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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8729798" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Some of the ugliest RPG books I have on my shelf are from the mid-2000 period. Lots of great looking books came out at that time, but this was also the d20 boom, where tons of people were cranking out books, and, perhaps because it was getting easier to self publish, there were a lot of books with poorly formatted art. I have a bunch of books with pixelated images for example because it looks like the correct resolution was not sent to the printer. Have many books with disjointed art (multiple styles of art that don't fit together). Some of the odder books have great art but bad composition (i.e. poor art direction not the fault of the artist). I am also not a huge fan of many of the color palettes from that period in general but personal preference aside, I have a lot from that period with pallets I think many would agree were terrible color choices.</p><p></p><p>When I go back and look at my books from the 80s and 90s, even stuff with art that isn't as good quality, usually at least looks cohesive. But a lot of the stuff people are labeling bad isn't, it is just a different style of art.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8729798, member: 85555"] Some of the ugliest RPG books I have on my shelf are from the mid-2000 period. Lots of great looking books came out at that time, but this was also the d20 boom, where tons of people were cranking out books, and, perhaps because it was getting easier to self publish, there were a lot of books with poorly formatted art. I have a bunch of books with pixelated images for example because it looks like the correct resolution was not sent to the printer. Have many books with disjointed art (multiple styles of art that don't fit together). Some of the odder books have great art but bad composition (i.e. poor art direction not the fault of the artist). I am also not a huge fan of many of the color palettes from that period in general but personal preference aside, I have a lot from that period with pallets I think many would agree were terrible color choices. When I go back and look at my books from the 80s and 90s, even stuff with art that isn't as good quality, usually at least looks cohesive. But a lot of the stuff people are labeling bad isn't, it is just a different style of art. [/QUOTE]
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