D&D General Art that exemplifies D&D to you.

[Lakesidefantasy]

And some Daniel Horne.

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

To reinforce the feel of a game i'm running, I will often display artwork on my Dungeon Master's screen for the players to see. I think it helps.

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

And Denis Beauvais brings a little tear to mine eye.

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[Quartz]

@Saelorn I've always thought "momma is going to be pissed!" when looking at that picture.

I always thought that the foliage in the background looked suspiciously like the head of a dragon.

 

[Derren]

Interesting how many of the iconic pictures involve riders when mounted combat was never really a big part of D&D.

 

[cbwjm]

My first exposure to D&D beyond the cartoon. I still love Warduke. He may be a recurring NPC in an upcoming Skype game using Swords & WIzardry.

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Oh man, that's right, I remember having the colouring books with strongheart (I think) and warduke well before I knew what DnD was.

 

[Lanefan]

The type of art that most evokes D&D for me is a fantasy landscape of some sort - be it a countryside with a castle in the distance, or an elvish house in the woods, or a series of endless bridges over a mist-shrouded sea of nothing - without any people or characters in it at all; because that's what gets my imagination going.

If I see a picture and think "I could put an adventure there" then it's gold.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I think artwork depicting scenery and "nothing happening" are very inspiring. One of the things I disliked about 3e's art direction was that it was mostly action and character based, often just a close up of someone with their mouth open.

I love art that tells a story. For example, this cover of Dragon magazine:

The type of art that most evokes D&D for me is a fantasy landscape of some sort - be it a countryside with a castle in the distance, or an elvish house in the woods, or a series of endless bridges over a mist-shrouded sea of nothing - without any people or characters in it at all; because that's what gets my imagination going.

If I see a picture and think "I could put an adventure there" then it's gold.

 

[Richards]

I've always liked this one, which also graced a Dragon cover at one time.

Johnathan

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

Be it Frank Franzetta, Boris Vallejo, Chris Achilleos, Clyde Caldwll, Dorian Cleavenger, Larry Elmore, Ken Kelly, Keith Parkenson, Luis Royo, Olivia, Al Buell, Gil Elvgren, Jennifer Janesko, Alberto Vargas.

They all inspire my games and imagination.

Alberto Vargas?