D&D General What's some of your favorite pieces of official D&D art from any edition?

[Thourne]

There's a gnome in the picture?!

Oh I can understand how you could miss it.
That is an extremely nice looking tree.
He is right in front of it a little to the right and left of the bush.

 

[ilgatto]

Everyone posting their favorite 1E and 2E art: Make sure to schedule your annual physicals with your doctors.

WTL? I wasn't even born when I first saw my favorite pieces of 1E art!

Speaking of which: Although I remember heaving a sigh of relief when UA and the revised 1E rule books came out (Easley covers), I do think I only felt true excitement when I saw artwork by Timothy Truman.

 

[AnotherGuy]

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I wasn't even born when I first saw my favorite pieces of 1E art!

That's a pretty impressive trick.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Just saw this one and love it. I don't think its official D&D but it is Elmore and the description says that's a Gnome Cleric, who looks awesome IMO. It's called "Waiting For Shadamehr"

One thing I always liked was that that image is connected to two others...

The "Shadamehr" referenced in the title of that pic is the guy in this one, "Shadamehr Encounters Baakesh Va"...

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...And Baakesh Va, the monster from that one, shows up in "Desert Battle"...

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The Ral Partha Sterling Collection diorama of "Shadamehr Encounters Baakesh Va" is something I've been trying to collect for decades...

 

[ilgatto]

That's a pretty impressive trick.

Hmm... I see what you mean. Maybe the sentence needs some work.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Everyone posting their favorite 1E and 2E art: Make sure to schedule your annual physicals with your doctors.

I literally have a letter from my Dr. dated Mar 7 next to me saying I need to do this....

 

[AnotherGuy]

Everyone posting their favorite 1E and 2E art: Make sure to schedule your annual physicals with your doctors.

That's the funniest thing I've heard on this forum for a while.

 

[dave2008]

I love the O'Connor stairs. Those are great.

I also really like this fairly simple one on the inside cover of the Moldvay Basic rules.

I thought that was one of the best drawings of the OG red dragon design that actually followed the design in the 1e MM.

 

[dave2008]

I looked at this one a lot in the Art of Dragonlance book: