Mutants & Masterminds 3 preview art

darjr · Dec 3, 2010

Green Ronin posted some preview art for M&M3. I like the xeno and kid robot.

Super-Vision: Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition Art Preview #1

Jeff Wilder · Dec 3, 2010

I know I could research, but I'm lazy:

What's the story on SK not running M&M any longer?

Aus_Snow · Dec 3, 2010

Jeff Wilder said:
What's the story on SK not running M&M any longer?

"Running"...?

He's the "lead writer and designer", or words to that effect, last I checked. :uhoh:

coyote6 · Dec 3, 2010

He's not the developer; Jon L. is (I can never spell his name right from memory). SK stepped down as dev, IIRC. Maybe he got tired of doing it, or needed/wanted more time to write games & books rather than just develop others' work.

I'm glad they're expanding the FC universe; I'm going to have to pick up M&M 3e, even though I'm fairly certain we won't be leaving 2e.

Treebore · Dec 4, 2010

Compared to the art in the DC books a good bit of those examples are pretty weak. I hope those are as unfinished as they look to be and improve a lot when done.

deinol · Dec 4, 2010

Those look like unprocessed finals. You can still see pencil marks from the original sketching. Once they are processed by the art department they will look a lot cleaner.

I don't have the DC adventures book, but did it have a lot of original art? Or did it benefit from the DC archives that include thousands of drawings of well known superheroes?

coyote6 · Dec 4, 2010

Those are concept sketches. If you read the preview, Jon talks about how the final versions are different in some ways.

As for DCA, I believe it's all DC art. But I'm not sure.

coyote6 · Dec 4, 2010

Preview #2 is up, showcasing the first cover sketch:

M&M 3e preview #2

Qualidar · Dec 4, 2010

That's pretty sweet.

I thought that the book was supposed to be out about now. Does anyone know the release date?

ShinHakkaider · Dec 4, 2010

Treebore said:
Compared to the art in the DC books a good bit of those examples are pretty weak. I hope those are as unfinished as they look to be and improve a lot when done.

Well yeah, I dont think that there's an original piece of art in that DC book at all. Most of it I recognize from other sources...

EDIT: Just flipped through most of the book and it looks like all of the art (that I saw) was all previously existing art.