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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8586956" data-attributes="member: 5948">It's profoundly impractical, but from a purely results-based perspective I'd love to see a bit of a return to the 2e practice of having a single artist do the lion's share of art for a given setting.  So hire Elmore to do ALL the Dragonlance art, or Brom to do ALL the Dark Sun art etc.  (For setting books at least - things like core books and more general resources and monster books etc are fine with a mixed aesthetic)I just think for setting books, having a single artist really stamp their distinct style on the setting adds to the immersion and makes the setting feel more unique and distinct.  The raw quality of most modern in-book art is streets ahead of what it used to be, but each book is kind of a visual stew of different styles.  For settings, i think a unified artistic vision really adds to things.Unfortunately, it's a massive workload to put on the shoulders of one artist, especially these days when books are much thicker and more art-heavy and full colour than they used to be.  TSR burned out Brom by overworking him on the Dark Sun line, you don't want to do that again.  And not being an artist I don't know how possible it would be to hire Artist Z and say 'hey, in this book we're using art that emulates Elmore's style, can you do a piece like that'?Edit: I'm not saying just to hire back the veteran 2e artists to do everything. I'm saying it'd be nice to appoint a lead artist whose work and style will define the look of the setting and will predominately populate the book.</blockquote>

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