deganawida
Hero
I had never seen this one before, but I love how serpentine the dragon's head is.
D&D General What's some of your favorite pieces of official D&D art from any edition?
- Thread starter DarkCrisis
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I did not, no. The front cover was an homage to Holmes Basic and was done by John Latta. The back cover was done by Billy Blue.
Weiley31
Legend
Lot of the Elmore stuff.
Lot of the Dragonlance art.
Lot of the DND art that current modern players aren't exactly too fond of. So yes, that includes the Cheesecake/Bikini Armors and Jet-black obsidian colored Drow
Pretty much a majority/lot of the DND art from 3.0/3.5 since that was the edition I was starting to seriously get into the hobby when looking up the many details of DND.
Really liked the Dwarven/Gnome art for Dwarven/Gnome characters in 4E.
^As I'll third mention this particular piece too as others have mentioned before. There's a sort of weird "darkness" and desolate feel that encompasses the piece that fits hella well with the whole Fantasy adventure aspect of DND. The foreboding nature present within the dark, grey clouds as you can almost "hear" the sorrowful wails of a cursed undead rising up from the ice in order to make an attempt to claim another victim. Really great touch/feeling all around.
When it comes to the actual art of the dragons themselves, I vastly prefer the 3.0/3.5 art, but as mentioned before, I'm a bit more biased/leaning towards that due to the edition when growing up.
And then when it comes to the 5E generation: the VAST majority of the Alternate art covers of the books. ESPECIALLY the ones done by Hydro 47. Tyranny of Dragons 2019, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, and the Spelljammers: Adventures in Space Alt set being my top faves.
Lot of the Dragonlance art.
Lot of the DND art that current modern players aren't exactly too fond of. So yes, that includes the Cheesecake/Bikini Armors and Jet-black obsidian colored Drow
Pretty much a majority/lot of the DND art from 3.0/3.5 since that was the edition I was starting to seriously get into the hobby when looking up the many details of DND.
Really liked the Dwarven/Gnome art for Dwarven/Gnome characters in 4E.
^As I'll third mention this particular piece too as others have mentioned before. There's a sort of weird "darkness" and desolate feel that encompasses the piece that fits hella well with the whole Fantasy adventure aspect of DND. The foreboding nature present within the dark, grey clouds as you can almost "hear" the sorrowful wails of a cursed undead rising up from the ice in order to make an attempt to claim another victim. Really great touch/feeling all around.
When it comes to the actual art of the dragons themselves, I vastly prefer the 3.0/3.5 art, but as mentioned before, I'm a bit more biased/leaning towards that due to the edition when growing up.
And then when it comes to the 5E generation: the VAST majority of the Alternate art covers of the books. ESPECIALLY the ones done by Hydro 47. Tyranny of Dragons 2019, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, and the Spelljammers: Adventures in Space Alt set being my top faves.
Parmandur
Book-Friend
This is what I thought of when I saw the thread title, easily the best D&D art piece from 3.x in my estimation (and 3.x Greyhawkery is my nostalgia).
Michael Kormack's "Caves of Chaos."
Kannik
Hero
If I had to pick just one, this is the first one that came to mind when I read the title question. Used to have a poster of it on my door. There are lots of sweet and evocative paintings of that era, and I'm not quite sure why this one sticks the most in my mind, but when it comes to one heck of a dragon (and the feeling you might be in a bit of trouble now...), this fits the bill.
Mad_Jack
Hero
Y'know, the one thing that always struck me about that pic? Unless that dwarf is supposed to be one of the bad guys, he's got some major stones using it as cover from its own breath weapon, lol...
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
Brutal. Dragon magazine had some astonishingly good covers back in the day. Heck, this was the cover right before that issue:
That cabinet of alchemical ingredients is a great piece, filled with all sorts of tiny details that draw the viewer in.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I just sold my copy of The Art of Dragon Magazine to Noble Knight, for those wanting a nice hardcover gallery of Dragon art up through the Paizo era. It should probably up on their website by the end of March.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I don't think I'd be confident enough in those ropes to hang a dragon skull of that size behind my chair.
mamba
Hero
emphasis on behind, not above
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
He has to duck around it every time he wants to get to his bookshelf, though, which is also an issue in my book.emphasis on behind, not above
Raistlin is one of the original D&D edgelords, along with the Dragon magazine anti-paladin.
Faolyn
(she/her)
Womb with a view?
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
One of the things about DeTerlizzi is that you can feel his empathy for each of his subjects, including the monstrous ones.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I think I have that somewhere. Huh, looks like it's worth more than I would've expected. For some reason it still surprises me when 3e books go for that much more than cover price. But plenty of them do.
DarkCrisis
Sith Lord
I always think his art giving like to Planescape was like 75% of it's character. Can't wait to see what half-assed art WotC kicks out for Planescape 5E.
