 The New Look, The art of SR4 |
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 Aug 6 2007, 12:51 AM
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Immoral Elf  Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486  |
Half, IIRC. And the original (SR1 & 2) cover art is definitely my favorite piece. Of course, Bradstreet's work in the early days definitely deserves a mention. |
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Aug 6 2007, 04:55 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 399 Joined: 27-May 04 Member No.: 6,361 |
I thought the 3rd edition bbb cover was good, but not great. This edition is alright. Few complaints from me on the art. I especially love the vehicles and wish they did more art on those. Many of the styles are sleek and futuristic without being over the top.
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Aug 6 2007, 05:30 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
I've seen the covers for 1, 3, & 4, but I've never seen the cover art for 2nd.
Linky, please? |
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Aug 6 2007, 05:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 |
SR1 and SR2 share the same cover picture... |
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Aug 6 2007, 06:14 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
Ah, that would explain it, wouldn't it? :cyber:
So, what prompted that decision? To not get new cover art? |
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Aug 6 2007, 06:24 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 23-June 07 Member No.: 11,998 |
Background:
I come from a heavily-religious family - the kind of backwoodsy "good ole time" stuff that likes to burn places down. I won't give away all of what I was, but it's long, and has the word "Fundamental" in it. I first ran into SR at the end of 1st, beginning of 2nd, when I was about.. ten, twelve, maybe? I was trying (stupidly) to convince my parents that gaming was not devil worship - and then they saw that beautiful, black book in the gamestore I was in. All downhill from there. But it drew me back - it became my symbol of rebellion, this satan-skulled book. I didn't care what it was about - I wanted it because it was so bad. I've since fallen in love with SR for other reasons, but I'll never forget my first blush - pure, adolescent, "Fuck you!" rebellion. I rebelled with a book. Marlon Brando I am not. However, I'm liking the art. I didn't like much of what I saw for 3rd, I'm in love with the 1st/2nd edition stuff - those pictures still define my SR world. He just... he just knows how to draw a world. Not just Sr, but almost anything else he's put in just looks right. I think most of the interior work we're seeing does a good job of capturing the new, futuristic angle of 4th ed. |
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Aug 6 2007, 10:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
Rebellion has always been a big part of SR 8) which part of what bothers me about the de-emphasis of the neo-anarchist themes in SR4. I miss Shadowland :(
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Aug 6 2007, 11:20 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Not 'that'. 'it'. It's simply... bad. The proportions are off or the form is completly twisted, the perspective is pretty much non-existant and there is nearly no depth which makes the detail clutter worse - ohn, and the characters look like imported from Thunderdome. |
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Aug 6 2007, 08:10 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...same here. |
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