Who Do You Want Illustrating 4th Ed.?

[Michael_R_Proteau]

In a pipe dream I would love to see covers by Frazetta but I know that is not possible.

Some whose work I would like to see:

Cary Nord-his work on Dark Horse's Conan is strongly evocative and he demonstrates great skill as a draftman and he uses colors to a spectacular effect to convey emotion, motion, and dynamism in his work.

Rick Sardinha-has done some WotC stuff but his covers for Necromancer products are moody, atmospheric, and I would love to see more of his stuff on 4E products

Erol Otus-one of the classics and has a unique vision and execution that speaks for itself.

Barry Windsor-Smith-elegant and powerful. A master of his craft with a signature style.

Larry Elmore-captures the classic feel of D&D perfectly for me.

Tim Truman-again creates well crafter evocative work

Phil Foglio and Rich Burlew-I always loved the humorous cartoony bits that were scattered through the older editions and would love to see some mre humorous touches among the art in 4E

and then a list without comments:

John Bolton
Wayne Reynolds
Gary Gianni
Mike Mignola
Justin Sweet

and I am sure there are many others I would enjoy who I am not thinking of at the moment.

-M

 

[WayneLigon]

Frank Cho!

Now that is a suggestion I'd get behind in a heartbeat. He can handle a wide range of styles, from photo-realistic to cartoonish, and his line work is clean and sharp. No-one could ever accuse him of not knowing his anatomy, either.

 

[AllisterH]

I'm not sure armour should be designed so that it would look "ok" in a medieval-based setting.

The problem is that in D&D, the largest number of opponents you're going to face are beings that will grapple barehanded, will want to bearhug you or simply try and swallow you whole.

If I was a D&D fighter, I'm giving SERIOUS consideration to anything with spikes and sharp/uneven edges. ANYTHING that makes the monster go "yeesh, too spikey to eat" is going to be a VERY popular choice.

The "spikey" look is probably more "realistic" for D&D than the somewhat smooth armour look.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Eva Widermann - she's done great pieces for PHB2, Dragon and some of the more recent adventures form WotC. One of my favorite D&D Artists!
Wayne Reynolds - love his action pieces, but i don't think he's right for the cover.
Michael Kormack - i want big atmospheric set pieces like the "Caves of Chaos"

These are three that I have been really enjoying these days.

 

[Desdichado]

The "right price" doesn't mean "cheap," if I'd meant cheap I'd have said cheap.

Funny. When pretty much everyone else says "the right price" that's exactly what they mean. Please tell us this new usage of the old phrase that you've come upon so I can understand what you mean, then.

 

[James Heard]

Funny. When pretty much everyone else says "the right price" that's exactly what they mean. Please tell us this new usage of the old phrase that you've come upon so I can understand what you mean, then.

I meant what I said, and snarky comments to contrary won't change it. You've got a real chip on your shoulder if you're bound and determined to make what I said, and then clarified, out to be anything other than what I said. So, anyways, stop trolling. Thanks.

 

[DarkKestral]

Now that is a suggestion I'd get behind in a heartbeat. He can handle a wide range of styles, from photo-realistic to cartoonish, and his line work is clean and sharp. No-one could ever accuse him of not knowing his anatomy, either.

And he might even be able to make a sexy Mialee! Or at least one that looks female...

 

[bowbe]

Excuse me, I'm huge Frazetta fan. My brother got me into him through his Yes album covers. I also have several coffee table sized books full of his work. I just think there is nothing wrong with a little variety.

I guess in a perfect world I would have my Erol Otis, Jeff Dees, Elmore, Brom, Reynolds, DiTerlizzi, and a few others I can't recall, but hey, this world certainly isn't perfect.

Yes album covers were Roger Dean, a very talented british artist.

Molly Hatchet album covers were largely taken from Frazetta's Conan works for Acer and his Kane covers (also for Acer) by Karl Edward Wagner (both writers who were hugely influential on the fantasy RPG genre. Read Bloodstone by Karl Wagner sometime and compare it to Arneson's "Temple of The Frog" and see what i'm talking about.)

Thus I took the "if it doesn't look like a Molly Hatchet album cover it must be anime" as more than a bit of a slam on Frazetta's talents and a generalized slam against so called 1e "Grognards". Being neither fat nor overly bearded the baiting gets a little old.

Understand clearly that this last bit is not directed at you personally, but in general to those overused and amply applied stereotypes that serve no purpose other than to bait a fight for the sake of baiting one.

If I misrepresented the intent or actual snark level of your original post then my bad.

Other artists I wouldn't mind seeing do some 4e art would be (in no particular order)

Rick Sardinha

Richard Corben (if he is still kicking)

Brian Snoddy (as mentioned numerous times)

Simon Bisley

Case

 

[Henrix]

Phil Foglio and Rich Burlew-I always loved the humorous cartoony bits that were scattered through the older editions and would love to see some mre humorous touches among the art in 4E

Absolutely! Let Wizards acknowledge the goofy bits of D&D! Bring back Papers & Paychecks!

 

[Desdichado]

I meant what I said, and snarky comments to contrary won't change it. You've got a real chip on your shoulder if you're bound and determined to make what I said, and then clarified, out to be anything other than what I said. So, anyways, stop trolling. Thanks.

Oddly enough, I'm not trolling in the least. "For the right price" is pretty universally construed to mean "cheap." Indeed, I've never heard it used any other way, and your denial to the contrary, I don't believe it means anything else.

So I ask again; if you meant what you said, then what is it that you mean exactly? Because you've now specifically denied twice that you meant what you said. Obviously you've got some other meaning in mind for "for the right price" that I've never heard and now I'm asking---again---what that myserious meaning is.