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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2322701" data-attributes="member: 2205">Every so often we have an artwork thread; usually so someone can complain about "dungeonpunk" and profess eternal love of Larry Elmore, which naturally brings buzz out in turn, etc. etc.I decided to point to a few of my favorite pieces in a fairly recent book; Races of Eberron that were by artists I hadn't seen much of earlier, but which I really like.  I guess my overlaying point is that I think the artwork in WotC books is actually pretty good these days, and if anything, improving on average.Here's a shifter by James Zhang -- this could totally have been my character in the last Eberron game I played:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88209.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Here's another by Zhang for the Natural Weapons augmentation spell:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88267.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />I've also been impressed by some pieces by Charlie Wen -- here's two kalashtar soulknives fighting an evil cleric:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88215.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />And here's a cool one of some half-elves, presumably at a high dock for an airship in Sharn.<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88220.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Daarken, whoever he is, is really impressing me; here's a few of his better pieces in that book:This aerenel elf with bet baboon and deathless is tres cool:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88227.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Here's his quori nightmare:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88252.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The Primal Fear psionic power:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88269.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Here's a half-orc fighting off a crocodile with an improvised weapon by Nick Percival:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88221.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Here's some stuff by Frank Vohwinkel -- some orcs rescuing a gnome from an otyugh:<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88223.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />And here's a shifter by Kev Walker.<img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/roe_gallery/88246.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Anyway, as I said, I definitely think the artwork on this book is up to snuff; but most of the books from the last six months to a year or so have been pretty good.  Maybe it's partly because they've seemed to use a few artists who's work I didnt' like a lot less, but these seem to be some real up-and-comers to me.</blockquote>

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