Who Do You Want Illustrating 4th Ed.?

Hobo said:
I'd be pretty happy if "dungeonpunk" as a bizarre and (IMO) meaningless buzzword dies.
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When they stop making dungeon punk art, we'll stop calling the art dungeon punk.

They need to make more of this:
alice.jpg


And less [none would be best] of this:
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We want our Medieval Fantasy Role-playing Game back. Not this... whatever it is.
 

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JVisgaitis said:
I don't. If they pick an artist that I don't like, I'm stuck with a book full of crappy art. Different artists can really clash at times. When your Art Directing and assigning everything out, you just need to be careful.
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Which is the odd thing... crappy consistency doesn't annoy me as much as inconsistency with a mix of good and poor art. If it's consistently lacking, I find myself paying less attention to the art and more to the content. For mixed bags, it's like "Ooh, nice..." one moment and "Eww..." the next. Not that I believe that it's impossible for me to like a book with illustrations from various artists, but it's just my experience from my own purchases. For one, I don't mind most of the monster manuals.
 

Originally Posted by Hobo
I'd be pretty happy if "dungeonpunk" as a bizarre and (IMO) meaningless buzzword dies.
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Well, by what name would you prefer that we call the prevailing aesthetic in 3rd Edition D&D art?

By whatever name, I hate it, and I really hope it disappears. If I wanted to be confronted with PCs in inelegant, impractical, and visually jarring costumes, festooned with tattoos, body piercings, and spiky hair, I'd play Shadowrun. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect my game with swords and plate armour to have at least a thin veneer of medieval flavor.
 



Jeff Easley
Todd Lockwood
Beth Trott (You go girl!!!)
Larry Elmore
Claudio Pozas
Jeff Dees

If BAXA, WAR and Steve Ellis fell off the earth... I wouldn't cry about it.
 

Steve Prescott - http://www.rottface.com

Surprised this guy hasn't been mentioned yet - he is responsible for a lot of the best pieces in the Eberron books, and before the "d&d purists" dismiss him out of hand for that association, have a look at the fantastic attention to detail and the superb palettes he uses.

Also, I've noticed how much people are divided on Wayne Reynolds' (WAR) art. Any thoughts on why this is? It's certainly extremely stylized. It surprised me to learn that he uses acrylic paint, I'd always assumed he was a digital artist.

And of course, there's always me ;] http://house-of-squid.deviantart.com
 

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