Great artist.
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Matt

#110
August 18, 2014, 11:43:39 AM
Quote from: jibbajibba;780632...but they did have good artists, Jeff Dee was working for them when he was 18 in the 70s and they had Otus et al. I am sure that they could have tapped up a few other art school kids that Dee knew as well who would work for very little.

Otus as an example of good art? If you say so.

Omega

#111
August 18, 2014, 11:52:51 AM
Quote from: Matt;780719Otus as an example of good art? If you say so.

I like some of his art. And some I dont. His paintings tend to be very good. Its his BW art thats all over the place.

This though is pretty common. I know a few professional artists whos art only shines when they actually paint or colour it.

Sacrosanct

#112
August 18, 2014, 12:07:26 PM
Quote from: Matt;780719Otus as an example of good art? If you say so.

I thought it was excellent.  His unique style brought a creepiness to D&D that was really, really good.
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Omega

#113
August 18, 2014, 01:37:47 PM
One artist I'd have liked to have seen do a D&D book illustration is Richard Corben. His cover for Beyond the supernatural and a few of the Fighting Fantasy books is about all I can think of him doing in the RPG/game realm?

Haffrung

#114
August 18, 2014, 01:52:59 PM
Quote from: Omega;780753One artist I'd have liked to have seen do a D&D book illustration is Richard Corben. His cover for Beyond the supernatural and a few of the Fighting Fantasy books is about all I can think of him doing in the RPG/game realm?

Weird. On Saturday night one of my buddies was flipping through the new PHB, commenting favourably on the art, when he said:

"It's too back they didn't have Richard Corben do some of the art. I always loved the Den comic in Heavy Metal."

The early 80s were a great time for sword and sorcery artwork. Heavy Metal and Epic were full of the stuff. For my tastes, it's too bad TSR went with a different (more tame) look for D&D.
 
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