D&D 1E Best 1e AD&D artist?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You are right! I was going from my own recollection, which I stopped around 1983/84 or so. So to me the covers are PHB: Trampier (The.Most.Iconic.Cover.Ever); Monster Manual I: David Sutherland III; DMG: Also DS3. And then all the modules I own - very few if any that I own have the more "realistic" stylings of Easley, Parkinson, or Elmore et al.

I always forget that AD&D 1e went all the way to 1988. For me it ended in 1984...

We can hang together in the old folks' home.

The TSR modules with full color covers are still "the new ones" in my mind.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I've heard this before, and I'm not sure I entirely buy it. I mean, Larry Elmore is the king of poses rather than capturing an action. I mean, outside of the Basic cover, all of his iconic art is just people standing around. Don't get me wrong, I love Elmore, but I don't think this "art nowadays is just poses" is accurate.

It's a trend, not an absolute. In either direction, I'll admit.

 

[Mark Hope]

Keith Parkinson, and it's not even close.