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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darth Shoju" data-source="post: 3239441" data-attributes="member: 11397">And that is pretty much what I am getting at; many times in this thread I've seen subjective *opinion* presented as objective *critique*. The size of an elf's ears don't speak even one whit to the quality of a piece of art. The claim was presented that the rough, amateurish style of 1ed art was part of it's appeal and was likely purposeful. It was also claimed that in 2ed and 3ed the technical proficiency of the artists was a weakness. 1e art was compared to fine art while 2ed and 3ed art was called commercial and soulless. This not only attempted to set up an unassailable argument (1ed weaknesses=strengths, 2ed/3ed strengths=weaknesses) but simultaneously managed to come off as condescending and insulting to fans of 2ed/3ed art. I posted those pictures to show that it is dangerous to speak in absolutes about something so broad as the artwork of an entire edition. Art is art; any given piece can exhibit the strengths and flaws you speak of regardless of edition. As RC pointed out, the main thing you can critique them on is whether or not they effectively portray the theme or focus of their respective edition. That's a discussion worth having IMO.I'll admit that people came in initially to this thread and attributed all of the "magic" of 1ed art to pure nostalgia; I'll also admit that I mostly shared that opinion at first. Your (and others') arguments to the contrary managed to convince me to give 1ed art another shake and made me realize that it isn't pure nostalgia, that quality works were done in that era. But honestly, you could have done that without sniping at the art of other editions.That's what has gotten me so involved in this thread. If only I could apply this much energy and focus to stuff that actually matters.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

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