Good 3.0/3.5 art.

[Greenish]

The quality (or lack of it, in general) of WotC's art came up in another thread, and I argued that while they're few and far apart, there is good 3.5 art.

So, being a lazy bastard that I am, I'm asking you* to prove it. :smallcool:


*Yes, I meant you specifically, not some general "you", so get cranking! :smalltongue:

For taste, here's Wayne Reynolds on Eberron:
http://www.waynereynolds.com/WOTCGallery2A/3.jpg

[Tvtyrant]

See I actually don't like that style, so its all up to interpretation as all art is. I even didn't buy Magic of Eberron because the art made me wince.

[Greenish]

See I actually don't like that style, so its all up to interpretation as all art is.Of course it is subjective, but surely there's some 3.5 art you like?

[Safety Sword]

The quality (or lack of it, in general) of WotC's art came up in another thread, and I argued that while they're few and far apart, there is good 3.5 art.

So, being a lazy bastard that I am, I'm asking you* to prove it. :smallcool:


*Yes, I meant you specifically, not some general "you", so get cranking! :smalltongue:

For taste, here's Wayne Reynolds on Eberron:
http://www.waynereynolds.com/WOTCGallery2A/3.jpg

I would like to add this counter point in response to your direction, Greenish: "NO U".

[arguskos]

Of course it is subjective, but surely there's some 3.5 art you like?
I liked basically everything in Faiths and Pantheons. :smallbiggrin:

Favorite? The Black Hand, of course!

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/fp_gallery/fp1/Bane_p16.jpg


Second place goes to The Dark Maiden:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/fp_gallery/fp1/Eilistraee_p24.jpg

[Malimar]

I can't think of any 3.5 art I've ever been thrilled by.

But I'm also left profoundly unthrilled by Pathfinder's art and 4e's art and, uh, 99% of what you might find in an art museum, so maybe I'm just hard to please.

[averagejoe]

I actually quite like a lot of the art they did for Eberron.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/eb_gallery/82071.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/eb_gallery/82073.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/eb_gallery/82077.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/eb_gallery/82079.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/eb_gallery/82087.jpg
^Odd one out, I know, but I love the clothing design on that gnome.

From the Spell Compendium:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/spellcomp_gallery/92210.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/spellcomp_gallery/92286.jpg

And, Rebbecca Guay has long since been one of my favorite fantasy artists ever. She's done some good stuff for D&D.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/boed_gallery/75062.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/boed_gallery/75078.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG185.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cw_ag/75413.jpg

Just to name a few.

[Hirax]

My favorite art is usually the first page of each chapter, though that's obviously owning to style preference. Otherwise Frostburn has a lot of my favorite art.

[Greenish]

I would like to add this counter point in response to your direction, Greenish: "NO U".Have at thee!

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG90.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG158.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG161b.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG162.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG209.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG212.jpgInspired by the "favourite monster" thread, some picks from MM.

[Edit]: Explorer's Handbook (the first one may be my favourite character portrait ever):

http://www.wizards.com/leaving.asp?url=/dnd/images/exhbk_gallery/90597.jpg&origin=dnd_ag_20050812b

http://www.wizards.com/leaving.asp?url=/dnd/images/exhbk_gallery/90599.jpg&origin=dnd_ag_20050812b

http://www.wizards.com/leaving.asp?url=/dnd/images/exhbk_gallery/90607.jpg&origin=dnd_ag_20050812b

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/exhbk_gallery/90618.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/exhbk_gallery/90632.jpg

[Safety Sword]

Have at thee!

See, that wasn't really that hard to goad you into getting off your "lazy bastard" butt :smalltongue:

[averagejoe]

Oh, I almost forgot the cover art to the book where they don't know how to use Latin properly:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/libris_wpss/libris3_1280x960.jpg

So good!

[Safety Sword]

Oh, I almost forgot the cover art to the book where they don't know how to use Latin properly:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/libris_wpss/libris3_1280x960.jpg

So good!

I now see you for what you truly are averagejoe. A master of sarcasm.

[Greenish]

I now see you for what you truly are averagejoe. A master of sarcasm.Hey, that's a very respectable 'stache the necromancer is sporting.

[Safety Sword]

Hey, that's a very respectable 'stache the necromancer is sporting.

Yeah, but... but... OK, I got nothing that can defend against the 'stache.

