Favorite D&D ARTISTS

[W E Ray]

Your top 10 FAVORITE D&D illustrators of ALL time...

1} Keith Parkinson
2} Wayne Reynolds
3} Branko Bistrovic
4} Dave Trampier
5} Damien Mammoliti
6} Erol Otus
7} Kieran Yanner
8} Jeff Easley
9} Dave Sutherland
10} Anthony Waters
11} Matt Cavotta

(My list goes to eleven cuz sometimes you need that little bit extra when you really want to Rock.)

(NOTICE: Any list with Tony DiTerlizzi can not be considered legitimate.)

[bigkilla]

1} Erol Otus
2} Erol Otus
3} Erol Otus
4} Erol Otus
5} Erol Otus
6} Erol Otus
7} Erol Otus
8} Erol Otus
9} Erol Otus
10} Erol Otus
11} Wayne Reynolds

[Gorbacz]

1. Tony DiTerlizzi
2. Wayne Reynolds
3. Eric Belisle

[houstonderek]

1. Todd Lockwood
2. Jeff Easley
3. Dave Trampier
4. Tony DiTerlizzi (sorry, your inclusion of WAR is the equivalent on your list to me)
5. Erol Otus
6. Dave Sutherland
7. Keith Parkinson
8. Jeff Dee
9. Darlene
10. Jim Holloway

[W E Ray]

@ Big Killa,

A gaming buddy of mine got Erol Otus to do the artwork on her Homebrew Campaign Setting about 3 years ago.

[John Benbo]

1). Matt Morrow
2). Larry Elmore
3). Erol Otus
4). Keith Parkinson
5). Jeff Easley
6). Tony DiTerlizzi

I'm not good with names...so I stop at six, but with the exception of Matt Morrow, basically the pre-3e D&D artists. I do really like some of the character/monster illustrations in the Paizo books, but in the APs, I'm not sure who's is who.

[W E Ray]

@ Derek,

Yeah, that's ccol -- lots of gamers Love DiTerlizzi's work. I never liked most of his drawings and wouldn't include him on my list but I knew if I didn't put him somewhere in the OP lots of folks would ask me how I forgot him so I added the disclaimer.

[bigkilla]

W E Ray wrote:

@ Big Killa,

A gaming buddy of mine got Erol Otus to do the artwork on her Homebrew Campaign Setting about 3 years ago.

Having started playing DnD in 1979 he is just the Iconic artist to me. I love some of the newer artists as well but Erol Otus will always be my favorite.

[houstonderek]

W E Ray wrote:

@ Derek,

Yeah, that's ccol -- lots of gamers Love DiTerlizzi's work. I never liked most of his drawings and wouldn't include him on my list but I knew if I didn't put him somewhere in the OP lots of folks would ask me how I forgot him so I added the disclaimer.

If I were the OP I'd probably have put a similar disclaimer regarding WAR. I know Paizo fans love the guy, and I'm sure he's an incredibly cool dude, but if I could tear the covers off of my rulebooks and retain their value I would...

[Lathiira]

1) DiTerlizzi
2) Larry Elmore
3) Clyde Caldwell
4) Wayne Reynolds
5) Jeff Easley

There are others I'm forgetting I'm sure, but these are the ones I enjoy the most.

[W E Ray]

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Shiny

[Callous Jack]

1) Steve Prescott

2) Andrew Hou

3) Eric Belisle

4) Kieran Yanner

5) Eva Widermann

6) Matt Dixon

7) Peter Bergting

8) Tyler Walpole

9) Tony M. DiTerlizzi

10) Alex Aparin

Honorable Mention: Jeff Easley, WAR

[Kain Darkwind]

Larry Elmore
Todd Lockwood
Wayne Reynolds
James Ryman
Eva Widermann
Tony DiTerlizzi
Borris Vallejo (does he count as DnD?)
Ben Wooten
Andrew Hou
Sara Forlenza
Toren Macbin Atkinson

[Digitalelf]

In no particular order:

Larry Elmore
Todd Lockwood
Erol Otis
Tony D'Terlizzi
Jeff Easley
Wayne Reynolds
BROM
Keith Parkinson
Clyde Caldwell
Jim Holloway

[W E Ray]

CRAP!

I can't friggin believe I forgot Brom.

I should not be allowed to breathe air for 10 days as punishment.
I feel ashamed.

[Digitalelf]

W E Ray wrote:

I feel ashamed.

As well you should! ;-p

[drunken_nomad]

houstonderek wrote:

8. Jeff Dee

Just for Morgan Ironwolf!

Bill Willingham
BROM
Phil Foglio
Elmore for this cover of Dragon 140

Daniel Horne for Dragon 119's cover and 126's cover

[Aaron Bitman]

bigkilla wrote:

W E Ray wrote:

@ Big Killa,

A gaming buddy of mine got Erol Otus to do the artwork on her Homebrew Campaign Setting about 3 years ago.

Having started playing DnD in 1979 he is just the Iconic artist to me. I love some of the newer artists as well but Erol Otus will always be my favorite.

Gee, I got started with the old Basic Set with the Erol Otus art... but the only D&D artist I've ever particularly admired, or regarded as iconic, was Larry Elmore.

(Then again, I don't pay much attention to art in general.)

[SuperSlayer]

Easley really made an impact with his art in my imagination. All the other artists listed here are great too and I really enjoyed most of the artist from AD&D 1st&2nd editions. Most all the artwork for all the campaigns was great from Dragonlace, Al Quadim, Spelljammer, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, Forgotton Realms, Greyhawk, and all the source books just had magical mezmorizing fantasy art. If any of these newer RPG's can make artwork as good as AD&D did it would catch my quick.

[Sissyl]

Clyde Caldwell, Tony diTerlizzi, really. There are a lot of others extremely talented and skilled artists in this hobby, but these two have been my favourites for a long time.

[Bruunwald]

I dig just about every artist mentioned, and am very, very happy with WAR, but as a kid I lived and breathed Erol Otus and Jeff Dee. Any list without those two is a list I could not take seriously.

[VedicDragon]

Tony Diterlizzi and Todd Lockwood, hands down. Larry Elmore will always have a special place in my heart as well for his gorgeous Dragonlance Illustrations.