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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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Daztur

#15
August 06, 2014, 09:48:14 PM
Diterlizzi is awesome but these days I'm more and more drawn to the art that looks like it was made by a woodcut.

Critias

#16
August 06, 2014, 09:59:47 PM
Elmore did so many covers and other iconic images it's hard for me not to default to his work as my mental image for a great many settings.
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YourSwordisMine

#17
August 06, 2014, 11:21:18 PM
I cant really put it into words, but this is D&D to me



I don't think I've seen any other piece of artwork that comes close to capturing that feeling I get when looking at this piece.


There are other pieces by Elmore, Parkinson, and Caldwell that really sum up certain aspects of D&D, but the above by Elmore ties it all together.
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August 07, 2014, 12:40:32 AM
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Sacrosanct

#19
August 07, 2014, 12:55:37 AM
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;776940I cant really put it into words, but this is D&D to me


I don't think I've seen any other piece of artwork that comes close to capturing that feeling I get when looking at this piece.


There are other pieces by Elmore, Parkinson, and Caldwell that really sum up certain aspects of D&D, but the above by Elmore ties it all together.

Not enough diversity.


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Omega

#21
August 07, 2014, 02:29:14 AM
BX had a big influence on me personally and by coincidence was just going through my old portfolio and found this practice piece.



Bemusingly the comics by Dee in various comic books was another point of interest in D&D art to me.

Dee, Willingham, Byrne, Golden and the original artist for Captain Canuck early on instilled in my a drive for very clean lines in art.

Jacques, Trampier, Wham and Pillsbury were other influences.

TSR was blessed with alot of great artists.

I am somewhat 50/50 on Otis' art. Some I like, some are meh. But I really enjoy his very organic style and usually clean lines.

Shipyard Locked

#22
August 07, 2014, 06:43:43 AM
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Wow, hadn't seen this one before. One of the better Elmores to me personally. I especially like all the sharp contrasts of color/imagery going on and how angelic and vulnerable these particular heroes look. Not every delver is a gritty brooding badass (not that there's anything wrong with those either).

Kiero

#23
August 07, 2014, 06:58:02 AM
I don't really care about the art, I only notice it when it's shit. Like the "dungeonpunk" aesthetic that afflicted much of 3.x's run, or anything anime-style.
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#24
August 07, 2014, 07:45:49 AM
I'll confess that I hadn't put a lot of thought into D&D art until recently. I appreciated it, but didn't think about how each version of the game (and many campaign worlds) is (are) somewhat identified by a particular art style.

OD&D is full of B&W line art, as is much of the early AD&D. (Except for hardback book covers.)

Dark Sun is all Brom.

Dragonlance is Elmore.

3E gets into a sort-of anime look with spiky hair and such.
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#25
August 07, 2014, 07:50:00 AM
In fairness that pic is white as hell even for an Elmore painting.
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#26
August 07, 2014, 07:52:05 AM
The first thing that pops into my mind is the red box cover Elmore did.

Opaopajr

#27
August 07, 2014, 09:37:58 AM
God I loved the Deities and Demigods book as a child. "And visions of Cthulhu & Pyaray dance in their heads." That and Jeff Dee loves exposed thighs and ankle flares. Perhaps the only thing that really grabs me about Tunnels and Trolls to this day.

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#28
August 13, 2014, 03:58:21 AM
I hadn't realized how much I'd missed good art in a D&D rulebook until I saw the 5e PHB. It makes a huge difference to experience of reading the rulebook, to see art that evokes the imagery of the campaign.
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#29
August 15, 2014, 01:03:15 PM
A few years ago I answered that question in a blog post, "The face of D&D".
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