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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5838148" data-attributes="member: 92511">I have to say, I've been wanting to say the same in a post since the art threads began. I mean, I've gone to the man's online gallery, and yeah, he can do skimpy. ANY good artist can do skimpy.But when I think of Elmore, &quot;cheesecake&quot; is not what comes to mind. Tika from the Dragonlance, yeah ok, she was pictured as scantily clad. But she was also, in the books, described as being clad in &quot;piecemeal armor&quot; cuz she was basically taken form the home-village and thrust into the role of &quot;warrior&quot; with all of these &quot;experienced adventurers.&quot; Goldmoon? Had breaches and a full covered chest from the Chronicles cover on down. Kitiara was always fully armored. Heck, in the first cover of &quot;Dragons of Winter Night&quot; I didn't even know/couldn't tell that was a female!You want &quot;cheesecake&quot; look to Caldwell! I don't think he's painted a female adventurer with pants/without bare legs and low-cut thrusting bazooms EVER! Look, even, to Easley. Just about every female he's one, even fully clothed, seems to have a chest waiting to burst through the cloth covering it.Not a problem. I mean, look at the history (nothing, even art, is made in a vacuum). They're coming from a time of the &quot;pulp&quot; novel/art. The woman was the &quot;damsel in distress.&quot; Or, if she wasn't, she was a sexy-toy thing, a la Red Sonja. Did ANY of Franzetta's females ever have tops on?But Elmore as the &quot;Lord of Cheesecake&quot;/getting all of the flack he does&nbsp; just never made sense to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5838148, member: 92511"] I have to say, I've been wanting to say the same in a post since the art threads began. I mean, I've gone to the man's online gallery, and yeah, he can do skimpy. ANY good artist can do skimpy. But when I think of Elmore, "cheesecake" is not what comes to mind. Tika from the Dragonlance, yeah ok, she was pictured as scantily clad. But she was also, in the books, described as being clad in "piecemeal armor" cuz she was basically taken form the home-village and thrust into the role of "warrior" with all of these "experienced adventurers." Goldmoon? Had breaches and a full covered chest from the Chronicles cover on down. Kitiara was always fully armored. Heck, in the first cover of "Dragons of Winter Night" I didn't even know/couldn't tell that was a female! You want "cheesecake" look to Caldwell! I don't think he's painted a female adventurer with pants/without bare legs and low-cut thrusting bazooms EVER! Look, even, to Easley. Just about every female he's one, even fully clothed, seems to have a chest waiting to burst through the cloth covering it. Not a problem. I mean, look at the history (nothing, even art, is made in a vacuum). They're coming from a time of the "pulp" novel/art. The woman was the "damsel in distress." Or, if she wasn't, she was a sexy-toy thing, a la Red Sonja. Did ANY of Franzetta's females ever have tops on? But Elmore as the "Lord of Cheesecake"/getting all of the flack he does just never made sense to me. [/QUOTE]

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