Arcane Power Art Gallery: Welcome back, old friends

[Remathilis]

Arcane Power Art Gallery

The Complete Arca.... uh, Arcane Power art gallery is up, and lets say "hi" to our old friends!

Hello Gatecrasher!
Hi Gimble!
Howdy Complete Arcane Cover!
Good Morning Frost Mage!
Top of the day to you, Morthos the Warlock!
Long time no see Suel Arcanomach!
Jolly good day Forcyrn Lyricist!
Guten Taug, Escalation Mage!
Hola Ultimate Magus!

I hope I didn't forget anyone!

 

[alleynbard]

Arcane Power Art Gallery

The Complete Arca.... uh, Arcane Power art gallery is up, and lets say "hi" to our old friends!

Hello Gatecrasher!
Hi Gimble!
Howdy Complete Arcane Cover!
Good Morning Frost Mage!
Top of the day to you, Morthos the Warlock!
Long time no see Suel Arcanomach!
Jolly good day Forcyrn Lyricist!
Guten Taug, Escalation Mage!
Hola Ultimate Magus!

I hope I didn't forget anyone!

I noticed the exact same thing. <sigh>

I truly understand the occasional need to use recycled art, but this one seems particularly full of it. Is it perception or is there more recycled art in this book than any other? Likely my perception, I imagine.

I love 4e but this feature was one of the things that always bugged me about 2e.

 

[Nightchilde-2]

I truly understand the occasional need to use recycled art, but this one seems particularly full of it. Is it perception or is there more recycled art in this book than any other? Likely my perception, I imagine.

I don't think it's just perception.

I don't mind a couple of pieces, but even I went "Daaaang."

 

[kenmarable]

I noticed the exact same thing. <sigh>

I truly understand the occasional need to use recycled art, but this one seems particularly full of it. Is it perception or is there more recycled art in this book than any other? Likely my perception, I imagine.

I love 4e but this feature was one of the things that always bugged me about 2e.

I haven't done a real comparison, but I think one thing that makes it really jump out is that in the Art Gallery, I believe, 6 of the first 8 are recycled art, and you know what they say about first impressions. Scrolling down, the percentage doesn't seem to bad, but seeing 3/4 of the first two rows all recycled was really silly.

 

[Remathilis]

I think what really helps is two of the reused artwork comes from class portraits (including the only new one in 3.5) and one is the COVER ART OF ANOTHER BOOK!

But yes, slapping them all in the front doesn't do much to hide it either...

 

[Zaukrie]

Is that 4E art? It looks different to me.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I like this one: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/APower/26.jpg

 

[demiurge1138]

Eight of the first eight are recycled. There's a few other recycled pieces scattered about, but frontloading it like that is really obvious, and rather annoying.

 

[avin]

Disappointing. I was thinking that we were free of reclycled art.

 

[catsclaw227]

Personally, I don't see the issue in recycling some art. If the images best describes the topic. ie a class image, or something else, then who cares?

In this economy, it is a cost cutting measure. And I would prefer they use this particular cost cutting measure than any number of other ones.

Also, there are people new to 4e that might like some of the images. If they are appropriate, then it's not a big deal to me.