I still think that the artwork is about on par with the standard of "latin" in the book.

[Tvtyrant]

Of course it is subjective, but surely there's some 3.5 art you like?

There definitely is, I will get some! Also some stuff about 3.5 that isn't in the books, because I can :P

3.5
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG196.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moi_gallery/91039.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moi_gallery/91048.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/oneatom12/88112.jpg?t=1241961647
http://www.battleduck.com/media/images/fantasyimages/wreck.jpg
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/prodigyduck/demon-lesser.jpg
http://www.maladomini.com/images/101467_Maladomini.jpg
http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/images/d/d7/Graz%27zt_and_Iggwilv01.jpg


Beholders
http://www.mikerayhawk.com/images/beholder.jpg
http://www.ravenmimura.com/images/full/LichBeholder.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs23/f/2009/247/9/2/Spying_Beholder_by_kerembeyit.jpg
Just about everything in Lords of Madness is awesome, so I only posted a few from it.

[Greenish]

There definitely is, I will get some! Also some stuff about 3.5 that isn't in the books, because I can :PI notice that one of Reynolds' made it's way into your collection. :smallamused:

[Safety Sword]

There definitely is, I will get some! Also some stuff about 3.5 that isn't in the books, because I can :P

3.5
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG196.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moi_gallery/91039.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moi_gallery/91048.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/oneatom12/88112.jpg?t=1241961647
http://www.battleduck.com/media/images/fantasyimages/wreck.jpg
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/prodigyduck/demon-lesser.jpg
http://www.maladomini.com/images/101467_Maladomini.jpg
http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/images/d/d7/Graz%27zt_and_Iggwilv01.jpg


Beholders
http://www.mikerayhawk.com/images/beholder.jpg
http://www.ravenmimura.com/images/full/LichBeholder.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs23/f/2009/247/9/2/Spying_Beholder_by_kerembeyit.jpg
Just about everything in Lords of Madness is awesome, so I only posted a few from it.

OK, so your taste and mine run very much in the same way Tvtyrant.

I guess what I'm saying is, "What he said is good for me".

[averagejoe]

I now see you for what you truly are averagejoe. A master of sarcasm.

This is true, and I appreciate you noticing, but I try not to be sarcastic during civil conversations.

This piece has more character to it than most fantasy art I've seen. So much "good" fantasy art these days is photorealistic and also bland, bland, bland. This piece captures perfectly the feel that a book of the dead should have. It captures that feel of oldness, where magic is really magic. It depicts a dark ritual that actually feels dark. (Actually, I always think of the Night on Bald Mountain piece from Fantasia when I see this one. I feel they evoke similar things.) And it does all these things in a lot of subtle ways. The expressions of the skeletons in the foreground are deliciously creepy, and the glow coming from the crypt wouldn't work nearly so well if the illustration was more photorealistic. I'll go so far as to call this one of the few truly artistic pieces of 3.5 art.

[Tvtyrant]

OK, so your taste and mine run very much in the same way Tvtyrant.

I guess what I'm saying is, "What he said is good for me".

Yay! You should post some anyways, so I can oogle it with joy!


I notice that one of Reynolds' made it's way into your collection. :smallamused:

Nobodiesimperfect

[Safety Sword]

Yay! You should post some anyways, so I can oogle it with joy!

Alas, my Google-fu is inferior and I have joined Greenish's "lazy bastard" team for now. It comes from being old(er) and it being 5 minutes from the end of a working week totaling more than 60 hours.

[averagejoe]

Alas, my Google-fu is inferior and I have joined Greenish's "lazy bastard" team for now. It comes from being old(er) and it being 5 minutes from the end of a working week totaling more than 60 hours.

Type in, "[Book name] art gallery." WotC has the art from all of its books posted online.

[Safety Sword]

Type in, "[Book name] art gallery." WotC has the art from all of its books posted online.

So they do! Thanks.

I might revisit this thread a bit later and do some posting, right now though. Beer is calling!

[Tvtyrant]

Type in, "[Book name] art gallery." WotC has the art from all of its books posted online.

Someone bless you sir! Now I can get that image of Sigil from cityscape!

