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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5759981" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>[MENTION=52734]Stormonu[/MENTION], that Thor drawing is just a great picture--I forgot about it (<em>Deities & Demigods, </em>if I remember correctly?). Is that Roslof or Jeff Dee? Can't remember (I'm not home so I can't check).</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, I remember conversations about the 3E art over a decade ago and there was a common complaint that the soul had gone out of the art, that Todd Lockwood's art was a bit stiff and lifeless. It seems that 4E has similar complaints, although they are more to do with what Morrus was talking about: spike-a-palooza, ninja-kewlness, and "dungeon-punk." Basically what I think is a rather unholy and excessive WoW and anime influence.</p><p></p><p>What seems to be lacking from WotC for 10+ years is art direction, and I mean <em>art. </em>Someone who can see the difference between the dynamic liveliness of Frank Frazetta and the technically brilliant but rather lifeless Boris Vallejo approach. </p><p></p><p>It may not even be the fault of the arts, really, as they may have been commissioned for a certain type of art--still figures, snippets here and there, rather than action scenes. This, again, has to do at least as much with art direction than the actual artists that are employed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5759981, member: 59082"] [MENTION=52734]Stormonu[/MENTION], that Thor drawing is just a great picture--I forgot about it ([I]Deities & Demigods, [/I]if I remember correctly?). Is that Roslof or Jeff Dee? Can't remember (I'm not home so I can't check). Anyhow, I remember conversations about the 3E art over a decade ago and there was a common complaint that the soul had gone out of the art, that Todd Lockwood's art was a bit stiff and lifeless. It seems that 4E has similar complaints, although they are more to do with what Morrus was talking about: spike-a-palooza, ninja-kewlness, and "dungeon-punk." Basically what I think is a rather unholy and excessive WoW and anime influence. What seems to be lacking from WotC for 10+ years is art direction, and I mean [I]art. [/I]Someone who can see the difference between the dynamic liveliness of Frank Frazetta and the technically brilliant but rather lifeless Boris Vallejo approach. It may not even be the fault of the arts, really, as they may have been commissioned for a certain type of art--still figures, snippets here and there, rather than action scenes. This, again, has to do at least as much with art direction than the actual artists that are employed. [/QUOTE]
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