Who is the quintessential D&D artist?

[Rob Kuntz]

Darleen and her Greyhawk map is quintessential. Only female artist, which is an acheivement.

Erh, not the only female artist, but probably the best of them. Keenan Powell & Cookie Corey precede her for their illos in OD&D74; and Jean Wells and Laura Roslof (recently deceased wife of Jim Roslof, TSR's Art Director and named above, I believe--oops, no he isn't), also did illos, one for Jean Well's illusion in the original Palace of the Silver Princess which caused all of the kerfluffle surrounding the original module's recall.

My vote is split between Dave Trampier & James Holloway, the latter who I wrote a tribute to in my recent Beyond the Living Room addie.

 

[Arilyn]

But when you look at the HD of such a dragon, if you were not a high level party defeating such a foe was a big deal.

It's the poor wee dragon. Killed on his first adventure.

 

[Greg K]

I can't vote with the choice being limited to three. For me the choices come down to Trampier, Otus, Caldwell, and Elmore (for Dragonlance).
Edit: add Sutherland to the list of choices for his work on the Holmes Basic Edition cover.

 

[BronzeDragon]

I can't vote with the choice being limited to three. For me the choices come down to Trampier, Otus, Caldwell, and Elmore (for Dragonlance).

Well, you can.

You just have to make a really, really, really hard decision.

 

[BronzeDragon]

It's the poor wee dragon. Killed on his first adventure.

That's what he gets for trying to spit poison clouds on people's faces.

 

[Greg K]

Well, you can.

You just have to make a really, really, really hard decision.

Well, the decision became more difficult for me as I had to add Sutherland to my list for his Holmes Basic Edition cover.

 

[aramis erak]

Jeff Dee for gold!

For me, Jeff triggers FGU memories, not D&D ones.

I voted Elmore, with Errol Otis and Dave Trampier.

If a third assistant was allowed, i'd be Dave Arneson.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I'm kinda glad that 5e only has the three age types for dragons. By 3e I had stopped using the youngest options as adversaries. Dragons shouldn't be creatures that low-level parties should be able to fight and win against.

I never really liked this piece. Mighty heroes slaughtering a very small dragon.

It was a much more difficult decision to make than I expected. I already knew Elmore and Easley were going to be on my list, so that left me just a single slot to choose. That essentially meant having to pick between Otus, Trampier, Darlene, and Parkinson for me.

Well, you can.

You just have to make a really, really, really hard decision.

 

[DigestPantheon]

I Googled the top 3 results of the poll and lots of great stuff came up. I think I'm so used to the newer to 5e stuff that the art style was slightly different than I'm used to, which was cool.