Dungeonpunk, and a pic I found today...

Zachary The First · May 22, 2007, 06:04:39 AM

....Done by none other than the esteemed Dr. Rotwang!

(EDIT: Pic wasn't displaying right, for some reason. Here's the link.)

Love this. Sums up my feeling on the 3e dungeonpunk-style of garb. Not a fan.

J Arcane · May 22, 2007, 07:52:26 AM

No worky.

Abyssal Maw · May 22, 2007, 07:59:01 AM

I had to paste the url in to see it.

Personally I love the Dungeonpunk aesthetic. Who can resist pants with so many buckles?

J Arcane · May 22, 2007, 08:04:41 AM

Quote from: Abyssal MawI had to paste the url in to see it.

Personally I love the Dungeonpunk aesthetic. Who can resist pants with so many buckles?

I still maintain that the most unrealistic aspect of Hennet the Sorceror isn't his clothes, but the fact that a sorceror could be that buff.

flyingmice · May 22, 2007, 08:13:55 AM

Ummm.... where's the link? I can't find it at all!

-clash

Zachary The First · May 22, 2007, 08:35:09 AM

Changed it. Funny, that. Pic was displaying fine this AM.

Drew · May 22, 2007, 08:45:37 AM

I don't really see it as a binary phenomenon. If D&D was the only game I played, then maybe I would.

flyingmice · May 22, 2007, 08:47:56 AM

Thanks, doc! That was beautiful!

-clash

Settembrini · May 22, 2007, 08:54:14 AM

Now, I just eBayed me myself nearly all of the 2nd Edition Splatbooks.

Let me just say it can get quite repetitive. There´s a wealth of Parkinson, Elmor, Easly and so forth artwork out there.
Culturally something as idiosyncratic as Dungeonpunk is something fresh and positive!

Abyssal Maw · May 22, 2007, 09:32:29 AM

Compared to the first edition bizarrity of Erol Otus and the superhero stylings of 1st Edition and Basic D&D artists like Tim Truman, Jeff Dee, and Bill Willingham...

2nd Edition was just boring by comparison. And even if I recognize the obvious skill of Parkinson and Elmore with their portrait style paintings and scenery backgrounds and all of that... It's obvious. They weren't really risk-takers artistically. They could paint a guy with a moustache on a charging steed, or a chainmail bikini. But it never looked bad-ass. It looked like something you might see painted on a van.

The 2nd Edition exceptions of course, were Brom, and later DiTerlizzi, who came in late, and pretty much epitomized dungeonpunk.

Dr Rotwang! · May 22, 2007, 10:11:01 AM

I just like the old stuff better. Like, some people like artichokes, and some don't.

:shrug:

Warthur · May 22, 2007, 10:28:40 AM

Quote from: Abyssal MawThe 2nd Edition exceptions of course, were Brom, and later DiTerlizzi, who came in late, and pretty much epitomized dungeonpunk.

Heck, I'd say he pretty much invented it.

jrients · May 22, 2007, 10:36:16 AM

Dungeonpunk as a fashion statement I don't really mind too much. Rather I object to the insistence on photorealistic art in D&D products.

Sosthenes · May 22, 2007, 10:54:53 AM

I don't mind the realism or even the piercings, nor the unhistorical armor. What really bugs me is the lack of _scenes_. Most of the time it's just a character by itself or with a monster. No epic vistas, no decent battles.
If the new artists do something like this, it definitely can be awesome. The composition of Wayne Reynolds is better than anything Larry Elmore ever did.

But the art direction doesn't let them. Yes, I know, free-flowing text makes the layouters erect 24 hours a day, but I'd rather have another rectangular blog with something worth seeing.

Zachary The First · May 22, 2007, 11:05:48 AM

Quote from: SosthenesI don't mind the realism or even the piercings, nor the unhistorical armor. What really bugs me is the lack of _scenes_. Most of the time it's just a character by itself or with a monster. No epic vistas, no decent battles.

You know, I think you may have hit upon a large part about what bugs me about it.