I am sensing a trend in my favorites :smallamused:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cpsi_gallery/96346.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/Cityscape_Gallery/101113.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/Cityscape_Gallery/101114.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/lom_gallery/88096.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/lom_gallery/88097.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/lom_gallery/88113.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/lom_gallery/88128.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/lom_gallery/88146.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moi_gallery/91045.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moi_gallery/91233.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moi_gallery/91237.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToMagic_Gallery/96043.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToMagic_Gallery/96080.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToMagic_Gallery/96055.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/tob_gallery/99662.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/tob_gallery/99686.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/tob_gallery/99667.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ca_gallery/85437.jpg

[Greenish]

Someone bless you sir! Now I can get that image of Sigil from cityscape!Not everything is there, though. City of Stormreach is missing, for example, or I haven't been able to find it, which is shame. It has some great pieces.

[averagejoe]

Not everything is there, though. City of Stormreach is missing, for example, or I haven't been able to find it, which is shame. It has some great pieces.

Never looked inside the book before, but some of the art is pretty decent. This one brought a smile:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/Cityscape_Gallery/101101.jpg

[Tvtyrant]

More art then this thread can handle (based on previous threads levels of art)!
I'll go through the other books within the hour, but again these are what I think are good, not based on any objective measure.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rod_gallery/86283.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rod_gallery/86298.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rod_gallery/86306.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rod_gallery/86309.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rod_gallery/86334.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/bovd_gallery/88161_620_50.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mmiii_gallery/83026.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mmiii_gallery/83042.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm4_gallery/98688.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm4_gallery/98719.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM5_Gallery/102523.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM5_Gallery/106297.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM5_Gallery/106339.jpg

[Flame of Anor]

This piece has more character to it than most fantasy art I've seen. So much "good" fantasy art these days is photorealistic and also bland, bland, bland. This piece captures perfectly the feel that a book of the dead should have. It captures that feel of oldness, where magic is really magic. It depicts a dark ritual that actually feels dark. (Actually, I always think of the Night on Bald Mountain piece from Fantasia when I see this one. I feel they evoke similar things.) And it does all these things in a lot of subtle ways. The expressions of the skeletons in the foreground are deliciously creepy, and the glow coming from the crypt wouldn't work nearly so well if the illustration was more photorealistic. I'll go so far as to call this one of the few truly artistic pieces of 3.5 art.

I agree. It's pretty cool!

[Tvtyrant]

This is true, and I appreciate you noticing, but I try not to be sarcastic during civil conversations.

This piece has more character to it than most fantasy art I've seen. So much "good" fantasy art these days is photorealistic and also bland, bland, bland. This piece captures perfectly the feel that a book of the dead should have. It captures that feel of oldness, where magic is really magic. It depicts a dark ritual that actually feels dark. (Actually, I always think of the Night on Bald Mountain piece from Fantasia when I see this one. I feel they evoke similar things.) And it does all these things in a lot of subtle ways. The expressions of the skeletons in the foreground are deliciously creepy, and the glow coming from the crypt wouldn't work nearly so well if the illustration was more photorealistic. I'll go so far as to call this one of the few truly artistic pieces of 3.5 art.

The irony of this remark is that when I read it Night on Bald Mountain came up on my shuffle. My favorite classical piece >:D

I like photorealistic; I don't like photorealistic with unrealistic pastels. Nothing is as bright as D&D makes it out to be unless standing in broad daylight. In fact in most dungeons the picture should be reduced to:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9xS5UUn_JPU/TBqL_G0zPVI/AAAAAAAAANk/XmcGd9dT7c8/s1600/flashlight.jpg

[Derjuin]

I've always really liked this image of Gimble, the bard:


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph35_gallery/PHB35_PG27_WEB.jpg


And this rare non-space-frog version of Mialee:


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97122.jpg


Couple of monsters from the Epic Level Handbook:


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/EPIC_Gallery/Gallery5a/44168_C5_Xixecal.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/EPIC_Gallery/Gallery5a/44174_C5_FleshColossus.jpg


This from PHB2:


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97179.jpg


And some stuff from my favorite book, Stormwrack:


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/storm_gallery/90722.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/storm_gallery/90771.jpg


Edit: Also, the image of the alhoon (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/lom_gallery/88146.jpg) (seen above) was so deliciously evil that it started an entire campaign for me...:smallamused:

[Serpentine]

See I actually don't like that style, so its all up to interpretation as all art is. I even didn't buy Magic of Eberron because the art made me wince.Me neither, I've never really liked that Reynolds guy, at least his people/humanoids* - they don't have elbows or knees; their flesh is often lumpy, weirdly coloured or strangely plasticy; and they always have this weird rosy nose.

