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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 11:20AM
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I wanna know if I can borrow that guy's helmet? It's taller than my stepladder! Sure would make getting things off the top pantry shelf easier. 
I'm pretty sure you can buy your own from LIDS©, they sell everything!
Though I think the helm is the only aspect of the art that I'm not a fan of. Sure, it's cool because it's a Dragon but it's a bit too high for my tastes. Still, 90% of the picture is made of "win". I'm also a fan of Swanland's art for the Black Company books, which is dark and edgy.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 11:20AM
#82
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I've always been a fan of Raymond Swanland and Todd Lockwood's art since I read Bladesinger and the Drizzt series.
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Their work on the cover got me to buy Venom in Her Veins. Good thing too, because it was the first, and only time I've ever really cared about FR material. Now, after decades of playing, I'm actually kinda interested in the setting.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 11:22AM
#83
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I hadn't read that novel series but I do enjoy the cover art 
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 11:42AM
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I wanna know if I can borrow that guy's helmet? It's taller than my stepladder! Sure would make getting things off the top pantry shelf easier.
I'm pretty sure you can buy your own from LIDS©, they sell everything!
Though I think the helm is the only aspect of the art that I'm not a fan of. Sure, it's cool because it's a Dragon but it's a bit too high for my tastes. Still, 90% of the picture is made of "win". I'm also a fan of Swanland's art for the Black Company books, which is dark and edgy.
LOL. 
Yah, the picture -is- pretty good. The helm does detract from it because height, but everything else is pretty good in that. Definitely better imo than the angular-faced stuff.
Another artist I like would be whoever did that pic of Lidda standing by the rune-covered obelisk. First artist to ever (to my knowledge) put on paper what, to me, halflings had always looked like. I never did buy into the short fat round hobbit-things; it didn't match the description very well.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 2:01PM
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Phhhhh... without these:  you aint got no hobbitz
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 2:34PM
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As far as I know, corduroy short-pants have never been a defining feature of halflngs or hobbits.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 2:39PM
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All the best tobacco and corduroy comes from the Shire.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 3:26PM
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As far as I know, corduroy short-pants have never been a defining feature of halflngs or hobbits.
A-frickin'-men!
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 3:26PM
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I've always been a fan of Raymond Swanland and Todd Lockwood's art since I read Bladesinger and the Drizzt series. Here's an example of Swanland's work...
To me, the level of detail, colors, sharp angles, and impressive armor design makes for a great fantasy cover or perhaps an example of an Aasimar/Deva style character. Simply beautiful.
We can make a deal. We keep big ornamented (then dangerous to wear) armors with phallic helmets, and then we take back our precious chainmail bikinis.
Chainmail bikinis are no more dangerous to wear than big ornamented armors and grant disadvantage to enemies (men are distracted, women are offended, or the reverse. I'm not a lenient DM, I recognize a good tactical fashion choice when I see one).
Chainmail bikinis should be exotic armors. Chain mail bikini wearers should always inspire respect, because not everyone is able to use them efficiently.
"They are making it clear that when modern design and common sense come into conflict with tradition, tradition wins." - thecasualoblivion
"Vancian isn't broken, you just have to set your game to the wizard's clock!" - Oxybe
"In many ways, making a new edition of D&D is alot like trying to sell a car to the Amish." - Dwarfslayer
"Encounters are the heart of the AD&D game" - PHB AD&D 2nd edition.
"you shouldn't even bother trying to become like me." - Gary Gygax (Elfcrusher confirmed)
"Feel free to claim I said anything you like. How's someone going to call you out on it? Are they going to be all like, 'I know all of the things that Gary said, and that's not one of them?'"
- Gary Gygax
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 3:30PM
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My point is...bad art is different than saying a piece of art does not appeal to you. Technically, bad or good art does not exist. Everyone's experience with the piece can and will vary. The artwork is what it is, but what experience it creates, is on the viewer, and in this case, the critic.
Anji, the Cartoghaphers guild is the place. Free tutorials and a great community.
That comma is very importance in the sentence "Technically, bad or good art does not exist" without it, the whole thing becomes false, since it is entirely possible for a piece to be Technically Good or Bad - meaning there are technical aspects to the piece that are good or bad. Take that 1st edition PHB - there are many parts of that which are flat-out bad compositionally. Does that make it a "bad" picture? Maybe, maybe not - I think so, but other people might be okay with it.
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