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

[Malmuria]

Dave Arneson 23
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 18
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 19 - <3 <3 <3
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 21
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Frank Frazetta 20 - ok to add?
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 21
William O'Connor 20
Erol Otus 21
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 14
Jim Roslof 20
Arnie Swekel 18
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 20
David A. Trampier 21
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 14

 

[Gradine]

Dave Arneson 23
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 18
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 19
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 21
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Frank Frazetta 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 21
William O'Connor 20
Erol Otus 21
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 15 - I have no doubt WAR is going down first, but between 3.5 Eberron and 4e he's responsible for the best artwork in D&D's history and it's not even close, and all of you are wrong
Jim Roslof 20
Arnie Swekel 18
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 18 - I dunno, throw a dart and hit some early Beavis & Butthead artist
David A. Trampier 21
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 14

 

[chrisrtld]

Dave Arneson 23
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 18
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 19
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 21
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Frank Frazetta 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 21
William O'Connor 20
Erol Otus 22
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 15
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 18
David A. Trampier 21
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 12

 

[Argyle King]

Interesting Tidbit About Frazetta:

He didn't like to leave his home in PA very often. His reputation as an artist was such that people who wanted his work would go to him (instead of him going to where they were).

If you visit the museum (which is located on the same property on which he lived), there are photos of Lucas sending representatives visiting PA to try to convince Frank to do work for Star Wars. (I can't remember if George himself visited or not.)

As the story goes, Frank turned down the offer because he wanted to retain his rights to any artwork he produced.

IIRC, Frank was an artist who pushed to be credited when he did work for novel covers and such. For some studios and publishers, it was/is common practice to buy artwork, use it, and never give credit to the artist.

 

[CleverNickName]

@CleverNickName isn't Tyler Jacobson the cover artist for the 5e PHB and DMG? Not seeing him on the list...

See, this is what happens when you try to compile a cohesive, comprehensive list at 2:00 a.m., without an editor.

Sorry about that; let's add Tyler Jacobson to the list as well. And then we are going to be done with adding names to the list; we are already two pages in on comments and votes and they are all starting to lose meaning. I just want to make sure I give all of the cover artists a fair shake.

Dave Arneson 23
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 18
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 19
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 21
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Frank Frazetta 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Tyler Jacobson 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 21
William O'Connor 20
Erol Otus 22
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 15
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 18
David A. Trampier 21
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 12

 

[Bolares]

Wayne Reynolds 15 - I have no doubt WAR is going down first, but between 3.5 Eberron and 4e he's responsible for the best artwork in D&D's history and it's not even close, and all of you are wrong

Eberron is perfect... except for having too much WAR...

 

[Wifflebat]

Huh. Lotta downs for DeTerlizzi, which I find kinda baffling, but I'm guessing it's a tonal thing that might be specific to the time people began playing. I gave some thought to pinging Elmore for similar reasons; I honestly thought he'd be getting big love.

 

[Yardiff]

Dave Arneson 23
Gerald Brom 20
Clyde Caldwell 18
DARLENE 18
Jeff Dee 20
Tony DiTerlizzi 19
Terry Dykstra 20
Jeff Easley 21
Larry Elmore 21
Jason Engle 20
Fred Fields 20
Frank Frazetta 20
Brian Hagan 20
Henry Higginbotham 20
Ralph Horsley 20
Tyler Jacobson 20
Jennell Jaquays 20
Jeremy Jarvis 21
David S. LaForce 18
Todd Lockwood 21
William O'Connor 20
Erol Otus 22
Keith Parkinson 20
Steve Prescott 20
Roger Raupp 20
Wayne Reynolds 15
Tony Szczudlo 20
David C. Sutherland III 18
David A. Trampier 21+1=22
Valerie Valusek 20
Eva Widermann 20
Jim Zub 12-2=10

 

[RoughCoronet0]

Wayne Reynolds 15 - I have no doubt WAR is going down first, but between 3.5 Eberron and 4e he's responsible for the best artwork in D&D's history and it's not even close, and all of you are wrong

Eberron is perfect... except for having too much WAR...

Is there a particular reason why this artist isn't well liked? I happen to like several of his pieces for 4e personally.

 

[Wifflebat]

Hold up...what about Frank Frazetta?

Spoiler: Frazetta

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Was this actually a product? I thought this was some kind of recent web thing. It's definitely not an illustration done for D&D.