D&DNext Art Thread

[Shadenuat]

Dirty Harry gnome meh
Rashemen boyarin in shapka monomaha and witch?
Orcs on little legs with warhammer mouths meh
Gnoll is pretty cool, although I'm wondering (not only that, but that one is most curious): is there some sort of tradition when little gnoll furry daughters make hair into braids for their fathers for luck when they go for war? Cause with his fingers, I'd like to see him do that. Or maube it's her and it's part of gnoll fashion?

 

[catfood]

Anyway, more pictures for DnD Next:

Could be worse, I guess. Could be a lot better too.

Ok, this one is good I have to admit. The other 3 in the last batch aren't too shabby either.

The halflings ones still make my stomach churn.

 

[Erebus]

Dirty Harry gnome meh

I think that's a Redcap.

Gnoll is pretty cool, although I'm wondering (not only that, but that one is most curious): is there some sort of tradition when little gnoll furry daughters make hair into braids for their fathers for luck when they go for war? Cause with his fingers, I'd like to see him do that. Or maube it's her and it's part of gnoll fashion?

Since gnolls are humanoid hyenas, there's a much more important question one should ask about their females.


All in all, decent pics, though I don't care much for how the orcs look.

 

[Ulminati]

Fuck y'all, I'm loving it. Except the last image with the orcsies. That gnoll is sweet!

I'd still rather have this:

 

[evdk]

Dirty Harry gnome meh

I think that's a Redcap.

Image name says it's a svirfneblin.

 

[Grunker]

Agreed, but I'm just relieved about the apparant lack of WoW-ness.

 

[PorkaMorka]

Is it too expensive to hire people to make high quality realistic fantasy paintings nowadays?

Or did they just voluntarily downgrade the quality of the art?

Maybe it has something to with different expectations due to anime and video games?

I've been very disappointed with the art from 3rd edition onward.

 

[Machocruz]

Skilled fantasy artists are expensive. Why pay for a Brom or John Howe when you can pay some DeviantArt hack peanuts?

 

[evdk]

Skilled fantasy artists are expensive. Why pay for a Brom or John Howe when you can pay some DeviantArt hack peanuts?

Or even better the hack will pay you to get featured in your publication.

 

[Quilty]

Fuck y'all, I'm loving it. Except the last image with the orcsies. That gnoll is sweet!

I'd still rather have this:

Quoting because FUCKING GORGEOUS. This is what I came here for. Got any more? This hard on needs fuel.

 

[Machocruz]

 

[CappenVarra]

plz never post pathfinder art again, am mentally scarred enough already

 

[Alex_Steel]

*dramatization*
DnD then:

DnD now:

Yeah...

 

[Ulminati]

*dramatization*
DnD then:


DnD now:

DnD next:

 

[Ulminati]

Speaking of artists though, I wish they'd just go ahead and hire Jason Engle full time.

Spoiler

 

[dibens]

Two headed, tentacle arm baboon. We need more of those.

 

[Ulminati]

Two headed, tentacle arm baboon. We need more of those.

Demogorgon.

 

[catfood]

Those are p. cool, Ulminati. It's kinda got a Pathfinderish feel except it doesn't suck.

 

[rashiakas]

How can you not love PF art?

Spoiler

 

[PorkaMorka]

Spoiler

Those proportions don't seem quite right.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Speaking of artists though, I wish they'd just go ahead and hire Jason Engle full time.

Can't agree with you bro. Some of this stuff looks very amateurish. o_O

There's a lot of effort, sure, but also naive lighting, lacking composition and bland faces.

Edit: Oh wait, that was good old codexian sarcasm.
Edit2: Right?
Edit3: Of course it was.
Edit4:

 

[LeStryfe79]

D&D Art Throughout the Years...

OD&D (Simple but iconic)
AD&D (Incline)
3.X D&D (Decline)
4e D&D (I'm being generous)
D&D Next (I'm being optimistic)

 

[deus101]

Tarrasque then:

Tarrasque now: (or at least for 3.x god I don't know what they did with it in 4.0)

I have a friend that complained over that, saying it the former looks like something that would kill you. The latter just looked derpy.

Meh, for something that has animal intelligence i think it was more fitting.

 

[Grunker]

Precisely how I feel LeStryfe79. Can we insert a Pathfinder one after 4E with ?

 

[oldmanpaco]

God I loved that painting back in the day. It captured low/mid level D&D perfectly.