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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1029293" data-attributes="member: 5100">Re: More for JoshuaI don't know these artists' work overall, so I can only comment on the pics you posted.  I'm certainly no art critic, so I'm not trying to rip on the artists.  Just giving some opinions.If these guys are what you place at the top of the heap, then we certainly don't have the same taste.If these were the standard to which a company aspired, I'd definitely figure that art wasn't a priority for them and react accordingly.Hazy and washed out looking.  What is he standing in -- it looks like a wicker octopus?  Better than much 3E art, but still boring.Blech.  I really can't say much about it other than that it's flat and dead.  That, and I absolutely hate pictures with no background at all.I could see where this piece might have its place, like as a sidebar work in a module or something.  Definitely not exemplary or anything, though.So, is the elf dating Hennet?  She seems to have the same facination with belts all over.Eh, better than the rest.  I certainly wouldn't knock it.  It's certainly not a showcase peice, but it's good enough to put in a main book at least.Elmore has his idiosyncracies, but he's still one of the better fantasy artists out there.  Personally, I'm happy to see him on the cover of Dragon again.I don't like every picture he does, but a fair amount make me say, "Cool!".  I really can't say that with most 3E art.  Wayne Reynolds comes closest.  The picture in question definitely isn't Larry's best, but I honestly can't think of a single picture in any hardcover 3E book that I like better.Really, Elmore's work (and that of the other 2E artists) often inspired me.  There really isn't much inspiration in 3E.  Sure some of the pictures are value-added in the books, but for most of them, the best you can say is that they don't detract from the book.Ten years ago, I could pull out a Dragon magazine and say, _this_ is what monster/NPC/city XYZ looks like.  I really can't do that today.  The quality just isn't there.  In the past few months, though, I do think the quality has started to improve, though.  At least for Dragon.</blockquote>

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