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Now, Dykstra seems to get a fair bit of stick from some people online. I must confess that I don't like some of his work, but I can say that about luminaries like Brom and DiTerlizzi as well.
Terry Dykstra's art provided my first exposure to the D&D game. The elf opposite manages to be beautiful and bad-ass (even if she is the super-short D&D elf). The halfling conveys that although he's not a fat hobbit, he's still not the greatest warrior.
Dykstra (or the art director for the Rules Cyclopedia) is to be applauded for the racial variety therein. That and super-hot thief chicks.
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Now, the more po-faced grognards despise this picture, and yet I see laments day after day for more humour in the D&D game "like the old days". Seems you can't win. Well, anyway, it made me chuckle.
I've always really liked Terry's work. I just don't understand the bad reception his art gets either.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 11 that lady thief made me think thoughts...
ReplyDeleteHonestly, still does!
However, I was completely unaware that Terry Dykstra's art is generally panned. I don't think I've actually heard anyone else say anything about it before.
Dykstra is cool. I'm surprised he's not mentioned more when people talk about line art from older editions.
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