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>>98541377I remember when 2e was new; overhead a guy back then joke about this Elmore: "Did they crack the egg open to get that one?"
>>98540900Dragons with human arms. That takes me back
>>98546787Every dragon post 2000 looks like a blend of 'Zilla from the Matthew Broderick Godzilla, and the cave troll from Peter Jackson LotR.
I like the LoTR movies but I kind of also really hate how they became the absolute face of the franchise and miss when there was a bunch of different older art based on it
>>98546906Agree. Artists can't seem to stop referencing it for new Middle Earth illustrations.
>>98541370RIP
Pre-digital commercial paintings have top tier soft light
>>98546906I get you. I feel the same way about pre-movie Harry Potter art.
>>98548873The first set of cards from the TCG are a good example of that art
>>98546906The movies are just based on Alan Lee and John Howe's art, who I think worked on them too.
>>98541583The cover so iconic it's in Binding of Isaac>>98547647Ah yes, the Big Shoulders era of anime art.
>>98547563Wrong cleric you're thinking of.
>>98548977>Ah yes, the Big Shoulders era of anime art.Pauldrons are were the soul is kept
>>98548912Sure but you also had art from people like the Hildebrants and a bunch of other cover artists.
What up, shitlords
My uncle gave me a framed copy of picrel for my bedroom when I was 12 and it disappeared one day. I know my mom just tossed it out while I was at school but I can't prove it.
>>98548912yeah but other stuff like the stupid elvf weapons and armour get reused from the movies and doesn't come from the art of these or tolkien
>>98546898I can't look at Frazetta the same way after finding out he privately drew BBC porn.
>>98549793Whoever this artist is, he has an excellent understanding of lighting and reflection.
Can we get artist names?
>>98557984Don Lawrence
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>>98557936Jun Suemi, who did a lot of old JPRG and anime art.
>>98558012This image is fucking wild... So much oddity is happening at the same time. You take that signature off the bottom and post it somewhere I bet people would think its AI, but it's definitely got some legs
>>98559095Do you think I'm joking?
>>98557921Local BBC expert has arrived
>>98561540https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/11/dont-hide-your-candle-under-a-bushel-mr-frazetta-nsfw/>“Frank has always had a strong interest, a fetish of sorts, in black sexual stereotypes. Why would he spend so much time extolling the virtue of black sexuality if he disliked blacks? Makes no sense. What is his intent? The joy and delight inherent in sex. One must see the totality of these stories to appreciate fully their intent and idiosyncratic approach. He has other erotic art dealing with just whites, no blacks. A superficial and prosaic understanding is really worthless in appreciating this material.”
They just don't make it like they used to anymore. Digital art was a slippery slope.
>>98561554>those commentsHoly fuck the anti white racism.
>>98561622Oh, the blog is absolute retard horseshit, but it's the one place that has the most recent uncovered auction of his private drawings hosted, with context.
>>98552580This one feels kind of modern, doesn't it? It's a lot more abstract than a lot of 70s art.
>>98561889His art was very ahead of its time.
>>98549015Also, Aleena is still alive in the Gazetteers.
>>98563237Yes!We saved Aleena by taking her body back to the clerics in Threshold--she was revived!!Fuck you, Bargle, you cunt.
>>98561948Not it wasn't. It was simply very influential.
>>98546906Sadly, when you have such a successful artwork it casts a huge shadow on other, different interpretations and styles.
>>98567898I had real hate in my heart for Barglebut his "look-like-literal-glowing-arrows" magic missile is pretty stylish
>>98541377>haha we find things that look different from us and fucking lynch them
Love Elmore. I have a series of his signed prints framed on my wall!
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>>98568540That guy is either 100% confident in himself or thinks his aura is way higher then it actually is
>>98568547It's a chick.
>>98568554I'm trying my best to remember this now, but it's been 30 years since I read this series.
>>98568558Kitiara is her name.
>>98568547>>98568554Kitiara Uth Matar, Highlord of the Blue Dragonarmy, is indeed a total badass.
>>98568518Wicked cool. I'm a fan too.
>>98568570They're definitely some of my favorite framed work for sure. I've been waiting for one of his The Complete Elmore books to go up on Ebay, but they're always a couple hundred bucks and get snagged like instantly.
>>98568562>>98568566Huh. I know I read all of those books, but I remember more of Legend of Huma than this series. I remember reading more by Weiss and Hickman, like that one about gates. I must have been too young. Worth reading?
>>98568592I mean if you liked the others in the series, I'd say they're worth checking out. It's been a long time, but I remember enjoying Darkness and Light by Paul Thompson.
>>98568592>I must have been too young. Worth reading?I recently did a reread of the original trilogy. On the whole I'd say I had fun reading them again but they are a bit more junk food than I remembered them being and man o man did Hickman and Weis bring in their mormon influences. It's not like they're preaching or anything, mind you, and it only really stands ut in the first book but it's really obvious. But if you like this kind of fantasy adventure you can do a lot worse.
