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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 423002" data-attributes="member: 537">Well, as mouseferatu said:And I'm basically saying that no, it really isn't that telling because there hasn't been enough time for 3E's style to sink into the gaming subconscious the way Elmore, Easley, Otus et al have. Give it another decade, and then we'll see.I still remember 1E's artwork, and I remember that on the whole, it was crap. Which is fine, because the artwork wasn't a selling point for the product anyway, but artists like Dave Sutherland III were just laughable. It looked like stuff I might do, and I'm terrible at visual art.I'll grant that Otus and Dave Trampier had their own distinctive style, but then so do Foglio and that d00d who draws Nodwick. Which makes the comment that the 3E style is too cartoonish rather ironic.The best Elmore pic IMO, and one of the best pieces of D&D art around, is his portrayal of Laurana in "The Death of Sturm". The epitome of the heroic female warrior, without a hint of cheesecake. He pretty much went downhill in the 90s, though.</blockquote>