D&D 5E About the artwork...

[Urriak Uruk]

a blond elven Shang Tsung painted by 12 year old?

Obviously the piece is not to your personal taste, but this is honestly really insulting to the artist. If my 12 year old could make paint that elf that well, he would be well on his way to being a terrific artist.

Can you, an adult, paint anything nearly as good?

 

[Horwath]

Obviously the piece is not to your personal taste, but this is honestly really insulting to the artist. If my 12 year old could make paint that elf that well, he would be well on his way to being a terrific artist.

Can you, an adult, paint anything nearly as good?

why is it insulting to say that you think someones work is a bad job?

Yes, it's personal opinion and you should take it as such. But to me, clearly it needed much more work and talent for 1st art than the 2nd one.

Also, I do not have to be Lewis Hamilton to say that in comparison to Tesla, Yugo45 is a piece of sh#t car.

But, if you care only about cheap price and going from A to B, then it does it's job, not a good one, but it does.

Same as the 2nd art, it does it's job of describing how the artist want to present how an elven(half-elven) ranger could/should look like. Just not very good.

when I see the sword in 2nd art, I do not see some magic sword, I see cheap Calimacil foam sword

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

why is it insulting to say that you think someones work is a bad job?

It’s not. Comparing the work of a professional artist to something an untrained kid would make, however, is insulting and childish. There are more dignified ways to express an opinion.

 

[Older Beholder]

It was a strange thread in the first place.

The art in the upcoming book looks great, so here's a thread where people can make fun of art from the PHB from 6 years ago? Really?

Saying something likes an acid trip (When it doesn't) is an insult.
Saying something looks like it was done by a 12 year old (when again, it really doesn't) is an insult and usually an easy comment to pick someone that has no understanding or appreciation of art.

 

[Horwath]

It was a strange thread in the first place.

The art in the upcoming book looks great, so here's a thread where people can make fun of art from the PHB from 6 years ago? Really?

Saying something likes an acid trip (When it doesn't) is an insult.
Saying something looks like it was done by a 12 year old (when again, it really doesn't) is an insult and usually an easy comment to pick someone that has no understanding or appreciation of art.

haha, that might be true.
After all, there is no accounting for taste.

I mentioned this now, as all artwork in 5E is similar, and we got now this portrait of Tasha that is(to me personally) about 10 categories of quality higher that anything else to date in WotC 5E art.(maybe I didn't get all the books).
And was wondering why didn't have similar high detail(and high quality) artwork before.

Most artwork is cartoonish, and could have been done in more serious, darker tone.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Most artwork is cartoonish, and could have been done in more serious, darker tone.

Or, as I would say it, most D&D artists’ work oozes with style and personality, but some of them are painfully bland and academic.

 

[Older Beholder]

And was wondering why didn't have similar high detail(and high quality) artwork before.

The artwork for Tasha's is cover art,
all the cover art for 5E have been pretty high standard paintings though.

 

[R_J_K75]

Or, as I would say it, most D&D artists’ work oozes with style and personality, but some of them are painfully bland and academic.

Its not all bad but myself personally I haven't cared for a lot of the art since the beginning of 3E. I think my main gripe with it is that it is rather inconsistent, when its good, its really good, but for the most part I have found most of it mediocre at best. But as I get older I'm not as easily impressed as I was when I was 9-10 years old, and I think sometimes people don't take that into account.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Its not all bad but myself personally I haven't cared for a lot of the art since the beginning of 3E. I think my main gripe with it is that it is rather inconsistent, when its good, its really good, but for the most part I have found most of it mediocre at best. But as I get older I'm not as easily impressed as I was when I was 9-10 years old, and I think sometimes people don't take that into account.

For me it’s the opposite. The older I get and the more I learn about art, the more impressed I am with the quality and diversity of art on display in these books.

 

[Horwath]

Or, as I would say it, most D&D artists’ work oozes with style and personality, but some of them are painfully bland and academic.

or they have style and attention to detail