D&D General Art in D&D

[doctorbadwolf]

Well, the artist (or whoever labeled the picture) clearly knows very little about halflings. I mean, straight red hair? Everyone knows halflings have curly brown hair! I think the problem with depictions of halflings in D&D art for some time, if not since the beginning, is the moving away from the way Tolkien described them, which results in their being somewhat unrecognizable.

The 4e halfling was pretty easily recognizeable tbh.

 

[Oofta]

The Vagabond, a student-run magazine at Indiana University, published three of her stories when she was a student there. The three short stories, all with a fantasy theme and all credited to "Catherine Moore", appeared in 1930/31.[1] Her first professional sales appeared in pulp magazines beginning in 1933. Her decision to publish under the name "C.L. Moore" stemmed not from a desire to hide her gender, but to keep her employers at Fletcher Trust from knowing that she was working as a writer on the side.

There is a long, long history of women being discriminated against in fields that they aren't "supposed to" be in. Pointing out one exception to the general rule doesn't change that.

Beyond that, this is getting into territory not appropriate for this forum.

 

[Oofta]

The 4e halfling was pretty easily recognizeable tbh.

I actually have some sympathy for artists trying to do halflings for D&D. The furry barefoot look is Tolkien's hobbits which only sort of describes halflings.

I mean, take a look at this picture. What race is this? If it wasn't labeled halfling I wouldn't know what race it was. The ears are ever-so-slightly pointy, but within the realm of half-elf or even human. There's just no one thing that distinguishes them other than being small.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I actually have some sympathy for artists trying to do halflings for D&D. The furry barefoot look is Tolkien's hobbits which only sort of describes halflings.

I mean, take a look at this picture. What race is this? If it wasn't labeled halfling I wouldn't know what race it was. The ears are ever-so-slightly pointy, but within the realm of half-elf or even human. There's just no one thing that distinguishes them other than being small.

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Ya know what tho, in the context of playing 4e and being familiar with the art, I never had any trouble seeing an image while skimming thru a book and knowing it’s a halfling.

 

[Oofta]

Ya know what tho, in the context of playing 4e and being familiar with the art, I never had any trouble seeing an image while skimming thru a book and knowing it’s a halfling.

I guess the image I posted just doesn't scream "halfling" if I saw it out of context. On the other hand, I'm not sure how much it matters. It's more just an observation that most other races have a distinguishing look and feel to them that's lacking in halflings.

On the other hand I prefer 4E's depictions over 5E's which is done in an exaggerated style that doesn't seem to match the rest of the book.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I guess the image I posted just doesn't scream "halfling" if I saw it out of context. On the other hand, I'm not sure how much it matters. It's more just an observation that most other races have a distinguishing look and feel to them that's lacking in halflings.

On the other hand I prefer 4E's depictions over 5E's which is done in an exaggerated style that doesn't seem to match the rest of the book.

Yeah, the way halflings stand out in 5e is just...not great.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Isn't it fun that the female body and its representation has become a political battlefield?

I'm male and proud of it, and I like beautiful feminine women.

Woke feminism, with all its "toxic masculinity" nonsense, is weakening both masculinity and femininity. Yeah, feminism damages women. Bad, very bad.

Surely this crosses one of the rules on politics... there isn't a single word about D&D here....

 

[Umbran]

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