CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Hello everyone, it's time for another Survivor thread! As you already know, I'll be taking over the Survivor 5E Threads for a little while...so if you have any suggestions for upcoming topics, feel free to DM me.
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This thread is inspired by prior threads that we've done. And this time around, we are taking a look at all of the contributing artists for D&D through the years...from the earliest editions to the latest. And hoo boy, there's a ton of them.
First, My Apologies
In the first edition of the game (OD&D), there were only four or five illustrators. Compare that to the 5th Edition game, which references dozens of them in the Player's Handbook alone! If I were to include all artists that ever worked on any D&D book ever, we would be done with Covid-19 before we were done with this Survivor: Thread. So I had to work a bit of sorcery and internet sleuthing to narrow the list down to what you see here. If your favorite artist(s) didn't make the list, rest assured that there was a reason for it, and that reason was not personal.
The Rules and Stuff
Each artist will start with 20 points. You vote for one that you like, which gains 1 point. And then you vote for one you dislike, which loses 2 points. It is intentional that a negative vote is worth more than a positive vote - first, because it takes something extra to whittle these guys down to size. Second, because.
Upvotes are in green, downvotes are in red (unless you are on your phone, and are unable to). Copy and paste the previous poster’s vote and change the numbers. You may vote once per day in each category. This is an honor system, and we are all honorable gamers; please do not abuse it. If this means you vote once at night one day, and once the next morning - that's fine, but don't vote again until the following day.
This is purely a popularity contest and you do not have to explain an upvote or downvote, but feel free to - explanations are where the fun is! When downvotes reach 0 the option/variant is slain (FATALITY!). Finally, if an entry has one vote left, then you have to make the choice to use all of your downvotes to eliminate it; there is no vote splitting. In addition, you can't upvote and downvote the same entry (no "see" votes). And you have to use BOTH YOUR UPVOTE AND DOWNVOTE if you vote.
The Most Important Bits
Three FOUR important points that you must read before voting--
1. This is a pure popularity contest, and is meant to be fun. You can cast your votes for whatever reason you want; spite, irrational love or hatred, huge creature envy, gameplay mechanics, barometric pressure, coin flips, strategic voting, and so on are all perfectly acceptable. You can comment for the reasons for your vote, or not - up to you! But this is for enjoyment only.
2. This is a list of famous artists, which is to say they are real flesh-and-blood people who happened to became famous (or infamous) for illustrating our D&D books and products.
3. As always, the list is the list. If you have a complaint about the list, please direct it to /dev/null.
4. As with the Dungeon Master Survivor Thread, remember that the names on this list are real people with real jobs, and they are worthy of our respect. If you post any samples of their work in this thread, hide it with a Spoiler tag and cite the author. And keep the discussions professional and respectful: anyone who crosses the line from art critic to Grade-A Jerk will be removed from the thread.
THE LIST
Larry Elmore WINNER
Jim Zub (Post #54) FIRST ELIMINATION
Dave Arneson (Post #96)
Gerald Brom (Post #102)
Clyde Caldwell (Post #153)
Arnie Swekel (Post #193)
Jennell Jaquays (Post #211)
Jason Engle (Post #217)
DARLENE (Post #249)
Wayne Reynolds (Post #255)
Fred Fields (Post #277)
Keith Parkinson (Post #297)
Tony Szczudlo (Post #302)
William O'Connor (Post #317)
Brian Hagan (Post #346)
Jim Roslof (Post #375)
Ralph Horsley (Post #394)
Frank Frazetta (Post #438)
Roger Raupp (Post #439)
Henry Higginbotham (Post #451)
Jeff Dee (Post #470)
Tony DiTerlizzi (Post#480)
Terry Dykstra (Post #487)
David C. Sutherland III (Post #499)
Steve Prescott (Post #507)
Valerie Valusek (Post #575)
Jeremy Jarvis (Post #618)
David A. Trampier (Post #645)
Eva Widermann (Post #691)
Errol Otis (Post #723)
David S. LaForce (Post #784)
Tyler Jacobson (Post #791)
Todd Lockwood (Post #799)
Jeff Easley (Post #823)
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This thread is inspired by prior threads that we've done. And this time around, we are taking a look at all of the contributing artists for D&D through the years...from the earliest editions to the latest. And hoo boy, there's a ton of them.
First, My Apologies
In the first edition of the game (OD&D), there were only four or five illustrators. Compare that to the 5th Edition game, which references dozens of them in the Player's Handbook alone! If I were to include all artists that ever worked on any D&D book ever, we would be done with Covid-19 before we were done with this Survivor: Thread. So I had to work a bit of sorcery and internet sleuthing to narrow the list down to what you see here. If your favorite artist(s) didn't make the list, rest assured that there was a reason for it, and that reason was not personal.
The Rules and Stuff
Each artist will start with 20 points. You vote for one that you like, which gains 1 point. And then you vote for one you dislike, which loses 2 points. It is intentional that a negative vote is worth more than a positive vote - first, because it takes something extra to whittle these guys down to size. Second, because.
Upvotes are in green, downvotes are in red (unless you are on your phone, and are unable to). Copy and paste the previous poster’s vote and change the numbers. You may vote once per day in each category. This is an honor system, and we are all honorable gamers; please do not abuse it. If this means you vote once at night one day, and once the next morning - that's fine, but don't vote again until the following day.
This is purely a popularity contest and you do not have to explain an upvote or downvote, but feel free to - explanations are where the fun is! When downvotes reach 0 the option/variant is slain (FATALITY!). Finally, if an entry has one vote left, then you have to make the choice to use all of your downvotes to eliminate it; there is no vote splitting. In addition, you can't upvote and downvote the same entry (no "see" votes). And you have to use BOTH YOUR UPVOTE AND DOWNVOTE if you vote.
The Most Important Bits
1. This is a pure popularity contest, and is meant to be fun. You can cast your votes for whatever reason you want; spite, irrational love or hatred, huge creature envy, gameplay mechanics, barometric pressure, coin flips, strategic voting, and so on are all perfectly acceptable. You can comment for the reasons for your vote, or not - up to you! But this is for enjoyment only.
2. This is a list of famous artists, which is to say they are real flesh-and-blood people who happened to became famous (or infamous) for illustrating our D&D books and products.
3. As always, the list is the list. If you have a complaint about the list, please direct it to /dev/null.
4. As with the Dungeon Master Survivor Thread, remember that the names on this list are real people with real jobs, and they are worthy of our respect. If you post any samples of their work in this thread, hide it with a Spoiler tag and cite the author. And keep the discussions professional and respectful: anyone who crosses the line from art critic to Grade-A Jerk will be removed from the thread.
THE LIST
Larry Elmore WINNER
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