>>98568762>mormon influencesWhat influences?
>>98568991Well without getting too spoilery the initial quest hook is that the gods have all vanished and the heroes must bring the knowledge of the true gods back to the worlds as it is written on silver discs. I don't want to sound like I'm being dismissive because I do like the book but the first volume is literally the Book of Mormon but somebody invited Smaug.
>>98569034>the first volume is literally the Book of Mormon but somebody invited Smauga notable improvementt. also read the original trilogy as a kid, it was fun and was my first indepth look into fantasyI'm torn on trying to re-read them since I'm afraid they will shatter my rose-colored nostalgia glasses
>>98570333eh, they're still fun. I can't speak for the whole brand, there are like hundreds of these things but the first books are fun still. They're exactly what you expect.
>>98569034Well, gods abandoning us is practically a universal theme.Engraved disks? Ok, that lines up. But one parallel is hardly a rewrite of the Book of Mormon.
>>98569034The Native American analog cleric girl being marked as special because she's born with blue eyes and blond hair is also pretty Mormon-y. There's a Mormon energy in books I can always identify. I can usually clock it(eg with Sanderson) even if the author isn't outspoken like Orson Scott Card is. I can also tell when a book has been written by a fellow Catholic. Feels good to not be autistic.
I love this era of art. Anybody have any monk-related art?
>>98576430Thank you, I've had the same experience. Mormon writing just feels somewhat ~sticky~, like denatured rubber.
>>98540892There's something I just find heartbreaking about 80's and 90's era DnD art as someone born in the 2000's. Like you could just have people over to your house to fight some orcs and dragons without everyone wanting to bitch about how they can't have fun unless they're playing a pansexual tiefling bard. And everyone would pay attention because smartphones hadn't been invented yet.
There is something about this style between the colour pallet and level of detail that makes me feel nostalgic even though I was a kid to young to know about any of it at the time.
>>98576513everything has a pricewe didn't really even realize what we were losing with the advent of smartphonesor the proliferation of easily accessible internet around the world for that matter...This might be a localized thing, but the "nerd" culture I grew up with consisted of highly intelligent, highly creative people who actually put in effort letting their imagination run wild with their friends of similiar characteristics just to have some fun.The whole concept of ready-made adventures and "ongoing support" for what is for all intents and purposes a complete product like a TTRPG has always been extremely alien to me. The whole TTRPG space has been inflitrated by corporate interests to a disgusting degree. Luckily nothing is stopping me and my friends from playing like we want to.I don't even really know what the point of my post is because it's not really even nostalgia. Maybe just that things really used to be different and that we have actually lost something of value as the price for the current levels of convenience. And I think it has been a worse deal than it seems.
>>98576978>the proliferation of easily accessible internet around the world for that matterGonna make a hot take and say it wasn't til we hit web 2.0 that shit nosedived hard.
>>98577097Early internet was terrific. It was a wide collection of people and information finding ways to make their voices heard. Then at some point everything coalesced into the same handful of websites and corporate homogeneity took over. In the old internet if you didn't like something or someone you'd just look for a different hole to fit in at. Now everyone has the same voice and have been corrupted to call out any gainsayers as being toxic for not towing the corporate line.
>>98561554damn...
>>98561554>frazetta was a closet cuckDisgusting
>>98577097>>98577785Earlier internet was "bigger" but also had a more uniform userbase in a sense:the technical literacy required, access to stable high-speed internet and the specialized sites for different subjects of interest all acted as very effective filters. Astroturfing, baiting (or trolling) and other disingenious behaviour was both rarer and much easier to spot, and also to regulate.Let's also address the elephant in the room: geographic differences in levels of internet access - yeah that changed things when it evened out.We've literally got the shit version of the internet now, mostly, kinda like in some cyberpunk dystopia. The difference is that instead of at least being cool in exchange for being oppressive it's just lame and gay for the most part.
>>98578879Has William Gibson ever commented on this shit?
RIP to all artists that passed away and went to better places before the AI craze started.>>98541377It's called "Dragon slayers and proud of it!".
>>98578879We've also got the corporate oligarchy thing without cool cyberware. I want my deployable scythe arms, damn it.
>>98558042>>98558077Highly erotic!
>>98568585>>98568585Having all 3 volumes myself, they are absolutely worth it. Great books and the stories from his life are also kinda interesting. He really was one hell of a lucky guy.
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WOLVERIIIIIIIIIIIIINES!
>>98549677>Deedlit>diddles humans
>>98580761Sloppa is heinous on so many levels. It also feels pointless since art and graphic design were already a shoestring industry.
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>>98568592The Death Gate Cycle was cool Haplo was a nice protagonist
>>98581040This was the cover of David Eddings "Ruby Knight". Its a good read
