I envy you for that art book, haha, it can be a real pain in the neck to get any around here (although of course I do have a good deal of them, just mostly classic stuff – the great masters, you know the drill. They’re always a bit easier to get than modern artists).
It took me a good many years to finally get a game going, haha, but the first time I ever rolled some dice was in an AD&D 2nd ed game, hence my very particular nostalgia for the system and the fact that I went and bought the core books for myself maaaany years after that. Many old school gaming enthusiasts will mention Elmore as a big visual reference, though, so there is an association. With how evocative his fantasy art can be, it’s no surprise :)
There was something you linked to elsewhere that caught my eye, too. I believe it was by the Hildebrandts and I do wish there were some step by step breakdown of how they did that because the light in that piece is phenomenal. It was Éowyn fighting a Nazgûl, I think? Amazing stuff, the way it pops out, the contrast… Ah! I wish we could see how they did it indeed.
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Date: 2025-05-08 08:49 pm (UTC)It took me a good many years to finally get a game going, haha, but the first time I ever rolled some dice was in an AD&D 2nd ed game, hence my very particular nostalgia for the system and the fact that I went and bought the core books for myself maaaany years after that. Many old school gaming enthusiasts will mention Elmore as a big visual reference, though, so there is an association. With how evocative his fantasy art can be, it’s no surprise :)
There was something you linked to elsewhere that caught my eye, too. I believe it was by the Hildebrandts and I do wish there were some step by step breakdown of how they did that because the light in that piece is phenomenal. It was Éowyn fighting a Nazgûl, I think? Amazing stuff, the way it pops out, the contrast… Ah! I wish we could see how they did it indeed.