D&D 5E Toward a new D&D aesthetics

[Vaalingrade]

What kind of 'offensive' art are we looking for here? Disemboweled corpses? Full frontal? Blackface?

 

[BookTenTiger]

I don't know anyone that talks about DND art anymore. I think Disneyfication as mentioned earlier is a good way to describe it. It's just art for the purpose of being non offensive to everyone and an attempt to make it age neutral.

Can you post any examples of Disneyfication, or art being "non offensive to everyone" or "age neutral?"

I doubt this is a modern trend, but I'd like to see what makes you think it is!

 

[Scribe]

Can you post any examples of Disneyfication, or art being "non offensive to everyone" or "age neutral?"

I doubt this is a modern trend, but I'd like to see what makes you think it is!

Just for the sake of argument, do you believe we will see a printing like the Book of Vile Darkness again?

 

[Panzeh]

Honestly, I think the art is significantly better in quality these days to a high degree. Like, I don't think the art in the old stuff is particularly bad, and there are some good pieces, but for the most part, the modern stuff just doesn't really have anything that strikes me as a dud the way, say, the old monster manual used to be.

I think part of it is just, the digital tools and number of artists available to commission this kind of stuff is really high and it's no problem to find great artists.

 

[beancounter]

Everyone I know that plays talks about the art.

Prove that Everyone you know that plays talks about art. Only a written affidavit from each person will suffice.

 

[BookTenTiger]

Just for the sake of argument, do you believe we will see a printing like the Book of Vile Darkness again?

I don't think the BoVD is an example of an old trend in D&D art, though. Most older art would not match the BoVD aesthetic.

 

[Kurotowa]

Just for the sake of argument, do you believe we will see a printing like the Book of Vile Darkness again?

No, and thank goodness. That thing was trashy wannabe edgelord shovelware.

 

[Panzeh]

I don't think the BoVD is an example of an old trend in D&D art, though. Most older art would not match the BoVD aesthetic.

Yeah, there's not a lot of 'adult' in the old d&d art.

 

[Scribe]

I don't think the BoVD is an example of an old trend in D&D art, though. Most older art would not match the BoVD aesthetic.

I'd agree, but I also believe a book like BoVD is about as likely as the sun going supernova in the next week, and that may cover part of the 'non offensive age neutral' discussion.

Heck, your picture with that (I believe female) being you posted that is topless but from the back? How much of that is printed these days? Again, non-offensive and age neutral would seem a fair statement.

 

[Scribe]

No, and thank goodness. That thing was trashy wannabe edgelord shovelware.

Be that as it may, thats not why it wont be printed by Wizards of 2022.