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<blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 696825" data-attributes="member: 78">Re: Re: Re: wellSorry, I only meant to attack your arguement, not you.&nbsp; I'd consider the topic of the book to see what kind of art best suits it.&nbsp; A sourcebook on gritty campaigns, or Dark Ages europe probably shouldn't use anime style art.&nbsp; On the other hand, anime art might fit campaign setting designed around the nature of high level play.&nbsp; I'd say that the more fantastic the material, the more appliable anime or other odd art styles would be.&nbsp; For example, err, the Planescape art guy's work seems to really fit Planescape.&nbsp; But that style probably wouldn't feel right for Conan.It might be interesting to portray certain elements of a book in one style while other elements are drawn in different styles.&nbsp; An anime Fey creature standing next to a normal looking knight guy.&nbsp; Both could be battling a Planescape-ish demon. It might serve to highlight and differentiate the mundane and magical elements of a world.&nbsp; But it might also look stupid and jarring.-------------------------------------------------------------------Of course, I don't really care about art.&nbsp; I don't really think that the art in a book influences my decision to buy it.&nbsp; So I wouldn't really care.&nbsp; You could replace all the art with additional text and have a black cover with a green guy in hexagon (HERO 5 cover) and I wouldn't mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victim, post: 696825, member: 78"] [b]Re: Re: Re: well[/b] Sorry, I only meant to attack your arguement, not you. I'd consider the topic of the book to see what kind of art best suits it. A sourcebook on gritty campaigns, or Dark Ages europe probably shouldn't use anime style art. On the other hand, anime art might fit campaign setting designed around the nature of high level play. I'd say that the more fantastic the material, the more appliable anime or other odd art styles would be. For example, err, the Planescape art guy's work seems to really fit Planescape. But that style probably wouldn't feel right for Conan. It might be interesting to portray certain elements of a book in one style while other elements are drawn in different styles. An anime Fey creature standing next to a normal looking knight guy. Both could be battling a Planescape-ish demon. It might serve to highlight and differentiate the mundane and magical elements of a world. But it might also look stupid and jarring. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course, I don't really care about art. I don't really think that the art in a book influences my decision to buy it. So I wouldn't really care. You could replace all the art with additional text and have a black cover with a green guy in hexagon (HERO 5 cover) and I wouldn't mind. [/QUOTE]

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