Dragonlance "The Women of Dragonlance" -- Larry Elmore's New Dragonlance Painting

Iconic D&D artist Larry Elmore has been working on a new Dragonlance painting. He has been sharing progress pictures over recent weeks. This is apparently a commission for a client, and is entitled "The Women of Dragonlance".

There's a new trilogy of Dragonlance novels coming from authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman featuring "classic Dragonlance" branding.

 

[cmad1977]

The 83(?)cover art for the expert set is an underated masterpiece in my opinion.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

That one is so darn good. It tells a story - what happened, what is happening, and invites the viewer to wonder what will happen next. And the scenery is so darn good. In another era, I think Elmore would've been a landscape painter.

Now, he has some classics too that continue to hold up IMO. Like this one:

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[imagineGod]

Larry Elmore is simply the best I supported his art book Kickstarters for that old revival of fantasy art.

 

[Zardnaar]

Vallejo was THE fantasy artist to me, as a kid. Brom was the best in 2e. WAR has been one of my favorites since 3.5 but I feel like we have guys like Tyler Jacobson in the game now who are blowing away pretty much all of those old 2e guys. Just the technical level of contrast, color, lighting, depth, etc., is on another level.
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It's CGI I'll always respect hand drawn over CGI.

 

[bulletmeat]

The very first module I purchased was because of his art:

 

[Zardnaar]

The very first module I purchased was because of his art:
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Very pretty/evocative.

 

[Dire Bare]

Not quite as fond of his paintings anymore*, but I do still love the B&W illustrations in the BECMI books. Must be nice to be able to commission one the original DL artists.

*with some exceptions

If you don't mind me asking, why not? What changed in your opinion of his work?? If you don't want to respond, no worries, just curious.

Larry Elmore is a fantastic fantasy artist, but . . . . I do think he peaked at some point in the 90s. I absolutely love most of his early work, but his later work isn't up to that standard, IMO. You can see some of it in his early work too, characters looking stiff, not quite in proportion to others in the picture, an overly "staged" look . . . .

I almost feel blasphemous holding that opinion, as his best work is so emblematic of my introduction to the game!

 

[dave2008]

Larry Elmore is a fantastic fantasy artist, but . . . . I do think he peaked at some point in the 90s. I absolutely love most of his early work, but his later work isn't up to that standard, IMO. You can see some of it in his early work too, characters looking stiff, not quite in proportion to others in the picture, an overly "staged" look . . . .

I almost feel blasphemous holding that opinion, as his best work is so emblematic of my introduction to the game!

Yes, that is pretty much exactly my opinion as well.

 

[dave2008]

It's CGI I'll always respect hand drawn over CGI.

Is Tyler's work CGI or traditional? I realize he is of the generation that means it is in all likelihood done digitally, but I couldn't find out for sure.

Also, as am amateur artist (both traditional and digital) I can attest that digital work of the quality that Tyler is producing (assuming it is digital) takes as much skill as traditional art. The big difference is time, not skill, IMO.

 

[cbwjm]

Cool to see, especially as it progresses, Larry Elmore is still one of my favourite fantasy artists. Looked at the image for a while trying to remember the names, only managed two though I knew who all four were (5 if you count the dragon).