Artists Wizards of the Coast should use (use more)

[JoeGKushner]

Ah, that explains it. Allies & Adversaries andFriends & Familiars were developed and produced by Talisman Studios. Bastion Press only served as the printing and distribution point for those products, they were not involved with the writing, editing, or pricing. Just an FYI...

No problem but the Basion Press logo is on there and you guys did print it. Don't want to be associated with poor rules and mechanics don't print it right? Must be the thought process or something else happening as the third book, some magic item collection or Familiair book, never made it out the door.

 

[Gez]

ooh, and i see some jeff easley work in the Libris Mortis!

*cringes*

 

[Faraer]

Eberron art seems distinctive enough, but WotC doesn't seem to be trying to allow the Realms its own look distinct from core D&D. The most authentic Realms artists are Valerie Valusek and Ned Dameron; I'd love to see their return but don't foresee it due to the colour fixation.

I'd also like less Games Workshop influence overall -- Wayne Reynolds most obviously makes Warhammer art, not D&D art.

 

[BOZ]

*cringes*

no Jeff Easley for you?

 

[Dragon-Slayer]

More:
WAR
Wayne England
Adrian Smith
Quinton Hoover
Raven Mimura

Less:
Jarvis
Crabapple

Would like to see:
April Lee
Fritz Haas
Simon Bisley

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Tempus in Faiths and Pantheons. Absolutely horrible and nothing like Tempus whatsoever. He should have made a variation on the theme of Tempus riding over the battlefield from 2nd ed. Faiths & Avatars - that's a powerful picture, even if its artistic quality isn't exactly high.

If I never see another Crabbaple picture in a D&D book, I'll be happy. Jeremy Jarvis is another signature I'm beginning to loathe. At least Crabbaple's art is good from a technical standpoint, and I bet he'd make a great comic artist. But Jarvis has to learn the proportions of human body first, and then study motion for at least five years.

I can't stand Crabapple/Cramer's art. It's too cartoony and corny and best left, IMO, to third-string indy comics.

And Jarvis isn't too bad in the art dept... it's the coloring that is bland. I think he only has three colors of paint or bought the Testors paint set for military vehicles/airplanes...

Likes:
Wayne Reynolds
Todd Lockwood
Sam Wood
Mark Sasso (think Epic Blackguard! )
Franz Vohwinkel (man, this dude has detail!!)

 

[Testament]

Likes:
Ron Spencer (this guy is good, I would like some B&W stuff from him. And two words for you: Frenzied Beserker)
Todd Lockwood (Best there is, bar none)
Wayne Reynolds (great motion shots, almost as good as Spencer. PS TIAMAT!)
Sam Wood
Raven Mimura
Franz Vohwinkel
Glenn Angus

Fence Riding:
Wayne England (better suited to GW than D&D. Does some good stuff though)
Steve Prescott (So inconsistent...)
Tom Baxa (Not sure about his composition or colouring. Very heavy lines)

ARGHHH! GET THEM AWAY FROM ME:
Jeremy Jarvis (Why are they using this hack? Static, bad colouring, artificial looking movement...)
Dennis Cramer (As above)

 

[Pants]

More:
Arnie Swekel
Todd Lockwood
Sam Wood
Marc Sasso
Raven Mimura
Stephen Tappin
Ron Spencer
Wayne Reynolds

Less:
Dennis Cramer
Vince Locke

 

[Ghostwind]

No problem but the Basion Press logo is on there and you guys did print it. Don't want to be associated with poor rules and mechanics don't print it right? Must be the thought process or something else happening as the third book, some magic item collection or Familiair book, never made it out the door.

Joe, you don't understand the actual business of publishing enough to make this kind of accusation. Using your logic, Sword & Sorcery should be help responsible for any Arthaus, Goodman Games, Malhavoc, or Necromancer games product that bears their logo and has some mistake in it. Bastion served as the printing and distribution source for Talisman, just like Sword & Sorcery does for those companies I mentioned. That's it. For the record, the third book was not released because the guys behind Talisman (one of which being Jason Engle) got busy with other demands and projects in their lives.

We now take you back to your regularly scheduled lists of artists you wish Wotc would use more...

 

[JoeGKushner]

Joe, you don't understand the actual business of publishing enough to make this kind of accusation. Using your logic, Sword & Sorcery should be help responsible for any Arthaus, Goodman Games, Malhavoc, or Necromancer games product that bears their logo and has some mistake in it.

Uh, as far as I know, they are. That's one of the pros and cons right? I know I've has issues with products from most of those companies.

In some cases, the ties are probably quite close. Clark did have a lot to do with the first Creature Collection, despite working for Necromancer Games for example right?

It's not an accusation. If I see the Bastion Press logo on a book, it's a Bastion Press book. Or at least, as guy on the street, that's how I look at it.