I do like a lot of D&D art, but what I really want to see is a good picture of a couatl and a unicorn. They're all - especially the ones in the Monster Manuals - so ridiculously boring and bland, and these are two of the creatures who should be especially grand-looking.


*I've liked a lot of his monsters and/or landscapes.

[Thurbane]

Wayne Reynolds was easily my favorite 3.X artist, but Lucio Parrillo was a close second. He has some odd ideas about skin tones though...

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97129.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97120.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToMagic_Gallery/96055.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mmiii_gallery/82993.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/eb_gallery/82096.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/5n_gallery/90025.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/pgte_gallery/95021.jpg

[Tvtyrant]

The red heads skin tone is almost right for a red head in my family, so at least he has that going for him. She would likely have freckles, though they are optional.

[Serpentine]

The first one looks kinda like Angelina Jolie... And are the 2nd and 3rd directly related? They appear to, at least, have used the same base.

[Thurbane]

Speaking of celebrity lookalikes, I always thought this guy looked a bit like Bruce Campbell:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97130.jpg

[Feytalist]

And this rare non-space-frog version of Mialee:


Heh, Mialee looks horrible in almost every instance they draw her. I wonder if that was intentional?

And, again a matter of taste, but I really really dislike Rebbecca Guay's style.

I on the other hand enjoyed the Manual of the Planes' art, specifically the Planar Champion and the Gatecrasher. And, with me being every bit as lazy as the op, you have to go find it yourself.

And yes, Faiths and Pantheons have got some great art, but the rest of the FR books have been underwhelming for me.

Also, most of the completes have decent art. I'm thinking specifically of the Complete Divine, with gems like the Divine Champion, Hospitaler, Void Disciple, even the Sacred Fist.

[Feytalist]

Wayne Reynolds was easily my favorite 3.X artist, but Lucio Parrillo was a close second. He has some odd ideas about skin tones though...

Heh, you think he's insinuating that dark skin = evil? Rather unfortunate connection there...

I'm still waiting for Louis Royo to start doing D&D art.

[Serpentine]

I'm still waiting for Louis Royo to start doing D&D art.Oh man, that'd be awesome.

Probably my favourite picture of Mialee is this:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs23/i/2007/341/a/6/Mialee_by_staino.jpg
by this guy (http://staino.deviantart.com/), who does some really nice D&D character art.

[Thurbane]

Heh, you think he's insinuating that dark skin = evil? Rather unfortunate connection there...
I'm not sure there was anything racial behind it, just he used some very weird skin tones for humans...often very green, yellow or grey.

[Feytalist]

I'm not sure there was anything racial behind it, just he used some very weird skin tones for humans...often very green, yellow or grey.

And, in one of the above pictures, a pinkish purple. lol wut

[mint]

the guy standing in the summoning seal is a vestige, not a human!

[Thurbane]

the guy standing in the summoning seal is a vestige, not a human!
Yeah, I know. Marchiosas.

Sorry - may have been misleading with my comment - two of those pics above are definitely not human. My comment about skin tone was just a general comment on his style, not specific to those pics. Despite which, I really enjoy his art.

[Feytalist]

the guy standing in the summoning seal is a vestige, not a human!

I was wondering why he had frelling flames on his head.

[Serpentine]

Actually, I think this might be my favourite D&D art (assuming Dungeon Magazine counts):http://moole.ru/uploads/posts/2009-05/1243278644_spider_woman.jpg

[Feytalist]

Actually, I think this might be my favourite D&D art (assuming Dungeon Magazine counts):etc

Heh, that is almost Royo-esque in its own right.

And speaking of the mags, Dragon Magazine once had an awesome picture of Kiaransalee, FR drow deity of the undead. I think it was #302 or thereabouts.

[Greenish]

And, again a matter of taste, but I really really dislike Rebbecca Guay's style.I like those. :smalltongue:


I on the other hand enjoyed the Manual of the Planes' art, specifically the Planar Champion and the Gatecrasher. And, with me being every bit as lazy as the op, you have to go find it yourself.Here you go: http://www.wizards.com/leaving.asp?url=/dnd/images/MotP/Gatecrasher.jpg&origin=dnd_ag_20010908a

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MotP/Planar_Champion.jpgThe Gatecrasher is grand, the champ, not quite.


