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I think the artist was going for grace and poise, but kinda failed. Her head is out of proportion to her body, but she could just be a gnome or halfling.

Is she holding a Halloween Candy pumpkin Pail?

I thought it was a halfling when I first saw it, and still do, but if it isn't...oh boy.

I also thought halfling.

I see what you're saying about the arm Ahtman. The staff should go behind her- the perspective is all off.

Is it just me, or does the knight look like he's considering taking advantage of the sleeping halfling?

I think I've become too used to a more abstract art style(such as Wayne Reynolds), because I can't seem to find myself get very excited about any of these drawings.

Are they not X-TREEEEEM enough for you?

Lounging about is fine- the art style just doesn't fire my jets. More cleavage and big muscly men PLZ.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Lounging about is fine- the art style just doesn't fire my jets. More cleavage and big muscly men PLZ.

Where did the artists go?

Now we're talking. I do love 80's and early 90's style fantasy art. They just have that pizzazz to fire the imagination.

That page pretre posted is super 90s. It's seems like the trouble is related to content (lack of bewbs) rather than style.

 Manchu wrote:
That page pretre posted is super 90s. It's seems like the trouble is related to content (lack of bewbs) rather than style.

Well, yeah. Obviously. That's what we're bitchin about, here!

If anything, this is a little too 90s for me ... reminds me of AD&D 2E Revised. I really liked the covers but these two interior pieces are not thrilling. That said, I do like that it's not BEWBSSSSSS because I hope this edition will support/not creep out the growing number of women playing D&D.

Honestly, I can just tell that it's touched up with a computer. It just has that certain "fuzzyness" that grates on my nerves. Not to say artist like Wayne Reynolds, Rebecca Guay, Terese Nielson, or Christopher Moeller don't use technology to assist with their works, but it's the certain style being used doesn't really hide the fact it was computer assisted. It just looks cheap.

Note: I have no problem with Photoshop and it's ilk being used, but there are ways where it's not intrusive upon the piece.

I like the understated nature of the group. If anything I find the wizards robes a bit to opulent and think it is odd the fighter is laying down in his plate armor.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Aaron Dembski-Boyden

Bowden. He's a writer; was not aware of him being an illustrator.


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 Ahtman wrote:
a bit too opulent

Elf.


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 Sinful Hero wrote:
It just looks cheap.

While I disagree with how you got there, I agree with your conclusion. The covers look a lot better quality somehow than these two pieces.

 Manchu wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
a bit too opulent

Elf.

I didn't notice the ears before, so I suppose I can let it slide. Just this one time though.

 Manchu wrote:

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Aaron Dembski-Boyden

Bowden. He's a writer; was not aware of him being an illustrator.


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 Ahtman wrote:
a bit too opulent

Elf.


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 Sinful Hero wrote:
It just looks cheap.

While I disagree with how you got there, I agree with your conclusion. The covers look a lot better quality somehow than these two pieces.

Whoops, forgive me, late night and a long day. Try Christopher Moeller.

 Ahtman wrote:
and think it is odd the fighter is laying down in his plate armor.

That would be uncomfortable.

 Manchu wrote:
Why's she holding her stick like that. Not trying to be a debbie downer but it just looks a bit weird.

Almost seems like he/she is standing in a high wind environment or something... like their back is arched to keep from blowing away with the wind? But that would probably mean that Jimmy Johnson of American Football fame is their hairdresser

How can I put this quantitatively?

Light source is off, anatomy is wrong, palette is dull, figures look cut-and-paste.

 pretre wrote:

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Why is the knight-of-the-improbable-spaulders looking at the 'camera'?

I'm guess he's kinda sorta keeping watch and...heard something over in this direction?

There's something odd about how it looks that I can't quite put my finger on, but it's nice to see a group picture that isn't a bunch of random adventurers waving swords at a monster or being shot at by traps. Those two categories encompass nearly every group picture in the 4th edition PHB.

The kobold adventure sounds promising. I didn't get on super well with the 4th edition starter adventure, whose name I don't recall. Being less railroady would be a definite improvement.

 Buzzsaw wrote:

 pretre wrote:

Spoiler:

Why is the knight-of-the-improbable-spaulders looking at the 'camera'?

He's breaking The Fourth Wall of course. That's what Fighter types do, break things.

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I'm not so sure this edition is for me!

Even 2e had spell decks though. They were basically quick reference cards.

That's one edition past my preferred one, so I guess that explains that!