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<blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3225128" data-attributes="member: 43146">Q: &quot;It certainly does.&nbsp; Of the particular images from early gaming I find most compelling, most would be considered middle of the road today, but that doesn't make them any less dear to me.&quot;&nbsp;I don't buy this completely.&nbsp; Sure nastalgia is part of it.&nbsp; But to a greater extent is the actual feel and spirit these illustrations set forth.&nbsp; Kids pick up my 1E DMG and PH today and stare at them, flip through the MM and love it; but that pass my 3E books up.&nbsp; Its always been that way.&nbsp; Anyhow, &quot;realism&quot; and technique are sometimes poor measures of the quality of a work of art or illustration (what about mood, and hitting the purpose in the first place).&nbsp; I believe one of the first posters mentioned AD&amp;D 1E art and OD&amp;D art was more fine art, and the later came off as &quot;commercial&quot;.&nbsp; Think about that for a moment.&nbsp; Check out some of the fine art galleries and see how many masterpieces are in impressionistic style.&nbsp; You may not like non-photo real artwork, but alot (if not most) people do.&nbsp; I've always thought it was a pitty fantasy art didn't utilize different styles and techniques, including qualities of abstract and impressionism.&nbsp; And now it seems computer illustrators dominate the scene all depicting almost identical images.&nbsp; In this case the only yard stick used to judge value is its &quot;wow&quot; factor and its technical proficiancy.&nbsp;&nbsp; Those who like 3E won't understand my views, I know.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tx7321, post: 3225128, member: 43146"] Q: "It certainly does. Of the particular images from early gaming I find most compelling, most would be considered middle of the road today, but that doesn't make them any less dear to me." I don't buy this completely. Sure nastalgia is part of it. But to a greater extent is the actual feel and spirit these illustrations set forth. Kids pick up my 1E DMG and PH today and stare at them, flip through the MM and love it; but that pass my 3E books up. Its always been that way. Anyhow, "realism" and technique are sometimes poor measures of the quality of a work of art or illustration (what about mood, and hitting the purpose in the first place). I believe one of the first posters mentioned AD&D 1E art and OD&D art was more fine art, and the later came off as "commercial". Think about that for a moment. Check out some of the fine art galleries and see how many masterpieces are in impressionistic style. You may not like non-photo real artwork, but alot (if not most) people do. I've always thought it was a pitty fantasy art didn't utilize different styles and techniques, including qualities of abstract and impressionism. And now it seems computer illustrators dominate the scene all depicting almost identical images. In this case the only yard stick used to judge value is its "wow" factor and its technical proficiancy. Those who like 3E won't understand my views, I know. :) [/QUOTE]

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