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Worst Old School Art?

Started by Voros, May 28, 2017, 04:57:29 PM

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Just Another Snake Cult

#105
June 11, 2017, 10:05:44 PM
All of those RQ covers are actually pretty sweet. Some moreso than others, but still better art than most games get.
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#106
June 11, 2017, 10:09:25 PM
Quote from: DavetheLost;967712Yeah, it's the RQ3 interior art. The covers were generally nice, but some of the interior pieces...0D&D called, it wants its art back.

Yeah, that makes a little more sense, I can see why RQ3 people prize the GW versions.
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#107
June 12, 2017, 01:44:55 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;967661My favorite basic cover is Holmes, I just always liked the look of that Dragon.  Yeah the wings were small but I liked the head and pose.



Otus's cover is more abstract than Elmore, but I liked how the Basic and Expert Set went together...



As far as the Elmore cover, the group one is better I think.  It makes me think of the Willingham Frontpiece.  This is always what D&D was to me...


Those are all awesome, inviting, and evocative. Makes me want to play D&D and I don't even like D&D very much!

Hrugga

#108
June 12, 2017, 05:13:14 PM
Quote from: Baulderstone;966563There is just a lot of genuine imagination in Otus' work, something that is surprisingly lacking in a great deal of D&D art. I get that some people find his loose style off-putting, but the guy never phoned it in like Elmore could at times.


When it comes to RPG inspiration, I'll take this cover over that Dragonlance cover earlier in the thread.

A future Techno-Wizard that is somehow connected to The Dead Kennedey's...Never noticed that before!!!

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Baulderstone

#109
June 12, 2017, 06:20:47 PM
Quote from: Hrugga;968031A future Techno-Wizard that is somehow connected to The Dead Kennedey's...Never noticed that before!!!

H:0)

I heard somewhere that Easley and Otus were sharing a studio at the time of this painting. They were listening to the Dead Kennedys while they were working, so Otus just added the symbol as an embellishment. I have that GM screen, and it was years before it jumped out at me one day.

Hrugga

#110
June 12, 2017, 06:35:34 PM
Quote from: Baulderstone;968050I heard somewhere that Easley and Otus were sharing a studio at the time of this painting. They were listening to the Dead Kennedys while they were working, so Otus just added the symbol as an embellishment. I have that GM screen, and it was years before it jumped out at me one day.

Cool. I've seen that cover many times. This is the first time I've ever noticed it. Never played the game. Good stuff.

H:0)

Voros

#111
June 13, 2017, 03:44:09 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;967661As far as the Elmore cover, the group one is better I think.  It makes me think of the Willingham Frontpiece.  This is always what D&D was to me...


That is a great one, Willingham went on to have a big hit with the Fables comic. His D&D work has an appealing 70s vibe.

Christopher Brady

#112
June 13, 2017, 06:11:43 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;967661

I agree with Voros, I like this image.  It's dynamic, despite its the cartoon look.
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DavetheLost

#113
June 13, 2017, 06:53:28 AM
This is the image I would use to sell the sort of D&D we played.

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#114
June 15, 2017, 10:37:52 PM
Quote from: Voros;968154That is a great one, Willingham went on to have a big hit with the Fables comic. His D&D work has an appealing 70s vibe.

Huh. I had no idea that was the same guy!
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#115
June 16, 2017, 09:45:19 AM
Quote from: Voros;968154That is a great one, Willingham went on to have a big hit with the Fables comic.
And he almost had a big hit with the Elementals comic. Although I loved his D&D art, and I had all the Elementals comics (though the ones not drawn by him were not great), I only realised this year that they were the same person.

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#116
June 16, 2017, 12:56:09 PM
I like the way how everybody in that pic (Even the old pointy-hat wizard- Actually, ESPECIALLY the old pointy-hat wizard) looks hardcore bad-ass without it being dungeonpunk or "Kewl/EXXXTREME!".
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#117
June 19, 2017, 04:38:57 PM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;969061I like the way how everybody in that pic (Even the old pointy-hat wizard- Actually, ESPECIALLY the old pointy-hat wizard) looks hardcore bad-ass without it being dungeonpunk or "Kewl/EXXXTREME!".

yeah, that aesthetic really sucked.
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#118
June 19, 2017, 04:55:04 PM
I like Dungeonpunk.  It doesn't fit D&D, but I like it, if used well.  There needs to be a game that embraces the idea and then runs with it screaming into the night.
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#119
June 20, 2017, 03:22:01 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;969934I like Dungeonpunk.  It doesn't fit D&D, but I like it, if used well.  There needs to be a game that embraces the idea and then runs with it screaming into the night.

I liked it well enough; I could never think of a reason that people in Sigil wouldn't dress that way, after all. It fits the Jaded Dungeoneer approach well enough.

...up to the point that wondering how the hell Hennet kept track of all those buckles took me right out of the fantasy mindset I was aiming for, and dumped me into "No, wait, how the fuck is that supposed to work anyway?"
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