Find the Anime Challenge

[Nifft]

That's big eyes, *big* mouth - we're looking for big eyes, *small* mouth.

That makes things a lot harder. In D&D, most things have big mouths so they can eat PCs...

But this one may be the clincher. Look at that eye!

"Big eyes, small beak?"

Cheers, -- N

 

[blargney the second]

I do apologize for that. It looks more curt/abrupt than I intended.
I don't see you using the separate terms, nor do I see anyone else bothering.
It certainly is not. Turning around and now saying "manga-influenced" (or cutting & pasting every instance of "anime" with "manga") will change nothing in this thread, and simply confuse a few more. In the context of this thread, it's pedantry.

Arnwyn, no worries.

In a discussion where we're comparing and contrasting art styles, it's helpful to have useful and meaningful terms. Anime, manga, and japanese art are distinct styles. Branduil's assertions are on the mark.
-blarg

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

Could someone please link to those amazing WAR pictures? I can't find them on his galleries. What WotC books are they from (thought I'd seen all WAR WotC art.

Thanks

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

They mean that the art has become more stylized and less realistic, that the character design is more overtop (buckles belts and useless decoration), that the dynamic action is rendered in an highly exaggerated way

Wow, you're right. Thank god we can always fall back to the hyper realistic era of 1st edition art.

And just look at the style and attention to anatomy displayed here!

PS... Diaperman

 

[JohnSnow]

I think Rangerwicket is on to something though. Take for example this picture from PH2,

and I betcha many believe this is true D&D art. Looking at it though, Rangerwicket is right. I want to be there, I want to know the stories behind the caves etc."

I actually regard that image as a VERY good sign. I love WAR's art and my only real complaint is that it often gets shoved inside the cover. Leave it out in the open. That said, it looks like 4e is going for much more interest flavor in book covers than 3e (thank god!)

For example, the PHB:

the DMG:

And finally, the monster manual:

I personally have my fingers crossed. 4e's art looks pretty good so far.

Of course, I'm probably weird. I've been playing for over 25 years and I LIKE the changes they're making to the game's flavor.

 

[Stone Dog]

I don't think it is a bad picture, but I really really think that PH1 cover could stand a different piece.

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

I think the PHB1 cover will be different. Notice how there seems to be a third figure on the far right. Hardly a picture made espcially as the cover art. More likely some illustrayion used as placeholder.

 

[Merlin the Tuna]

I don't think it is a bad picture, but I really really think that PH1 cover could stand a different piece.

There was an edit floating around a little while ago in which the woman was wearing armor that wasn't ridiculous. It did a lot for the picture.

 

[Hawkshere]

D&D is a series of tubes...

Waaay back when I was working my first post-high school job at Camelot Music (mall-job, woot!), I remember getting a quiet chuckle when an elderly customer told her pre-teen grandson that could pick out anything except "that acid rock stuff".



Now, we certainly had some genuine acid-rock in the store, if you knew what to look for, but I'm pretty sure little Timmy was not in there for a copy of Surrealistic Pillow. Rather, being the Summer of Pyromania (also sometimes known as 1983), grandma most likely intended her admonition to mean heavy metal, a clueless-but-common misnomer of the time. This was all instantly clear in the moment, but I would never have corrected the customer, because it was also clear that the distinction was totally meaningless to her. She knew what she meant, I knew what she meant, and most importantly, her grandson knew what she meant (even if he'd never heard of "acid rock" before, which I doubt he had).

I'm not intending this as a threadcrap; this is a fun thread. However, I think the notion that you can "correct" willfull ignorance is entirely mistaken. It's fun and educational to argue about the merits of such mischaracterizations; just don't ever expect to convince the hairshirts that they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

 

[Gundark]

This is some art that was done by Joe Madureira. This is from the Races of Eberron book
Definitely Maga influences there

While Joe Mad is an american comic artist, he has cited several times that Japanese style of art has been a major influence on his work