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<blockquote data-quote="DWChancellor" data-source="post: 7824233" data-attributes="member: 96184"><p>He talks about it a little in Eye of the Beholder too. Him and Sam (Wood?) went back and forth and built up their design from bones through musculature, etc...</p><p></p><p>I think the care they put into the design shows. Lockwood dragons are distinct even when drawn by artists of wildly varying talents and interest. The 3E Draconomicon has a lot of good "identify dragon by silhouette" stuff in it too that no other design set has surpassed.</p><p></p><p>I admit to appreciating a few of the more recent dragons in Magic the Gathering art (some of which are Lockwood's!) but overall I haven't seen a better solution to "OMG why are so many dragons D&D cannon and how do I make them look distinct and cool!?!?"</p><p></p><p>I like some of the ideas about wyrms, but let's be real here, WOTC isn't going to redefine the core concept of "dragons" anymore than they are going to redefine goblins. A dragon in D&D has four legs, two wings, and is a hyper intelligent apex predator stuffed with magic.</p><p></p><p>A couple of asides:</p><p></p><p>* Looking back at the 5E dragon illustrations in MM... meh. They're a bit disappointing for such a leading monster.</p><p></p><p>* Dungeon Crawl Classics has some really odd and off-beat dragons which are very imaginative.</p><p></p><p>* Warhammer dragons are all snakey and weird. Meh. Count that as my vote for all snakey dragon illustrations!</p><p></p><p>* Matt Colville's Strongholds & Followers has some interesting dragon additions with a lot of character though maybe too far from D&D's core aesthetic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DWChancellor, post: 7824233, member: 96184"] He talks about it a little in Eye of the Beholder too. Him and Sam (Wood?) went back and forth and built up their design from bones through musculature, etc... I think the care they put into the design shows. Lockwood dragons are distinct even when drawn by artists of wildly varying talents and interest. The 3E Draconomicon has a lot of good "identify dragon by silhouette" stuff in it too that no other design set has surpassed. I admit to appreciating a few of the more recent dragons in Magic the Gathering art (some of which are Lockwood's!) but overall I haven't seen a better solution to "OMG why are so many dragons D&D cannon and how do I make them look distinct and cool!?!?" I like some of the ideas about wyrms, but let's be real here, WOTC isn't going to redefine the core concept of "dragons" anymore than they are going to redefine goblins. A dragon in D&D has four legs, two wings, and is a hyper intelligent apex predator stuffed with magic. A couple of asides: * Looking back at the 5E dragon illustrations in MM... meh. They're a bit disappointing for such a leading monster. * Dungeon Crawl Classics has some really odd and off-beat dragons which are very imaginative. * Warhammer dragons are all snakey and weird. Meh. Count that as my vote for all snakey dragon illustrations! * Matt Colville's Strongholds & Followers has some interesting dragon additions with a lot of character though maybe too far from D&D's core aesthetic. [/QUOTE]
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