Daily Art Preview

[Kishin]

Wow. I was expecting the gnome to look ridiculous, but this is actually pretty cool. It does capture the fey mystique quite well.

Nothing like the cartoon gnome, blessedly.

Also, Raven Mimura is male.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I personally prefer the cartoon gnome. They look more inhumanly fae, as I imagine gnomes be like. But this does work for a gnome as well, while still making it not silly looking and still look faeish.

 

[am181d]

Bah. The cartoon gnome is ten times more awesome. He has loot and a minion and a lair. This gnome has...

...a dress.

 

[Zamkaizer]

I dislike Raven Mimura's artwork immensely and this does absolutely nothing to change my opinion.

I vastly prefer Steve Prescott's illustration in the power article. I'm a fan of his style, and some of the tricks he employs in that illustration are pretty slick.

 

[TwinBahamut]

Now this art style works a lot better for D&D, at least in my opinion.

It is a very good depiction of a fey creature, I will say that much. I have no idea whether I like it as an image of a gnome or not, so I think I will wait to see the mechanics and flavor text for gnomes first to see how well they match.

 

[Snarls-at-Fleas]

Hmm. Good work actually. Though the gnome looks a bit like Mr. Putin IMO.

 

[hong]

White Raven Onslaught? Golden Wyvern Adept? Fuscia Monkey Explosion?

Are these 25-year-old D&D anachronisms...?

 

[Jack99]

This is the first time in 20 years of dnd that I have seen a gnome look good..

 

[OchreJelly]

As much as I like the gnome, my gut reaction was that he looks like a cross between Chef Gordan Ramsey and "Flea" from "The Red Hot Chili Peppers"

 

[Klaus]

After all the talk of how they had to take the gnome away from the PHB to give them a niche, and make them more fey, etc, etc, this picture doesn't convey it. It's a caucasian person with hair mousse, contact lenses and a dress. Nothing in the picture hints that it's short, and certainly nothing about it says "fey". And what's with the hair? Do they have beauty salons in the Feywild to style gnome hair or something?

Nah. This picture could easily be mistaken for a halfling.