D&D General How would you design the new 5.5 (whatever) ed PHB cover? Art!

[DarkCrisis]

unless they are leather bound colectors edition, they will break down eventually.

my 3.5 PHB is just a page salad now.

I mean sure if you want a copy to sit on a shelf, I guess. Can get a used eBay copy for like $30.

Or just use Pathfinder 1st ed.


Point being, 5E is about to be wholly replaced with 5.5. Just like 3.5 and PF, the original 3rd ed book is just a shelf sitter for those who need every edition even if they don’t see use.

Which is fine. I still have copies of 1 and 2E core 3. Though I do try to get a short campaign with AD&D in once every couple of years

 

[Shardstone]

Awesome! But not what the thread is about....

Wdym? I'm saying I would remake a similar cover. You asked what I would make, and that's what I would make

 

[HaroldTheHobbit]

It's fine as is. With alignment gone, the characters are about to be betrayed and chewed up by that ultra-evil gold dragon.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I'm not a graphic designer, so I'm not qualified to answer this question.

 

[Reynard]

I also like something like these that give a sense of danger in exploration

 

[Reynard]

See, now I want to go through a book of every Dragon magazine cover ever because to me, those were almost always better than the actual manual covers.

 

[ezo]

Frankly, pretty much anything here is better than the new 2024 PHB cover IMO.

AI generated art also looks better than most of the "new" stuff out there to me. I have no issues with it or people who want to use it.

 

[Reynard]

AI generated art also looks better than most of the "new" stuff out there to me. I have no issues with it or people who want to use it.

You need to look closer. The vast majority of it is only good at a glance. Any level of inspection reveals pretty terrible flaws almost instantly.

 

[ezo]

You need to look closer. The vast majority of it is only good at a glance. Any level of inspection reveals pretty terrible flaws almost instantly.

I do, often.

Most AI generators have gotten to the point that at normal viewing/print sizes, any "flaws" are not noticable--and many simply don't have them (especially "terrible flaws"--like extra fingers or arms, etc.). Frankly, it will continue to improve.

What you're claiming might have been the case a year ago, but simply isn't at this point IME. Finally, any minor issues can easily be corrected by a graphic artist, much more quickly and for less cost.

 

[aco175]

Special Edition cover to boost sales.

Any depictions of actual people are purely coincidence and not reflect the blah, blah, blah