D&D General Tony Diterlizzi appreciation thread

[Scribe]

Man, please just let us get a Planescape book in that style again.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

To me this art represent all that is good with D&D. It screams ''fun'' and ''imagination''. I get that for some people it is the art of Planescape, but I think this is the art that fits the feel of D&D the most.

The guy that draws the ''sketchy'' art of the 5e Basic Rules as well as the art of Curse of Strahd and Out of the Abyss (forget his name) is pretty close in my opinion.

Also a big shout out to the Dwarves from Trudvang Chronicles!

I mean... I get serious, I get grim and dark...but I think D&D is all about the weirdness and alien-ness of characters and creatures inhabiting fantastic lands.

 

[Stormonu]

I feel very honored that Tony did the art for my Dungeon adventure, "The Winter Tapestry".

 

[TheSword]

There’s a lot of love in this thread. Finding it hard not to love everything!

This pic for instance!

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Man, please just let us get a Planescape book in that style again.

Not sure that's even possible. Yes Diterlizzi can be commissioned for a few pieces, but not the whole book; he's explained before how when doing Plescape, he was making art constantly and it wasn't a healthy pace. I don't think he'd want to be the sole artist on a new book release again.

And if the other artists are trying to mimic Tony, they're pieces would suffer... you can't beat the OG at this style!

So it'd be great to have a new Planescape book, with new pieces by Diterlizzi, but it shouldn't be the only style... otherwise it would probably suffer in quality.

 

[Malmuria]

Not sure that's even possible. Yes Diterlizzi can be commissioned for a few pieces, but not the whole book; he's explained before how when doing Plescape, he was making art constantly and it wasn't a healthy pace. I don't think he'd want to be the sole artist on a new book release again.

And if the other artists are trying to mimic Tony, they're pieces would suffer... you can't beat the OG at this style!

So it'd be great to have a new Planescape book, with new pieces by Diterlizzi, but it shouldn't be the only style... otherwise it would probably suffer in quality.

I used to think a PS book would have to include his art, but the past is past. 5e can and will do its own thing.

If you can find it for a reasonable price, I would recommend his book Realms which includes a large collection of his art

 

[ersatzphil]

Yes Diterlizzi can be commissioned for a few pieces, but not the whole book

One of the things I miss about older editions of D&D was how different artists did so much to differentiate the different worlds of play. The art in "Van Richtens" is more or less the same as that in "Tashas" or "Xanathars" - "Van Richtens" isn't a Ravenloft product, it's a D&D product that happens to take place in Ravenloft. I'm sure it would be the same for "Shemeshka's Guide to the Wheel", or whatever we call a theoretical "Planescape" book.

...that being said, if they don't at minimum have DiTerlizzi do the alt art version, I wouldn't even know what to say.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I read The Search for Wondla to my daughter years back, and particularly liked his art in that. For instance:

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His website is pretty great, by the way; full of stuff to look at, read, listen to, and watch.

I read that book in Middle School! I loved his giant Tardigrade art!

 

[Malmuria]

I wanted him in my final 2. Unfortunately politics got in the way.

Love his stuff though.

wait, I'm confused--didn't you downvote him in that thread?

 

[Scribe]

wait, I'm confused--didn't you downvote him in that thread?

I did, because Frank Frazetta was being unjustly targeted.

I wont claim to make sense but as Cuthbert is noted to have said.

“Yes, retribution is the basis of all law.”