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<blockquote data-quote="theredrobedwizard" data-source="post: 3629740" data-attributes="member: 21340">On a whim, after reading through this thread, I decided to look through some old books and compare the art to the new books.I hated pre-third edition art.&nbsp; Something about it just seemed to corny. I really don't know what it was.&nbsp; Something about Larry Elmore/Jeff Easley/Erol Otis and their lot just didn't sit well with me.Their characters looked like, well, people.&nbsp; Boring, every day people.&nbsp; I played RPGs as a way to travel to fantastic worlds where heroes were larger than life; not as a way to see Bob the Mechanic as Bob the Paladin in garrish clothes.Below are two examples (European and Oriental) of D&amp;D in various ages.To me, this picture pretty much sums up what I want my D&amp;D experience to be:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/alumni_paladininhell_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://steveargyle.com/Illustrations/Whos_Next.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This is *not* what I want my D&amp;D experience to be:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/alumni_paladininhell_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.clydecaldwell.com/jpgs/large_images/warlords.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />So, to review: new art is much more to my liking than old art.&nbsp; You may begin the lynching now.-TRRW</blockquote>

[QUOTE="theredrobedwizard, post: 3629740, member: 21340"] On a whim, after reading through this thread, I decided to look through some old books and compare the art to the new books. I hated pre-third edition art. Something about it just seemed to corny. I really don't know what it was. Something about Larry Elmore/Jeff Easley/Erol Otis and their lot just didn't sit well with me. Their characters looked like, well, people. Boring, every day people. I played RPGs as a way to travel to fantastic worlds where heroes were larger than life; not as a way to see Bob the Mechanic as Bob the Paladin in garrish clothes. Below are two examples (European and Oriental) of D&D in various ages. To me, this picture pretty much sums up what I want my D&D experience to be: [img]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/alumni_paladininhell_3.jpg[/img] [img]http://steveargyle.com/Illustrations/Whos_Next.jpg[/img] This is *not* what I want my D&D experience to be: [img]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/alumni_paladininhell_1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.clydecaldwell.com/jpgs/large_images/warlords.jpg[/img] So, to review: new art is much more to my liking than old art. You may begin the lynching now. -TRRW [/QUOTE]

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