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Thread: Drow of the Underdark Art
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2007-05-19, 11:02 PM (ISO 8601)Barbarian in the Playground
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Drow of the Underdark Art
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Is there anyone else out there who was as disappointed as I was with the art for this book? There are some pictures from this book that are alright, but I was not impressed with it as a whole. I guess a lot of it is a dislike of Wayne England's work.Spoiler
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2007-05-20, 04:39 AM (ISO 8601)Orc in the Playground
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Re: Drow of the Underdark Art
Yea, I was dissapointed. I guess I was looking for something more... I dunno... just different. I guess its cause I grew up knowing drow from Baldur's Gate 2, and saw them a little differently.
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2007-05-20, 03:39 PM (ISO 8601)Orc in the Playground
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Re: Drow of the Underdark Art
I saw the art for this shortly after the art for Complete Champion. Champion had me going "hey, that's nice" in numerous places, and Underdark had me going "wow, consistently lame" the whole time.
It was... odd, to say the least. I'd call the art in the book "anomalously bad."
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2007-05-20, 07:33 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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Re: Drow of the Underdark Art
Yeah. And the temple of Lolth picture looks like the temple is outside in the sun. There appears to be clouds and a sunrise.
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2007-05-20, 07:56 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: Drow of the Underdark Art
Yeah dissapointing as a whole. I just feel lke they're grinding out supplements for hawt money. That would be ok normally, but SOME effort would be nice to make the supplements enjoyable.
Not only the art, but the content of the book as well seemed a little lax.In the last dark hour
Of the night,
Angels come to love us
And awaken us.
- Sri Chinmoy
No. 24627 from "Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 25".
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2007-05-20, 09:17 PM (ISO 8601)Barbarian in the Playground
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Re: Drow of the Underdark Art
Well, I haven't had a chance to review the crunchy bits, I just perused the book, and noticed the lackluster art.
Originally Posted by AngelAndrius
Wayne England should not draw humanoids.Spoiler
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2007-05-31, 12:28 PM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Re: Drow of the Underdark Art
I quite agree. Wayne England has a heavy background in a particular style of War Hammer Art, and it shows. I particularly dislike his depiction of Dwarves, very War Hammer... [Edit] On the other hand, not all of his art is like that, some of it is very good.
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