Keefe the Thief
Adventurer
It should be required reading at D&D academy. It is incredibly how much THOUGHT someone put into conceptualizing - and then drawing - dungeon ecologies!
D&D General Defining your campaing through art? Or how I learned to embrace anime elf ears (image-heavy)
Oofta
Legend
While I enjoy fantasy art and sometimes use it for inspiration I think the big dog - rabbit? - ears just look a bit silly. Especially because, as @Lanefan pointed out, every other race is getting bigger and bigger ears.
Are they more aerodynamic? A signal for sexual selection like peacocks? I mean, they're too big to be functional or practical. At this point it's kind of like antlers on deer showing off how strong they are in order to attract potential mates? Do they have ear batting contests?
I mean, seriously. Where does it end?
Are they more aerodynamic? A signal for sexual selection like peacocks? I mean, they're too big to be functional or practical. At this point it's kind of like antlers on deer showing off how strong they are in order to attract potential mates? Do they have ear batting contests?
I mean, seriously. Where does it end?
J.Quondam
CR 1/8
I think it's just that the art is slowly catching up to the horrifying reality that there's no such thing as elves.
I fully expect 6e art to reflect this grim truth, and replace the depictions of "elves" with their true form: big anthropomorphic ears, with little elf-shaped buds hanging off.
MarkB
Legend
In the case of halflings, I think it stems from the Lord of the Rings movies. That was the first time I'd seen hobbits given pointy ears.
BrokenTwin
Biological Disaster
Delicous in Dungeon is a fantastic manga that I need to catch up on.
I cut my teeth on D&D 3.5's dungeonpunk style of fantasy art, but lately I'm definitely leaning towards brighter, cleaner styles.
I cut my teeth on D&D 3.5's dungeonpunk style of fantasy art, but lately I'm definitely leaning towards brighter, cleaner styles.
jmartkdr2
Hero
It's a lineage-status marker. That guy's in line to be emperor.
Composer99
Hero
Isn't that a Nightborne from World of Warcraft? Elf ears are far from the only thing exaggerated in that art style. You have to remember that is the same game that has armor that looks like this:
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Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Yeah, armour and weapons get oversized far too often as well; which is fine if you're looking for something over-the-top but not much use if you're after something a bit more grounded.Isn't that a Nightborne from World of Warcraft? Elf ears are far from the only thing exaggerated in that art style. You have to remember that is the same game that has armor that looks like this:
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