MM2 art gallery- AWESOME!

[OchreJelly]

I'm curious to see how winter wolves are statted. I had to make them up for an adventure. Overall, I'm pretty excited to get this book.

 

[lutecius]

On the whole I'm not sure the art is much better than in mm1 (to me phb2 was a vast improvement over phb1)

It's less garish, but there are still a lot of clumsy poses and cartoony pictures (not in a good way). The colossus and demon followers look like something from scooby doo.

There are fewer really bad pics than in mm1 but also fewer really good ones, imo. The bebilith is the best version i've seen, though.

The angel look a lot more like angels, but still suffer from the previous design.

Also, aaargh they did it again. After the angel, dryad and quickling, sprites are now winged goblins. We already have archons/elementals, hags and goblins/imps. Does everything need to be uglified to make an interesting opponent?

 

[Klaus]

This Copper Dragon was an illustration for a Dragon prestige class (which I can't remember what it was exactly called, something to do with scales or spells) from the 3.x Draconomicon. The other Copper Dragon looks familiar but I'm not sure where did I see it, could be the same book as the former.

The Dimensional Marauder was previously the Ethereal Marauder from 3.x MM1 while the Darkmantle art is the same one from MM1. The Remorhaz shown here is also from MM1 but I remember they had a new art for it (which is awesome) when they previewed it as an excerpt.

The Warforged Titan looks familiar too but it also looks like a rehash from a previous art. My mind must be showing signs for senility as well.

Other than those, everything else looks awesome.

Runecarved Dragon was the copper dragon in Draconomicon. The other is new.

The Warforged Titan is straight out of the Eberron Campaign Setting.

The Nothic is from the Miniatures Handbook.

The Steel Predator looks like it's from a later-day MM. They were designed originally for Lord of the Iron Fortress.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I quite like a number of these, but...

< rant >What on earth is going on with the stupid giant ant pictures?

It isn't tricky! Insects have head, thorax and abdomen. All legs on the thorax.

If the artist was going for 'strange ant-like being' OK, do what you want. But for goodness sake make the giant ants look a little bit like ants. Hasn't the artist heard of reference pictures?

< / rant >

 

[NexH]

There are many excellent (for me) illustrations here:

*Picture number 30, with the horde of little and scary-looking myconids fading into the spore-clouded distance.
*I love the detail/style in 24 (couatl), 32 (elementals),33 (angels), 46 (genasi), 63 (hawks), 82 (direguards), 140 (yochol).
*The Gold dragon sleeping on that enormous pillow.
*The Witherling picture is indeed great and different.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

My favorite is the dretch.

 

[Klaus]

No one comments on the 4e looks for sprites?

Man, those fey are really letting themselves go...

 

[Desdichado]

Huge fan of the Dragon art of Dagon. Nice to see that released without titles covering it up.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I quite like a number of these, but...

< rant >What on earth is going on with the stupid giant ant pictures?

It isn't tricky! Insects have head, thorax and abdomen. All legs on the thorax.

If the artist was going for 'strange ant-like being' OK, do what you want. But for goodness sake make the giant ants look a little bit like ants. Hasn't the artist heard of reference pictures?

< / rant >

They don't look like Ants?

 

[chaotix42]

They don't look like Ants?

They do, just not exactly like real ants, as per Plane Sailing's complaint. Not a big deal for me - they look more than a little like ants as far as I'm concerned. Sure they have an extra body segment and their legs aren't all attached to their thorax but everything else fits the bill.

The art in the MM2 really pleases me. Some of my favorite pieces are the cockatrice, devas, and silver dragon. The nothic eye of Vecna is the bomb too!