AV2 Wondrous Lairs - art

[avin]

https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20090803

It's just me or the Gorgonblood Mortar looks like an oasis among 4E's more action oriented artwork?

Looks like some 2E updated artwork.

 

[Tallifer]

It is beautiful and evocative. I hope there is more art like it in the new book.

When I see another blustering musclebound monster roaring out of the page, it might illustrate the creature well enough, but it does nothing for my imagination. But when I saw this picture of the many-faced tree and the Arcadian temple in the wilderness, several different stories and backgrounds leapt into my mind.

 

[weem]

Yea, I really liked that one as well - very nice, and get's the imagination kickin'...

 

[avin]

Just noticed that the three has faces on it.

 

[frankthedm]

https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20090803

It's just me or the Gorgonblood Mortar looks like an oasis among 4E's more action oriented artwork?

Looks like some 2E updated artwork.

Looks like a magic card. [a good thing IMHO]

 

[Gothmog]

I agree, that piece of artwork is incredible. I remember the 4e preview books had a lot of art like this in them- non-action scenes that really captured the feel of a world. I wonder why WotC isn't using more of it in their books (hint, hint).

 

[Shroomy]

I agree, that piece of artwork is incredible. I remember the 4e preview books had a lot of art like this in them- non-action scenes that really captured the feel of a world. I wonder why WotC isn't using more of it in their books (hint, hint).

I think they have, in the DM books (I immediately think of one of my favorites, the silver dragon fishing for terapins off Totem Beach in the ECS). The player-focused books feature a lot of the action scenes.

 

[Tallifer]

Who painted this by the way?

 

[Dice4Hire]

A thread necromancer ?