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<blockquote data-quote="NewLifeForm" data-source="post: 2533720" data-attributes="member: 7811">The Art of Gaming...(A wee bit ranty)Cool art or the lack there of is one my personal pet peeves with RPGs as both a gamer and an illustrator. Has anyone seen a Japanese RPG book or one of the guide books for the MMORGs? Why or why do our RPGs look like text books with an occaisional drawing. Also, aside from the unusually long ears on their Elves, the japanese concepts and designs for western fantasy characters and creatures blow our &quot;dark age punk&quot; look out of the water.Artists I'd like to see...Hyung Tae Kim (Magna Carta, War of Genesis, Lineage II, Cover of Savant and Sorceror for Exalted)Ugetsu Hakua (Burst Angel)Charles VessTony DiterlizziBrian FroudWayne BarloweTerry WhitlachAdam HughesCarlos PachecoMike WieringoMy Buddies at Argh Studios*Any one who worked on the computer/video games Final Fantasy XI ir XII, Lineage II, Legend of Zelda -Twilight Princess.Probably a dozen more artists I can't think of at the moment but will remember as soon as I press &quot;Submit Reply&quot;&nbsp; :\ NewLifeForm*Many former players of mine are members of the Argh Studios crew and have posted some of the illustrations done for our games. Check them out at <a href="http://www.arghstudios.com" target="_blank">www.arghstudios.com</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewLifeForm, post: 2533720, member: 7811"] [b]The Art of Gaming...(A wee bit ranty)[/b] Cool art or the lack there of is one my personal pet peeves with RPGs as both a gamer and an illustrator. Has anyone seen a Japanese RPG book or one of the guide books for the MMORGs? Why or why do our RPGs look like text books with an occaisional drawing. Also, aside from the unusually long ears on their Elves, the japanese concepts and designs for western fantasy characters and creatures blow our "dark age punk" look out of the water. Artists I'd like to see... Hyung Tae Kim (Magna Carta, War of Genesis, Lineage II, Cover of Savant and Sorceror for Exalted) Ugetsu Hakua (Burst Angel) Charles Vess Tony Diterlizzi Brian Froud Wayne Barlowe Terry Whitlach Adam Hughes Carlos Pacheco Mike Wieringo My Buddies at Argh Studios* Any one who worked on the computer/video games Final Fantasy XI ir XII, Lineage II, Legend of Zelda -Twilight Princess. Probably a dozen more artists I can't think of at the moment but will remember as soon as I press "Submit Reply" :\ NewLifeForm *Many former players of mine are members of the Argh Studios crew and have posted some of the illustrations done for our games. Check them out at [url]www.arghstudios.com[/url] [/QUOTE]

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