Cover to Dragon #310 [wow!]

Kai Lord

Hero

• Jul 23, 2003

• #1

One of Elmore's best in recent memory. Nice work Larry.

 

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Kai Lord

Hero

• Jul 23, 2003

• #2

Nice:

 

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Christian Walker

First Post

• Jul 23, 2003

• #3

I like the cover. I just wish all that "splash text" was ditched. Go back to that old-school style, where the art, and only the art, dominated the cover.

 

Kai Lord

Hero

• Jul 23, 2003

• #4

I agree. I wonder how it would go over if they polybagged every issue and covered the plastic with all the busy splash ads and left the artwork clean.

At least they always reprint the full cover inside, sans the text.

 

PA

First Post

• Jul 23, 2003

• #5

Kai Lord said:

I agree. I wonder how it would go over if they polybagged every issue and covered the plastic with all the busy splash ads and left the artwork clean.

At least they always reprint the full cover inside, sans the text.

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The cover will always need at least the title of the magazine. For future reference, having the content clearly visible can also help. I think their reprinting the cover art inside without any text to spoil it is... well, the perfect solution.

And I do agree: the best Larry's I've seen in a while. His work for D&D 3e usually let me rather cold, but this one is closer in quality (in expressivity) to what he did for Dragonlance in the past.

Ah, and also: the other full-page art pieces in Dragon #310 (not from Larry) are also very good.

Very inspiring.

 

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Jody Butt

First Post

• Jul 23, 2003

• #6

Larry is the Man.

Now, if we could only get Dawn Murrin (D&D Art Director) to ditch the dungeonpunk/ear-ring/buckle-fetish crap, and the faux-tome book covers . . . .

 

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Artimoff

First Post

• Jul 23, 2003

• #7

Lately Dragon Mag. has used less then 100% of artists paintings. This issues cover is blown up a bit, as wellas the Westeros(sp.) cover image. I wonder why they are doing that. It would seem that they could get more blurbs on the covers if the just used the painting as is at 100%

P.S. the dark haired fighter looks like one of the employees at the Dunkin' Donuts across the street. It's her face exactly.

 

Andrew D. Gable

First Post

• Jul 23, 2003

• #8

Well, all things done and told, if I have to have the article headlines on the cover, I'd rather have ones like this that are at least nicely aligned and not AS intrusive as other issues.

And I'm really, really digging the six alternate paladins. Now all DnD needs to do is adopt a Green Ronin style approach, where it actually MATTERS what god you're a paladin of...this is getting closer.

 

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Iced Tea

First Post

• Jul 23, 2003

• #9

for some reason teh art seems 2e picturesque to me.

 

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Ranger REG

Explorer

• Jul 23, 2003

• #10

Iced Tea said:

for some reason teh art seems 2e picturesque to me.

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You mean less goth, less spikey than what you're used to?

I grew up with Larry Elmore's arts gracing almost every D&D products, even the 1980 Dungeons & Dragons boxed sets. Bringing him back is like a throwback to the good old days for me.

That and his female artworks are just as fine as Clyde Caldwell's, especially the sexy halfling rogue on the cover of Dragon last summer.