D&D General 5E Survivor - D&D Artists

[el-remmen]

Well, there will always be someone missing from every list. If we start going down this road it will be very hard to get out of it

It is not just anyone tho.

 

[Bolares]

It is not just anyone tho.

I'm not trying to say it is. But for the person who misses the artist (or any other choice in other survivors) it will always be a big deal.

 

[el-remmen]

I'm not trying to say it is. But for the person who misses the artist (or any other choice in other survivors) it will always be a big deal.

Erol Otus is objectively an important early D&D artist who helped set the tone of those early days and colors people's perceptions of the game to this day. It is not just "he is someone's fave."

 

[Bolares]

Erol Otus is objectively an important early D&D artist who helped set the tone of those early days and colors people's perceptions of the game to this day. It is not just "he is someone's fave."

Again, I'm not trying to downplay Erol's importance to the game. I'm just poiting out a rule that this game has. If @CleverNickName wants to alter the list it's okay with me.

 

[CleverNickName]

Augh! Otis was supposed to be on the list! All of the D&D cover artists were supposed to be on the list, at a bare minimum, and he is on my original write-up as well. But for some reason, when I was thinning the list down, I deleted the line he was supposed to be in.

(For those not in the know, Errol Otis illustrated the cover of Basic and Expert D&D. And as @el-remmen (and others elsewhere on the 'net) have pointed out, his work was pivotal in the development of many of D&D's now-assumed "rules" of what certain things in the game are "supposed" to look like.)

Alright, let's do this. But I don't want this to set a precedent: The List Is The List, and going forward, it will continue to always be the list even when I screw up (and I screw up a lot.) This is a one-time exception.

Spoiler: Errol Otis artwork

Dave Arneson 22
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 20
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 20
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 20
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Tyler Jacobson 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 20
Todd Lockwood 20
William O'Connor 20
Errol Otis 20
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 16
Jim Roslof 20
Arnie Swekel 20
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 20
David A. Trampier 20
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 18

 

[Wifflebat]

Dave Arneson 22
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 20
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 21
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 20
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 20
William O'Connor 20
Errol Otis 20
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 16
Jim Roslof 20
Arnie Swekel 20
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 20
David A. Trampier 20
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 18

All props to LaForce for being there in the beginning, though! My real downvote would have been for DCS, but I spared him for doing the cover of the first edition I bought.

 

[aco175]

I just had to look up half the names on the list as they were not jumping out to me as the more classic artists. Most, I was like- oh, I remember that or wow, they do great work. Not sure who will win, but I have my secret bet of one or two.

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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[RoughCoronet0]

Dave Arneson 22
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 20
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 19
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 21
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 20+1=21
William O'Connor 20
Errol Otis 20
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 16-2=14
Jim Roslof 20
Arnie Swekel 20
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 20
David A. Trampier 20
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 18

Honestly, only one artist really matters to me on this list. Todd's dragon art for both D&D and Magic are stunning. Plus the 3.5e Draconomicon cover art will always been my favorite D&D book cover art.

 

[el-remmen]

Dave Arneson 22
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 20
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 19
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 21
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 20+1=21
William O'Connor 20
Errol Otis 20 +1 = 21
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 16-2=14
Jim Roslof 20
Arnie Swekel 20
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 20
David A. Trampier 20
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 18 - 2 = 16 (I didn't even know he was an artist - i thought he wrote comics)