PHB, MM, DMG covers

[Ravellion]

I like the idea of full-cover art. And I like the dynamics and topics of the MM and DMG. But... I don't like WAR, especially his faces. I very much hope the PHB gets a better picture, and would have preferred some other artist to do the covers. Lockwood is good.

I really can't stomach WAR art. I find the coice for him as an artist very strange, as he is a kinda "love him or hate him" kind of artist. Lockwood would indeed have been a safer choice.

 

[JVisgaitis]

New D&D Logo and Covers

So what does everyone think of the new logo? Personally, I'm not a fan. It looks like a good start, but looks kinda cheesy to me for some reason. As to the covers, I like WAR's work and the covers look good, but I don't like the way the typography looks and is done and I especially don't like the band of white that the D&D logo sits on. I hope these get tweaked as the release gets closer. Thank the gods we lose the whole books that look like books thing.

 

[Aus_Snow]

That sums it up for me, too.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I like the logo. Looks clean, simple and emphasizes the abbreviation of the name. I really like the notion of having pictures on the covers. I especially love that they got WAR to do them.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

The logos are OK. The covers not so much. There are so many possible iconic images for the core books' covers that I thikn they should stay more generic.

Plus I absolutely hate WAR's style. Now, if Todd Lockwood were the cover artist, that woul dbe another story ...

 

[JVisgaitis]

The new logo is so amazing, I have no words to describe it.

Man, I respect you as an artist, but it has never been more apparent to me how at the other ends of the spectrum our tastes are.

 

[Digital M@]

I like the covers, but I have 8 months or so to get bored with them or find something to nit pick about. The new logos are my favorite to date, but art is subsective and to each their own. But you know in the end it is just better to agree with me.

 

[DragonLancer]

I don't like the new covers but I LOVE the new logo.

 

[WhatGravitas]

That sums it up for me, too.

Ditto. I would've preferred something more akin to the FR-books or the Arcana Evolved-books, i.e. something with a wide panorama-wrap-around in the middle and stuff above and below. Though I'm pretty partial to the Arcana Unearthed-cover, which was IMHO one of the best RPG covers ever.

Or going to bold full-art route... like Draconomicon.

Or doing something like Dawning Star, which was also one of the best covers ever.

Yeah, a bit lacking, though the art is rad!

EDIT: Even replacing the white by black or just use the logo... would improve the cover by a great deal!

Cheers, LT.

 

[JVisgaitis]

You just killed his poor little website's bandwidth by linking those pictures here.

Toddlockwood.com, we barely knew ye...

It has nothing to do with bandwidth. He has the images protected so you can't direct link to them.