And yes, Faiths and Pantheons have got some great art, but the rest of the FR books have been underwhelming for me. I counter with:

Lost Empires of Faerûn, or the Magelord's Striped Trousers:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86683.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86684.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86685.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86686.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86687.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86693.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86694.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86695.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86707.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86711.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86717.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/leof_gallery/86719.jpg

[Zale]

Some form Sandstorm and a few others..

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ex_sand_scion_of_TemEtNu.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/xph_gallery/80466.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87590.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87643.jpg

[Greenish]

Some form Sandstorm and a few others..

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ex_sand_scion_of_TemEtNu.jpgAh, Scion of Tem-Et-Nu, the awesomest deity in all of D&D.

A couple of more:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87591.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87595.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87600.jpg

[Feytalist]

I counter with:

Lost Empires of Faerûn, or the Magelord's Striped Trousers:



AMG YES THE STRIPED TROUSERS

I like the Planar Champion's sword and armour. And the background.

And I still don't care much for the FR ones. Although I just remembered, the Teflammar Shadowlord (I think, it's the upsidedown spider climbing drow with the mask) is not bad either. From UE, if i remember correctly.

[Abemad]

I've always loved the assimar from races of destiny

http://www.gratisimage.dk/graphic/images/2011/June/03/1F71_4DE8EEFF.jpg

[Greenish]

Found some City of Stormreach ones.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112268.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112269.jpg
This would work better as big picture.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112272.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112275.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112279.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112282.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112283.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112284.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112288.jpg
One of my favourites.

[Feytalist]

I've always loved the assimar from races of destiny

Ah yes, the aasimar who, according to RoD, are all pirates.

[Greenish]

Ah yes, the aasimar who, according to RoD, are all pirates.It's a well-known fact.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/pgte_gallery/95039.jpg

[Valdor]

These just scream EPIC!!!! to me.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cd_gallery/82296.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cw_ag/75448.jpg

[the clumsy bard]

I am a big fan of this picture from the book of vile darkness

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/bovd_gallery/88161_620_30.jpg

[Valdor]

Good catch. Thats is a pretty good pic... though personally, i like most of the pics from BoVD

[Psyren]

Other than a handful (like Mialee) I love most of the pieces in this thread. Maybe I just like D&D art :smalltongue:

I also have to agree though that 4e has an extremely high level of polish to it. It seems so ultra-refined and badass. 4e had the first drawing of a Drow that made me want to play one.

[Serpentine]

It's a well-known fact.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/pgte_gallery/95039.jpgApparently they hang out with sulfur-crested cockatoos, too.
I love it when Australian animals are used to make things look exotic :smallbiggrin:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cd_gallery/82296.jpgAh yes, that would be one of the ones from that guy I do like.
No people (close enough to see properly).

[averagejoe]

This from PHB2:


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97179.jpg


Huh, that's in the PHBII art gallery, but I can't find it in my copy of the book, and can't recall ever having seen it. Ah, well, that book does have some infamously good art.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97127.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97142.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97160.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97168.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oOIxYTZgP1g/TZDpPU96pYI/AAAAAAAAACE/Af6d1XbJjmo/s1600/caves%2Bof%2Bchaos.jpg

Someone mentioned art from Ferun books earlier. I've always liked a lot of the art from their Underdark supplement:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ud_gallery/52080_CN.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ud_gallery/52072_CN.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ud_gallery/52109_CN.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ud_gallery/52106_CN.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ud_gallery/52107_CN.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ud_gallery/52108_CN.jpg The three above: probably the best "races" lineup I've seen.

[Dralnu]

Elder Evils, fairly obscure book with one of the highest overall art quality in a 3.X book imo.

Some of my favorites from it:
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/858/edwin.png
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9730/gorguth.png
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6044/pandorym.png
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7454/sertrous.png

[Psyren]

Elder Evils, fairly obscure book with one of the highest overall art quality in a 3.X book imo.

Some of my favorites from it:
*snip*

You know, my friend has that book and I keep forgetting to check it out. Those look amazing!

I'll round at the list, as usual, with psionic goodies.


