{"id":4238,"date":"2010-08-04T19:50:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T03:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4238"},"modified":"2010-08-04T19:51:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T03:51:09","slug":"cover-art-final-artwork-for-gauntlgrym-by-r-a-salvatore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-final-artwork-for-gauntlgrym-by-r-a-salvatore\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | Final Artwork for &#8216;Gauntlgrym&#8217; by R.A. Salvatore"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/gauntlgrym-by-ra-salvstore.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/gauntlgrym-by-ra-salvstore.jpeg\" alt=\"Gauntlgrym by R.A. Salvatore\" title=\"Gauntlgrym by R.A. Salvatore\" width=\"410\" height=\"618\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>A few months ago I posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/cover-art\/cover-art-gauntlgrym-by-ra-salvatore\/\">cover for <strong>Gauntlgrym<\/strong> by R.A. Salvatore<\/a>, the 7,345th volume in the <em>Drizzt Do\u2019Urden<\/em> Saga. Turns out that was just placeholder art (likely for a catalog) and <em>Wizards of the Coast<\/em> was still working on the real cover.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not my favourite artwork from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toddlockwood.com\/\">Todd Lockwood<\/a>, but it&#8217;ll surely appeal to its audience. For some reason, I get no sense of inertia or energy from the painting, it all just seems so static and lifeless to me, like a piece of sports photography shot at too high a shutter speed.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, that title still makes me laugh, and I liked <em>Neverwinter Nights<\/em> when I played it years ago, so the setting might be cool. Still, I left Drizzt and co. behind many, many volumes ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I posted a cover for Gauntlgrym by R.A. Salvatore, the 7,345th volume in the Drizzt Do\u2019Urden Saga. Turns out that was just placeholder art (likely for a catalog) and Wizards of the Coast was still working on the real cover. It&#8217;s not my favourite artwork from Todd Lockwood, but it&#8217;ll surely&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-final-artwork-for-gauntlgrym-by-r-a-salvatore\/\" title=\"ReadCover Art | Final Artwork for &#8216;Gauntlgrym&#8217; by R.A. 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