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<blockquote data-quote="Wolvorine" data-source="post: 359983" data-attributes="member: 1330"><p><strong>Well...</strong></p><p></p><p>I like the Enchanters cover the best, but it's closer to my personal stylistic preferences. It also does a fairly good job of portraying the scene.</p><p>The Dark Elves cover.. I don't like, a lot. But I think most of that is the bottom male drow there, he just looks so wrong to me. Closer to the way I like to picture a really deformed goblin than a dark elf. The two females look fine, although a bit more stylized than I prefer, but still well-done.</p><p>Elements of magic is cute. A good cover for the product, I think. Not snazzy or eyecatching, but this is a symbol here, not a scene, and that's to be expected.</p><p></p><p>As for the suggested flaws in the Enchanters cover, actually most of those aren't flaws, they're correct. The problem here lies in the fact that so few artists really do use RL references in much of their work (at least, not the BIG boys) that lots of people tend to get used to things looking wrong. Or, more to the point, things in RL have a strong tendancy to 'look wring' when you take a hard, close look at them. Perspectives have a habit of looking off, because you're used to seeing artistic interpretations of things in perspective, and seeing the real thing can throw the eye, so to speak. It's no masterpiece, but this is illustration, not Fine Art. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> It's a good, strong piece of it's genre.</p><p></p><p>And that is officially the strongest I've ever defended a pic I didn't draw myself. (LOL) So I'll stop now.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I really like the concept of the Elements of Magic book, from it's blurb at least. Sounds like a great product. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolvorine, post: 359983, member: 1330"] [b]Well...[/b] I like the Enchanters cover the best, but it's closer to my personal stylistic preferences. It also does a fairly good job of portraying the scene. The Dark Elves cover.. I don't like, a lot. But I think most of that is the bottom male drow there, he just looks so wrong to me. Closer to the way I like to picture a really deformed goblin than a dark elf. The two females look fine, although a bit more stylized than I prefer, but still well-done. Elements of magic is cute. A good cover for the product, I think. Not snazzy or eyecatching, but this is a symbol here, not a scene, and that's to be expected. As for the suggested flaws in the Enchanters cover, actually most of those aren't flaws, they're correct. The problem here lies in the fact that so few artists really do use RL references in much of their work (at least, not the BIG boys) that lots of people tend to get used to things looking wrong. Or, more to the point, things in RL have a strong tendancy to 'look wring' when you take a hard, close look at them. Perspectives have a habit of looking off, because you're used to seeing artistic interpretations of things in perspective, and seeing the real thing can throw the eye, so to speak. It's no masterpiece, but this is illustration, not Fine Art. :P It's a good, strong piece of it's genre. And that is officially the strongest I've ever defended a pic I didn't draw myself. (LOL) So I'll stop now. Oh, and I really like the concept of the Elements of Magic book, from it's blurb at least. Sounds like a great product. :) [/QUOTE]
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