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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 3918587" data-attributes="member: 20854">Looking at what I wrote, it could probably be summarized as "likes strong contrasts, clean lines, and pieces that suggest/tell a story."  However, that's not necessarily set-in-stone.  Sometimes, a muddier or dirtier approach suits the subject, IMO.  Some classic pieces I like are Paladin in Hell and Emirikol the Chaotic from 1E.  The "magic mouth/stairs" piece in the 1E PH fires me up, too, even though its not the style that I typically am drawn to.  Sometimes I'm surprised by a particular piece that I like.  I generally dislike modern art and abstract expressionism, but every once in a while I'll find a work that I can't stop looking at.  There's a Pollock painting that does that to me (can't recall the name, off the top of my head), even though I'm no fan of Pollock or that approach, in general. I really like pen and ink work (unsurprising, given my penchant for contrast and clean lines), but I'm also drawn to paintings.  I like realism, but some degree of abstraction sometimes suits a work.  I like paintings where the artists love of the medium shines through.  (Here's <a href="http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/nfechin1_1.jpg" target="_blank">example by Fechin</a> that brings some of these things together.)  Another good example is the avatar I often use:<img src="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/images/avatars/trolllordgames/1588699952449ee6a567c98.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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