D&D General One Piece of Art- What D&D Art Inspired You to Love a Class?

[Dioltach]

I always assumed Tanis was a ranger, until I got a copy of DL Adventures and he was statted up as a fighter. And Riverwind as a ranger. From their descriptions in the Chronicles I thought it was the other way round. (Particularly as Tanis is explicitly said to have a high wisdom.)

 

[WarDriveWorley]

Huh, I had never really noticed the Fourth of July feathers before. I wonder what bird/monster they are supposed to have come from.

I literally have never noticed that till you pointed them out. lol.. No clue

 

[WarDriveWorley]

I always assumed Tanis was a ranger, until I got a copy of DL Adventures and he was statted up as a fighter. And Riverwind as a ranger. From their descriptions in the Chronicles I thought it was the other way round. (Particularly as Tanis is explicitly said to have a high wisdom.)

Same which is why I used him as inspiration.

 

[Jacob Lewis]

Going slightly off-script here...

Source: Icewind Dale (PC video game)
Artist: Jason Manley
Class: Paladin
Technically, its a licensed D&D game, so this should still count. There's actually several dozen portraits like this made specifically for this series. Many of them done by two artists. The quality varies; some are much better (or much worse) than others. This one, however, has always been my favorite. Most characters I play in any CRPG is based on this portrait (and several others from that game).

 

[Cadence]

I'm not sure any picture made me love a class, but I have fond memories of many Dragon Magazine covers, and this was one near the end of where I stopped getting them. And it's a heck of a Ranger picture.

Daniel R. Horne's “Saving the Best for Last"

 

[Emirikol]

Daniel Horne is my favorite fantasy artist. Good choice.

 

[arakasi]

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I first saw this picture less than a week after the 1e Players Handbook was published. It's not like I look at on a regular basis, but it has been instantly recognizable to me for 44 years now.

And it wasn't until today that I realized that the shield is held wrong. The long axis should be near perpendicular to the arm, not parallel and the point should be pointed down, not up.

So here I am, looking at a barbed, ice, bone, and horned devil, and now all I can think is that shield looks weird.

 

[SkidAce]

I first saw this picture less than a week after the 1e Players Handbook was published. It's not like I look at on a regular basis, but it has been instantly recognizable to me for 44 years now.

And it wasn't until today that I realized that the shield is held wrong. The long axis should be near perpendicular to the arm, not parallel and the point should be pointed down, not up.

So here I am, looking at a barbed, ice, bone, and horned devil, and now all I can think is that shield looks weird.

Pushed aside by the fiend?

But I always noticed that too.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I'm not sure any picture made me love a class, but I have fond memories of many Dragon Magazine covers, and this was one near the end of where I stopped getting them. And it's a heck of a Ranger picture.

Daniel R. Horne's “Saving the Best for Last"

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I guess you could say I agree Also, his remake he did of that one is pretty good too

 

[toucanbuzz]

As a DM, I don't often play. But damn if this Dark Sun art didn't make you want to play a Mul Gladiator, what else could... It captured everything Dark Sun sought to be. The exotic feel, struggle, raw strength, brutality, alien nature, desert world.