This is probably a small concern and not really even helpful from a playtesting standpoint. But I'm seeing a lot of reused art assets from previous PF books. Are these just placeholders for when the actual book drops or are we going to get mostly repurposed visuals for PF2?
The art of Pathfinder is undeniably well done. It's high quality, detailed, colourful and paints a unique fantasy world. Certain designs, such as Pathfinder's lovable goblins, have become iconic. Hell, they even made gnomes a unique looking race, rather than just standing around in the empty space between halflings and dwarves.
But I've always been of the opinion that some of the designs should adhere to the "Less is more," philosophy and strip away some of the extraneous details. Every character walks around with tons of junk just haphazardly strapped to their outfits.
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I think that's in response to the iconic characters drawn by Wayne Reynolds, and I think he did that on purpose. After all, the typical PC still probably has more junk carried around than even those pictures. Most have more than one backup weapon, lots of scrolls, lots of potions, rope, etc. And, if you're a player who actually thinks about the character living, you probably have rations, a waterskin. I play a lot of PFS, so I figure my character ought to have a journal, ink, etc.
It's definitely a different style from what you see in a lot of fantasy RPG art, but I have to admit I kind of like it, because it does come a bit closer to looking like what actual PCs might look like.
Staff said previously that it would be all new art.
If I have time to dig up the quote, I'll edit this post
Staff said previously that it would be all new art.
If I have time to dig up the quote, I'll edit this post
Cool, thanks man.
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I think that's in response to the iconic characters drawn by Wayne Reynolds, and I think he did that on purpose. After all, the typical PC still probably has more junk carried around than even those pictures. Most have more than one backup weapon, lots of scrolls, lots of potions, rope, etc. And, if you're a player who actually thinks about the character living, you probably have rations, a waterskin. I play a lot of PFS, so I figure my character ought to have a journal, ink, etc.
It's definitely a different style from what you see in a lot of fantasy RPG art, but I have to admit I kind of like it, because it does come a bit closer to looking like what actual PCs might look like.
Thanks Rknop.
The equipment shown on the Iconic characters did kinda start out as a visual pun on the amount of gear that gets recorded on an RPG character sheet. (Where does your character store 50ft of rope, 10 potions, Iron rations and that 10” pole?) Though based on my knowledge and research of real – life history some of the equipment configurations weren’t that far from reality.Bearing in mind that medieval soldiers on campaign would be carrying their worldly goods and pockets weren't invented till the 17th Century.
Numerous pouches, bags and satchels were fairly commonplace.
Check out these historical soldier kits.
Whilst the equipment configuration on the Iconic characters may seem haphazard to some people... I know what every strap, belt, pouch, sheath and item is for and how it's attached. All that stuff has to go somewhere and I'm fascinated by it all.
A written account detailing my design process and inspirations for all of the 2.0 iconic characters will be available at some point in the near future.
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Thanks for the insight, Wayne!
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As for the reused art, I think it's mainly to spice up the book. I also found some pictures a little jarring and not matching the page they're on (see page 151, for example), but imagine if they weren't there at all. There'd just be a wall of text without a place for your eyes to take a rest. With a picture every now and then, even if they're reused, you increase the reading experience.
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Once we decided that the book would be populated largely with sketches Wayne produced in preparation for final full-color versions that will appear in the final 2e books, we hit on the idea of using a selection of Wayne's prior art to fill out the rest of the book. Wayne's vision has been such an important part of Pathfinder since the beginning, we thought it would be fun to have him contribute _all_ the art in the book.
The final book will feature additional artists, and will not feature reprints of art that previously appeared in color.