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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5465337" data-attributes="member: 40177">Agreed.&nbsp; And if we're going to talk about art differences, I would agree that the 2e - 3e art change was the biggest (which makes sense - TSR to Wotc, after all).&nbsp; However, 4e has definitely expanded on the trend.in 3e, at least most of those portraits are of characters DOING stuff (outside of the PHB, for the most part).&nbsp; Lidda's been burnt from casting a spell.&nbsp; Or is picking a lock.&nbsp; Or regdar is busy, you know, dying. In 4e, the art is generally &quot;Guy or girl looks right at the camera while flexing&quot;.&nbsp; Or they're jumping.&nbsp; Or swing a sword directly at the viewer.&nbsp; 3e art is not really much better, I would fully agree with you, but there is definitely a difference - there are still stories that are told in some of the better 3e pieces.&nbsp; In 4e,&nbsp; those stories are few and far between (I can only think of two off the top of my head - a town scene for Fallcrest, I believe, and a dragon flying over a guy riding a horse from the Draconomicon).&nbsp; And at least in 3e, the art isn't just sitting in a square against a flat white background... in 3e, the text wraps around the art, which is much more visually pleasing than 4e, which generally looks like it was done through MS Word.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5465337, member: 40177"] Agreed. And if we're going to talk about art differences, I would agree that the 2e - 3e art change was the biggest (which makes sense - TSR to Wotc, after all). However, 4e has definitely expanded on the trend. in 3e, at least most of those portraits are of characters DOING stuff (outside of the PHB, for the most part). Lidda's been burnt from casting a spell. Or is picking a lock. Or regdar is busy, you know, dying. In 4e, the art is generally "Guy or girl looks right at the camera while flexing". Or they're jumping. Or swing a sword directly at the viewer. 3e art is not really much better, I would fully agree with you, but there is definitely a difference - there are still stories that are told in some of the better 3e pieces. In 4e, those stories are few and far between (I can only think of two off the top of my head - a town scene for Fallcrest, I believe, and a dragon flying over a guy riding a horse from the Draconomicon). And at least in 3e, the art isn't just sitting in a square against a flat white background... in 3e, the text wraps around the art, which is much more visually pleasing than 4e, which generally looks like it was done through MS Word. [/QUOTE]

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