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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jupp" data-source="post: 1735196" data-attributes="member: 20804">What really is a good thing is that the quality of the art in the core books itself has improved beyond words compared to the old source books of D&D and AD&D. Planescape and Ravenloft source books aside the core books and monster manuals of old were horrible when it came to the art in them.What really bugs me is the style of the 3E art. For my taste it looks too much like a comic. Its a bit of a mix between too cute and marvel comic style. Both have their moments but I do not think they belong into D&D. But what I would have liked to see for 3E art is stuff like from Brom, Jeff Easley or Keith Parkinson (his ToEE cover is still one of my favorites). I'd like to have the art grittier and more threatening, especially when it comes to Monster Manual art. Some of the critters there are drawn almost cute at times. The same applies to the art in the adventure modules. When I bought Sunless Citadel the first time that turned me off was that first picture in the module of the ledge on page 5. Please? That looked like right out of a comic book, exactly the same style. Dunno but it's certainly not my taste and vision of RPG art. A good example of in-book art (is that even a word?) were the drawings of Return to the Tomb of Horrors. There were some nice pencil drawings in there.</blockquote>