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/xph_gallery/33211.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/xph_gallery/33203.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/xph_gallery/33543.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/xph_gallery/80456.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/xph_gallery/80514.jpg

[Tvtyrant]

D&D seems to have a hard time balancing the background perspective with the foreground action; usually they either don't use a background at all or they throw one up that has no perspective at all. It look likes wall paper in a lot of instances!

[LOTRfan]

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/CityStormreach_Gallery/112279.jpg


What's up with the T. Rex? :smalleek:

I always meant to check out that book, but never got around to it. I will now, though!


http://moole.ru/uploads/posts/2009-05/1243278644_spider_woman.jpg

I don't recall any spider women in dragon. What issue is that in?

[Flame of Anor]

Oh man, that'd be awesome.

Probably my favourite picture of Mialee is this:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs23/i/2007/341/a/6/Mialee_by_staino.jpg
by this guy (http://staino.deviantart.com/), who does some really nice D&D character art.

O.O

Mialee is a woman! I would never have guessed! And a pretty fine-looking one, at that.


I've always loved the assimar from races of destiny

http://www.gratisimage.dk/graphic/images/2011/June/03/1F71_4DE8EEFF.jpg

"Sucks to your ass-mar" -LotF

[Greenish]

What's up with the T. Rex? :smalleek:Magical fallout from the Giant-Dragon wars that pollutes much of Xen'Drik. There are a bunch of other interesting mutants in the book, that one's Lurking Two-Jaws.

[LOTRfan]

Magical fallout from the Giant-Dragon wars that pollutes much of Xen'Drik. There are a bunch of other interesting mutants in the book, that one's Lurking Two-Jaws.

Well, now I definitely have to look tat up. :smalltongue:

[Greenish]

Some more.

Magic of Eberron:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moe_gallery/91472.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moe_gallery/91474.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moe_gallery/91489.jpg

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moe_gallery/91499.jpg

Sharn, the City of Towers:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84555.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84556.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84560.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84571.jpghttp://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84562.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84563.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84569.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84572.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84573.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84575.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84578.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84582.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84583.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84586.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84588.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84589.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84592.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sharn_gallery/84595.jpg

[Serpentine]

I don't recall any spider women in dragon. What issue is that in?Dungeon Magazine cover. Can't remember the issue, but if you track down the thread looking for Mothers' Day game ideas I tracked it down there. It's for a game module about aranea.

[Zaq]

I know there's more out there, but the only one I can think of immediately that hasn't been said already is the Dwarf Paragon from UA.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/UnA_Gallery/79141.jpg

You have to admit, that's a pretty badass picture.

[LOTRfan]

Dungeon Magazine cover. Can't remember the issue, but if you track down the thread looking for Mothers' Day game ideas I tracked it down there. It's for a game module about aranea.

Oh, the Aranea one... thanks!


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And Dwarves are always badass, Zaq. :smallamused:

[Popertop]

Speaking of celebrity lookalikes, I always thought this guy looked a bit like Bruce Campbell:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph2_gallery/97130.jpg

OMG! That is probably my favorite picture I've seen so far out of the books.

I love it when people are either confused in a picture, or looking at a picture gets you so confused that 3 weeks later you are like "Damn, that picture was really confusing."


D&D seems to have a hard time balancing the background perspective with the foreground action; usually they either don't use a background at all or they throw one up that has no perspective at all. It look likes wall paper in a lot of instances!

Yeah, that's one of the things in D&D art that really throws me off as well :/

[AslanCross]

Wayne Reynolds really does know how to draw elbows (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/hoh_gallery/91973.jpg) and other joints (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/hoh_gallery/91970.jpg).

It's usually just how he draws his armor's joints that make the elbows look like they're not there. This is clearly visible in Tordek's armor in the first pic, but if you look at Regdar's and Alhandra's armor in the second pic, the joints are still clearly visible, not to mention almost everyone else in the first pic (Mialee, Lidda, and the vampires).

Also, see Zombie Jozan's clunky bracers in the second pic. (More evidence that Jozan is evil)

[Serpentine]

Wayne Reynolds really does know how to draw elbows (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/hoh_gallery/91973.jpg) and other joints (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/hoh_gallery/91970.jpg).The dwarf's arm in the first picture looks like a thick bendy tube, and both them still suffer from Weird Rosy Pointy Nose Syndrome and Lumpy Plasticy Skin Disorder.
I just plain don't like the way he draws people.