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    WolfInSheepsClothing

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    Default Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    i have some large areas of my world that were ravaged by magical accidents in the past. now everything living in them is mutated by wild magic. I thought it would be great to represent this in battle maps, but i can't find anything fitting.
    Some of the descriptions I gave
    "the trees and grass are in all the colors of the rainbow, plus some colors that shouldn't exhist at all"
    "the wildlife resembles its normal counterpart on most aspects, though every animal shows signs of mutations; most have tentacles, or extra legs, or other stuff they shouldn't have"
    "some of the grass does not move with the wind, and it tries to grab you as you pass. some of the trees also move; you wisely keep clear of those"

    Any idea where i could find some fitting image? I attempted "psychedelic landscape", without much success. I think some artistic movement painting stuff in false colors may have something I could use, but no idea what to look for. illustrations made for similar fantasy concepts would, of course, be the best
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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    Sounds like a cross between the DnD feywild and far realm.

    Here are two neat pictures I found of the fey wild.

    https://www.oort.nz/dnd/wiki/feywild.SpiritBear.jpg
    https://www.gmbinder.com/images/rtGryy4.jpg
    Black text is for sarcasm, also sincerity. You'll just have to read between the lines and infer from context like an animal

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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mastikator View Post
    Sounds like a cross between the DnD feywild and far realm.

    Here are two neat pictures I found of the fey wild.

    https://www.oort.nz/dnd/wiki/feywild.SpiritBear.jpg
    https://www.gmbinder.com/images/rtGryy4.jpg
    not exactly how i picture it, but closer than anything else so far.
    incidentally, the next encounter will be a bear that can cast color spray
    In memory of Evisceratus: he dreamed of a better world, but he lacked the class levels to make the dream come true.

    Ridiculous monsters you won't take seriously even as they disembowel you

    my take on the highly skilled professional: the specialized expert

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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    Speaking of mutations on animals: DND has tons of weird animals like the famous owlbear and the displacer beast.
    You mentioned tentacles: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fo...east_-_p81.jpg
    There's also this weird monstrosity: https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/.../631437_v2.jpg
    You can have animals that have fused with elementals like this thing: https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/.../631446_v2.jpg
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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    Look up the movie annihilation. It's exactly what you're looking for.

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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    Keith Thompson at Keiththompsonart.com is pretty good for this. Not all illustrations are SFW, so go in advised.

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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    If you want some stuff for the seriously weird parts- not just mutated, but straight magical landscapes, Steve Ditko's Dr. Strange work could do the job- it's straight-up surreal.

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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    How about the Whispering Woods on Atheria?
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    Default Re: Trying to find illustrations for crazy magic land, any help?

    the whispering woods are actually pretty good.
    i already played last week, though, and i was lucky to find some good images on an art site by looking "surreal landscape"

    https://www.gettyimages.it/detail/il...?adppopup=true
    https://www.gettyimages.it/detail/fo...?adppopup=true
    In memory of Evisceratus: he dreamed of a better world, but he lacked the class levels to make the dream come true.

    Ridiculous monsters you won't take seriously even as they disembowel you

    my take on the highly skilled professional: the specialized expert

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