D&D General Does anyone know which products had Elmore's Dragon Slayers, and Proud Of It! art?

Omand · 2026-01-15T01:07:07+0000

Sword of Spirit said:
I know I used to have a 2e book with this piece in it, but I cannot remember which. Which ones are you guys familiar with that had it?

https://slyflourish.com/images/dragon_slayers.jpg

It was a Dragon Magazine cover at one point. Sorry, but I do not know the issue number.

Cheers

Arnie_Wan_Kenobi · 2026-01-15T01:38:18+0000

Stormonu said:
I think that is my favorite piece of 2E art.

Same! Every time someone asks the "What's the most evocative art?" question, it's my go-to answer. I really SHOULD just break down and buy a print.

Azzy · 2026-01-15T01:43:39+0000

It's amazing the amount of love this piece gets when, I've viewed it derisively ever since the 2e PHB dropped. I love Elmore, but I always thought that this was a bad piece.

Reynard · 2026-01-15T01:55:32+0000

Azzy said:
It's amazing the amount of love this piece gets when, I've viewed it derisively ever since the 2e PHB dropped. I love Elmore, but I always thought that this was a bad piece.

Bad how? Subject? Composition?

Azzy · 2026-01-15T02:07:08+0000

Reynard said:
Bad how? Subject? Composition?

I find it unintentionally comic. Between the posing and the wyrmling, I just can't take it seriously.

No offense to those that like it (or to Elmore), I'm just always so surprised by how loved this piece is.

Reynard · 2026-01-15T02:21:03+0000

Azzy said:
I find it unintentionally comic. Between the posing and the wyrmling, I just can't take it seriously.

No offense to those that like it (or to Elmore), I'm just always so surprised by how loved this piece is.

I don't think it is unintentional.

LordBP · 2026-01-15T02:41:02+0000

Omand said:
It was a Dragon Magazine cover at one point. Sorry, but I do not know the issue number.

Cheers

Not seeing it as a cover unless I'm blind.

Dragon Magazine Covers | Friend or Foe

Not a Dungeon cover either

Dungeon Magazine Covers | Friend or Foe

Omand · 2026-01-15T03:01:22+0000

LordBP said:
Not seeing it as a cover unless I'm blind. ...

Dragon Magazine Covers | Friend or Foe

Not a Dungeon cover either

Dungeon Magazine Covers | Friend or Foe

Hmm ...

I did not play 2E, so never saw the art there as I have never even read any of the manuals.

I could swear I saw it as cover art for Dragon, but you are correct it is not showing up in that montage of the first 250 issues. Maybe it appeared after that as a re-used piece of art?

Or, maybe I just saw the print in retrospectives and assumed it was Dragon cover art?

Dragonhelm · 2026-01-15T03:18:45+0000

Margaret Weis Productions used it as the cover of Races of Ansalon.

Stormonu · 2026-01-15T03:49:02+0000

Reynard said:
I don't think it is unintentional.

Yeah it’s definitely tongue in cheek. Clearly, for the group it was hard-fought, but we as gamers are going “really? You call that a dragon?”
It also reminds me of the scene in Jaws where the fisherman have caught a shark, thinking it’s the great white, but we as an audience know better.

If there’s any piece of 2E art I dislike the most it’s the original cover of the PHB. It’s so…anti-fantasy.

D&D General Does anyone know which products had Elmore's Dragon Slayers, and Proud Of It! art?

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