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<blockquote data-quote="Salamandyr" data-source="post: 6460718" data-attributes="member: 40233"><p>That piece was all right; it looks much better as a stand alone piece than it did in the book; there were a couple others that were okay. Of course, in the book, they swallowed up the picture by blurring the edges and adding edge dressing that compressed the look of that picture so much of the power was drained. Seriously, compare the picture in your post to the one in the PHB. It's much more powerful without all the art director fiddling. And again, it proves the point I made that the only thing they were willing to make exciting was the monsters.</p><p></p><p>The majority of it was largely bland figures posing like they were auditioning for the JC Penney Fall Adventurer line. Just people standing around, doing nothing. Very few pieces of art showed anyone actually engaging in violence, other than spell use; they were usually overshadowed by the monsters (like on the cover, and the picture you posted above). Barely a bicep was to be seen. The men, who were few and far between were largely relegated to ingenue types. Like I said, the kobold has more muscle definition than just about any male character depicted in the Player's Handbook. </p><p></p><p>I'm a little surprised you've never heard the word "inoffensive" used as a criticism before. Well, now you have. Maybe insipid would be a better choice. The depictions of people in the Player's Handbook are intentionally as bland and uninteresting as they can possibly be, in the hopes that no one will look at them and find something to be offended by. The monsters on the other hand, are drawn as excitingly as the artist knows how. But I daresay the average <em>player</em> is more heroically proportioned than most of the <em>fantasy characters</em> depicted in the PHB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salamandyr, post: 6460718, member: 40233"] That piece was all right; it looks much better as a stand alone piece than it did in the book; there were a couple others that were okay. Of course, in the book, they swallowed up the picture by blurring the edges and adding edge dressing that compressed the look of that picture so much of the power was drained. Seriously, compare the picture in your post to the one in the PHB. It's much more powerful without all the art director fiddling. And again, it proves the point I made that the only thing they were willing to make exciting was the monsters. The majority of it was largely bland figures posing like they were auditioning for the JC Penney Fall Adventurer line. Just people standing around, doing nothing. Very few pieces of art showed anyone actually engaging in violence, other than spell use; they were usually overshadowed by the monsters (like on the cover, and the picture you posted above). Barely a bicep was to be seen. The men, who were few and far between were largely relegated to ingenue types. Like I said, the kobold has more muscle definition than just about any male character depicted in the Player's Handbook. I'm a little surprised you've never heard the word "inoffensive" used as a criticism before. Well, now you have. Maybe insipid would be a better choice. The depictions of people in the Player's Handbook are intentionally as bland and uninteresting as they can possibly be, in the hopes that no one will look at them and find something to be offended by. The monsters on the other hand, are drawn as excitingly as the artist knows how. But I daresay the average [I]player[/I] is more heroically proportioned than most of the [I]fantasy characters[/I] depicted in the PHB. [/QUOTE]
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