Which artist is best at which creature type?

[Upper_Krust]

Hi all!

I was just looking through the various monster illustrations and was wondering if some artists are perhaps more suited to certain monster types than others?

Aberrations: Tom Baxa

Beasts: Richard Sardinha

Constructs: Wayne Reynolds

Deities (okay not quite a 'type' to themselves, but Glenn Angus deserved special mention for his work in D&Dg): Glenn Angus

Dragons: Todd Lockwood (though certainly Jeff Easley in the past)

Elementals: Brian Despain

Fey: Rebecca Guay

Humanoids: Sam Wood

Outsiders: Wayne Reynolds (again)

Undead: Brom (followed closely by about a half dozen other artists)

What do the rest of you think? Who should do which illustrations?

Also if you were outlining 4th Edition what about the idea of one artist working exclusively on each individual creature type?

 

[LGodamus]

well if nothing else you are overwhelmingly correct on your dragon point there krusty

 

[Moulin Rogue]

I second Rebecca Guay for most Fey, but for evil Fey I'd go with Michael Kaluta.

 

[Oni]

Well because of this thread I have determined two things.

1. The name not being familiar too me, I went and looked for Brian Despains website, and he's pretty awesome. http://www.imphead.com/

2. Wayne Reynolds needs a website darnit.

 

[Kilmore]

Early edition halflings: Jim Halloway

 

[Dextolen]

For fey and some outsiders my vote is D'terlizzi

 

[Knightfall]

2. Wayne Reynolds needs a website darnit.

You mean this one:
http://www.onlinegamescompany.com/war/

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Oni!

Well because of this thread I have determined two things.

1. The name not being familiar too me, I went and looked for Brian Despains website, and he's pretty awesome. http://www.imphead.com/

2. Wayne Reynolds needs a website darnit.

You've got my two favourite 3rd Ed. artists right there.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Knightfall!

You mean this one:
http://www.onlinegamescompany.com/war/

I don't think Waynes website has been updated in a year or so. If I see him at Gencon UK in a few weeks I will talk to him about it. Though offhand it looks like hes not much bothered in having his own website?

 

[Knight Otu]

Dragons: Todd Lockwood (though certainly Jeff Easley in the past)

I still wonder who committed the atrocity to decide not to give the gem dragons to Lockwood.