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<blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 1400421" data-attributes="member: 3854"><p>"Why do all the adventurers in 3e look like they're wearing bondage or S/M clothing?"</p><p></p><p>"Much of the new artwork (with notable exceptions such as swekel and sardinha) has more modern influence - tattoos, black leather, spikes, punk hairstyles, emaciated monsters."</p><p></p><p>"As far as I'm concerned, no suit of spike-covered semi-punk armor is ever going to be nearly as evocative as the classic knight in plate."</p><p></p><p>When some people complain about the new edition of D&D, the artwork style is usually one of the first things pointed at. Even though the appreciation of art is very subjective, and everyone has differing tastes, some things can be objectively discussed. The above comments for instance, taken from just one thread today.</p><p></p><p>Not just in the above quotes, but just about any comment on D&D art mentions spikes, tattoos, piercings, and punk/goth style. Why don't these items jump out at me when I'm looking through the D&D books. Interestingly, I'm not big on spikes, tattoos, piercings, and anything punk or goth, myself. And I would think that if the D&D books are full of such things, I would have noticed and been annoyed.</p><p></p><p>So, where exactly are all the images of characters with the above mentioned ornamentations? Just thinking over in my mind, I know the iconic paladin has a "tattoo" on her arm (though I beleive it is mentioned as a brand somewhere in the books). The iconic sorcerer has some kind of weird legging buckles fetish thing. And a character in the DMG has some tattoos. </p><p></p><p>When I get home tonight, I think I will look through the books again and actually count the illustrations and see just how many actually have the above "problems". I'm betting this is another case of a bunch of people spouting off something they've seen someone else say, without actually knowing what they are talking about.</p><p></p><p>And I can look over my old books as well -- if I remember correctly, Erol Otus was the master of spikiness.</p><p></p><p>Quasqueton</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quasqueton, post: 1400421, member: 3854"] "Why do all the adventurers in 3e look like they're wearing bondage or S/M clothing?" "Much of the new artwork (with notable exceptions such as swekel and sardinha) has more modern influence - tattoos, black leather, spikes, punk hairstyles, emaciated monsters." "As far as I'm concerned, no suit of spike-covered semi-punk armor is ever going to be nearly as evocative as the classic knight in plate." When some people complain about the new edition of D&D, the artwork style is usually one of the first things pointed at. Even though the appreciation of art is very subjective, and everyone has differing tastes, some things can be objectively discussed. The above comments for instance, taken from just one thread today. Not just in the above quotes, but just about any comment on D&D art mentions spikes, tattoos, piercings, and punk/goth style. Why don't these items jump out at me when I'm looking through the D&D books. Interestingly, I'm not big on spikes, tattoos, piercings, and anything punk or goth, myself. And I would think that if the D&D books are full of such things, I would have noticed and been annoyed. So, where exactly are all the images of characters with the above mentioned ornamentations? Just thinking over in my mind, I know the iconic paladin has a "tattoo" on her arm (though I beleive it is mentioned as a brand somewhere in the books). The iconic sorcerer has some kind of weird legging buckles fetish thing. And a character in the DMG has some tattoos. When I get home tonight, I think I will look through the books again and actually count the illustrations and see just how many actually have the above "problems". I'm betting this is another case of a bunch of people spouting off something they've seen someone else say, without actually knowing what they are talking about. And I can look over my old books as well -- if I remember correctly, Erol Otus was the master of spikiness. Quasqueton [/QUOTE]
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