I picked up a couple of the D&D 3.0 books at a used bookstore a few weeks back. A nostalgia fit, I guess.
The artwork is slick, but so . . . overdone? . . . in an archaic/lurid style that makes my teeth ache. It reminds me of the baroque punk style adopted by British games, with mohawked orcs and the like.
To wax McLuhanesque, the art is too "hot." There's not a lot of wiggle room there for you to engage with it.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avram
Yeah . . .
Date: 2005-04-12 08:56 pm (UTC)The artwork is slick, but so . . . overdone? . . . in an archaic/lurid style that makes my teeth ache. It reminds me of the baroque punk style adopted by British games, with mohawked orcs and the like.
To wax McLuhanesque, the art is too "hot." There's not a lot of wiggle room there for you to engage with it.
Stefan