Dragonlance "The Women of Dragonlance" -- Larry Elmore's New Dragonlance Painting

Iconic D&D artist Larry Elmore has been working on a new Dragonlance painting. He has been sharing progress pictures over recent weeks. This is apparently a commission for a client, and is entitled "The Women of Dragonlance".

There's a new trilogy of Dragonlance novels coming from authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman featuring "classic Dragonlance" branding.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Awesome! Love Elmore! Can't wait to see it completed.

 

[dave2008]

Not quite as fond of his paintings anymore*, but I do still love the B&W illustrations in the BECMI books. Must be nice to be able to commission one the original DL artists.

*with some exceptions

 

[Alzrius]

For those wondering, from left to right the characters are: Goldmoon, Tika, Kitiara, and Laurana.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Not quite as fond of his paintings anymore*

If you don't mind me asking, why not? What changed in your opinion of his work?? If you don't want to respond, no worries, just curious.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Yeah if I was Kitiara I'd be giving these ladies the side-eye too. Definitely interested to see what Elmore does with it.

 

[dave2008]

If you don't mind me asking, why not? What changed in your opinion of his work?? If you don't want to respond, no worries, just curious.

I think some of his DL paintings just feel very posed and stiff. Not to mention I don't like his dragons very much. This could easily be the result of rate of work they were expected to produce.

Now, he has some classics too that continue to hold up IMO. Like this one:

 

[thomkt]

For those wondering, from left to right the characters are: Goldmoon, Tika, Kitiara, and Laurana.

Thanks, couldn't remember Tika, maybe if she had her frying pan I would have

 

[DND_Reborn]

I think some of his DL paintings just feel very posed and stiff.

Gotcha. Yeah, a lot of the DL work does feel that way. I don't like his dragons in the DL line much either.

For DL, my favorite is:

 

[Retreater]

I have a friend from community theatre who modeled for him at one point.
I'm glad to see a classic artist working on a mainstream project again.