D&D (2024) Speculation on the art in the new core books

[DavyGreenwind]

I like this guy.

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

I like this guy.
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Great piece of art, but for me, gnomes have pointed ears and halflings don't. This is one of the reasons why gnomes and halflings are so inter-mixed artwise. People just have different perspectives and preferences for how to differentiate them.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Honestly, I still think that the best way to do Art in D&D in 2024 is to have artists us ANY EDITION as their inspiration. Give us ALL the various types of halflings, drow, elves, and so on.

I really don't like how the 1e Drow looked, I hope they keep the 70's porn mustaches away from them.

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

I really don't like how the 1e Drow looked, I hope they the 70's porn mustaches away from them.

70's moustaches for Knights of Solamnia is fine. Drow? Less fine.

 

[Yaarel]

Here are paleontological uses of AI imaging to reconstruct skeletal remains of the reallife "hobbit", Homo floresiensis. They are about a meter tall. Note the large hands and feet. There is still debate about how humanlike or bonobo-chimpanzee-like the face should be, and I am skeptical about the accuracy of AI at this point in time. But for fantasy purposes, something like these seem realistic for a Halfling species.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I really don't like how the 1e Drow looked, I hope they keep the 70's porn mustaches away from them.

Aw, c'mon. Here and there it would be HILARIOUS. But yeah, I generally agree.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Here are paleontological uses of AI imaging to reconstruct skeletal remains of the reallife "hobbit", Homo floresiensis. They are about a meter tall. Note the large hands and feet. There is still debate about how humanlike or bonobo-chimpanzee-like the face should be, and I am skeptical about the accuracy of AI at this point in time. But for fantasy purposes, something like these seem realistic for a Halfling species.

Get that guy a waistcoat and a long-stemmed pipe!

 

[Yaarel]

So for D&D art purposes, analogous to elven pointed ears,

The telltale feature of the Halfling would be a prominent browridge and cheekbones surrounding the eyes. It reminds me a bit of goggles.

Meanwhile, the ears tend to be round and outward. The hands and feet are proportionally larger than for most humans.

They seem decent-looking.

 

[Yaarel]

Get that guy a waistcoat and a long-stemmed pipe!

Huh. I had no idea a "waistcoat" is the same thing as a vest.

 

[Reynard]

Get that guy a waistcoat and a long-stemmed pipe!

And a second breakfast.