Gnome Art Preview

[Kishin]

Put a female head instead, and it looks like a woman. Anyway, its an Elf crossed with a Satyr, not a Gnome.

Do you want him rippling with muscles then? Does being smallish and not particularly built make you a woman? Does wearing a robe? I don't see what makes his body womanish, other than he's not bulky. Additionally the face is extremely masculine.

The gnome in that MtG picture might as well be a dwarf if you remove the pointy hat and the large nose. WoTC deliberately wanted to distinguish them as a race, hence the change.

 

[MaelStorm]

Do you want him rippling with muscles then? Does being smallish and not particularly built make you a woman? Does wearing a robe? I don't see what makes his body womanish, other than he's not bulky. Additionally the face is extremely masculine.

The gnome in that MtG picture might as well be a dwarf if you remove the pointy hat and the large nose. WoTC deliberately wanted to distinguish them as a race, hence the change.

This Gnome looks like a 3.5 Elf with a stupid hairstyle, this is how WotC want to differentiate feywild races? You got the choice tall elf Elf/Eladrin and the short elf Gnome.

 

[Kishin]

This Gnome looks like a 3.5 Elf with a stupid hairstyle, this is how WotC want to differentiate feywild races? You got the choice tall elf Elf/Eladrin and the short elf Gnome.

Their composition and facial structure look nothing alike to me. I don't know what to tell you.

 

[hong]

This Gnome looks like a 3.5 Elf with a stupid hairstyle, this is how WotC want to differentiate feywild races? You got the choice tall elf Elf/Eladrin and the short elf Gnome.

Better than short dwarf and shorter dwarf....

 

[MaelStorm]

Their composition and facial structure look nothing alike to me. I don't know what to tell you.

What makes a Gnome IMO: recognizable nose and beard.

 

[MaelStorm]

Better than short dwarf and shorter dwarf....

How switching between one archetype and another is better? It's still an archetype from a different race.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

For me personally, I am probably going to be going with the cartoon look for the Gnome. But normal mortals will never see that form, since Gnomes will be always surrounded by illusions and trickery they always appear different or don't appear at all around mortals.

I think the official one is fine though for a Gnome. He looks feyish, he doesn't look human beyond first glance and he doesn't look like a garden gnome, which in my books is a big plus.

Though would have been interesting to see a original kind of gnome, going all the way back to mythology. Where they are deformed, goblin/earth spirit.

 

[Dark Mistress]

I like the idea of fey gnomes myself, i think they fit better there. But I didn't care for the pic very much.

 

[MaelStorm]

Though would have been interesting to see a original kind of gnome, going all the way back to mythology. Where they are deformed, goblin/earth spirit.

Definitely.

 

[Saitou]

Holy , I just noticed the Rakshasa has two left hands! wtf