Saturday, November 1, 2008

Vintage Fantasy Art by Jeff Easley

(This was originally posted at WordPress before we moved to Blogger)



As you know, my website, Fantasy Art and Portraits, is focussed on the fantasy art of computer games. So you can imagine that I often run into tons of great art… but “can’t” use it. Here’s a sample from the roleplaying game, Dungeons and Dragons, specifically the art of Jeff Easley.



During the glory days of pre-3rd edition Dungeons and Dragons (while it was still with TSR), Easley's art was everywhere, and stood apart from everyone else with his distinctive style. Perhaps because of that distinctive style, he has had less of a place with 3rd and 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, which re-envisioned the franchise from the ground up, including its art. And not surprisingly so as art has a powerful effect on the imagination, and for a fresh take on D&D and how it was played, new art was clearly needed.



for Assassin Mountain, by Jeff Easley



for DnD, by Jeff Easley



for Dragonlance, by Jeff Easley

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