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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Serge" data-source="post: 325437" data-attributes="member: 4049">I voted for Larry Elmore because for many people in the mid to late 80s, his images dominated the more popular D&D outlets, primarily Dragonlance and some Forgotten Realms.  For this reason, I think most people identify D&D with his art.  Personally, although I like his art, I think its quality has deteriorated over the years as he probably has too many things he's doing.Actually, my favorite D&D artists are Todd Lockwood, Wayne Reynolds, and Keith Parkinson (although Tony DiTerrlizzi  and Sam Wood are right behind them in my book).    Lockwood manages to create extremely powerful images, even in his sketches and thumbnails, and has a powerful command with color and his use of light.  I think he uses acrylic, but his stuff has the grace of oils.  He arguably does the best dragons out there, although given the powerful and frightening image of three arcanists battling a Cornugon devil on the cover of Tome and Blood makes me want to see more of his Outsiders.  Keith Parkinson is a master of texture.  Although many people are familiar with his Everquest stuff, I like him for some of his freelance and for his Dragonlance material.  Three pieces come quickly to mind.  "Lord Soth's Charge" is masterful, capturing the terrible threat the Knight of the Black Rose represents as he and his Skeletal Warriors ride on Palanthus.  Then there's the untitled Draconian mural in which four of the five types discover that they are lost in a winter forest.  Finally, I love the painting of the Blue Dragon breathing on the Gold Dragon's head; I think this one's called "Ouch."Wayne Reynolds provides some of the most kinetic illustrations in the business.  In Deities and Demigods, he did the mighty St. Cuthbert (among others).  His art is also featured in Defenders of the Faith (which has a great picture of Jozan the Cleric being rescued from the grasp of a Glabrezu Demon by what I think is a Deva) and Tome and Blood.As for Sam Wood and Tony DiTerrizili, I like them both a lot but I've not seen as much from them as I would like.  DiTerrizili's art was perfect for Planescape, capturing the otherworldliness very well.  He also did very fierce dragons (he did all the Linnorms in one of the monster compendiums).  Sam Wood does sinister and very occultish Outsiders.  Arguably, I think he does the best evil Outsiders there are.</blockquote>

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