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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 6372731" data-attributes="member: 18701"><p>That's crazy that you said this. I was going to post the exact same thing. Hell, I was thinking about starting this thread yesterday and was going to write just that, but I know how it is talking about art in D&D. Most of you guys claim to prefer the art from OD&D that looks like it was drawn by a child using his left hand when he's right-handed. Then I hear people complain about the Tony D art or WAR's art. Both of which I find to be fantastic and inspiring. So I didn't even want to go there with a thread like this.</p><p></p><p>But since I didn't start the thread.... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p><p></p><p>The 5e art really is uninspiring to me. The art is exactly like what you find in a lot of children's book. It's bland and the portraits don't look "heroic". I'm sure the heroic part is ok with others that don't need a character to look <em>"macho"</em>. It may indeed look heroic to you. But, I'm sure a lot of guys still picture their ranger looking like Errol Flynn's Robin Hood with tights and all. I'm also sure that some of you secretively want to see mullets and eraser hair on your portraits because those never go out of style.</p><p></p><p>The art would be perfectly fine if the book was released in the 80's. It's 2014 though. Look at the stuff professionals are pumping out these days. Everyone is an artist, and people are really good at it. I'm blown away by the amount of detail people put into their work. It just seems strange that this is the style of art WotC went with when it will be sitting on the same shelves with books that actually have modern day looking art styles in them. It's one thing for a grognard to be satisfied with that art, but I find it hard to believe that youngsters are going to flip through that book and think, "Wow, what is this book!?! I wanna pretend to be a housewife Tiefling or a Barbarian disguised as a commoner! That sounds like fun!"</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong. There is a lot of nice art in the book. But most of it still has that same washed out and simple look to it. I remember my wife looking at the 3.5 Barbarian picture in the PHB and wanting to play a barbarian just because of that image (ignoring the ridiculously over-sized anime sword). Tons of 3e/4e art inspired me & my friends to want to play certain type of characters. I guarantee none of us will feel the same way with this 5e style art.</p><p></p><p>Even going back and imitating the style of Larry Elmore with updated hairstyles would have been <em>a step forward</em>. The art seems to be the worst thing to come from 5e in my opinion. No offense intended to people that like it. It's not bad, it just doesn't feel like it should be 5e art. It's just hugely disappointing to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 6372731, member: 18701"] That's crazy that you said this. I was going to post the exact same thing. Hell, I was thinking about starting this thread yesterday and was going to write just that, but I know how it is talking about art in D&D. Most of you guys claim to prefer the art from OD&D that looks like it was drawn by a child using his left hand when he's right-handed. Then I hear people complain about the Tony D art or WAR's art. Both of which I find to be fantastic and inspiring. So I didn't even want to go there with a thread like this. But since I didn't start the thread.... :lol: The 5e art really is uninspiring to me. The art is exactly like what you find in a lot of children's book. It's bland and the portraits don't look "heroic". I'm sure the heroic part is ok with others that don't need a character to look [I]"macho"[/I]. It may indeed look heroic to you. But, I'm sure a lot of guys still picture their ranger looking like Errol Flynn's Robin Hood with tights and all. I'm also sure that some of you secretively want to see mullets and eraser hair on your portraits because those never go out of style. The art would be perfectly fine if the book was released in the 80's. It's 2014 though. Look at the stuff professionals are pumping out these days. Everyone is an artist, and people are really good at it. I'm blown away by the amount of detail people put into their work. It just seems strange that this is the style of art WotC went with when it will be sitting on the same shelves with books that actually have modern day looking art styles in them. It's one thing for a grognard to be satisfied with that art, but I find it hard to believe that youngsters are going to flip through that book and think, "Wow, what is this book!?! I wanna pretend to be a housewife Tiefling or a Barbarian disguised as a commoner! That sounds like fun!" Don't get me wrong. There is a lot of nice art in the book. But most of it still has that same washed out and simple look to it. I remember my wife looking at the 3.5 Barbarian picture in the PHB and wanting to play a barbarian just because of that image (ignoring the ridiculously over-sized anime sword). Tons of 3e/4e art inspired me & my friends to want to play certain type of characters. I guarantee none of us will feel the same way with this 5e style art. Even going back and imitating the style of Larry Elmore with updated hairstyles would have been [I]a step forward[/I]. The art seems to be the worst thing to come from 5e in my opinion. No offense intended to people that like it. It's not bad, it just doesn't feel like it should be 5e art. It's just hugely disappointing to me. [/QUOTE]
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