Old School Inspirational Art Thread

[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

Okay, I've been putting it off, but I know what you're all thinking...

This thread needs more ELMORE...

[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

[captpic4rd]

This thread is amazing. Thank you.

[Dave 2]

Okay, I've been putting it off, but I know what you're all thinking...

This thread needs more ELMORE...

I like Larry Elmore; I wish we had more non-D&D pieces by him.  His D&D stuff looks like he got everything right, like that's what a dragon is supposed to look like by the book, but there's not always any new inspiration in that for me the way there is in some of these random forgotten novel covers.

I also fault Elmore, perhaps unfairly, for the "characters standing looking at the reader" illustration style we're still stuck with today.  At least his have the saving grace of being full pieces, with some humor as in that dragon coming up behind them, and not just the lone figure or the naked police line up of later editions.

Anyway, tax:

[VacuumJockey]

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[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

[Tristram Evans]

Janet Aulisio is a polarizing artist, for reasons I don't quite understand. I saw one person online refer to them as "the Leifeld of RPG art," which I think is complete BS even if one doesn't like their particular style.

I'll start with some colour work, but these don't do it for me in the way of Aulisio's pen & ink pieces...

[Tristram Evans]