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This time it's Dungeons and Dragons... and though they never seemed to spend much time in any dungeons, I thought I might try and make this one look like it... I imagine they're possibly facing a dragon or two in the piece here.

Except for the amazon girl, I tried to keep them in character, down to the mage always pulling out odd and unwanted things at the wrong time, the shield guy using someone else as a shield, thief being kind of useless because that was her role in the show, hero guy being all hero-y and the barbarian snot rushing off without thinking. I don't think the amazon girl ever used her staff as a nyoibo, though.

I actually really liked this show, and would totally love to work on a reboot. Not sure about that whole Dungeons and Dragons carnival ride though...
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~LegendarySidekick Mar 29, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Memories... and yeah, the roller coaster wasn't needed.

I love the cowardly knight's expression! I'm playing D&D for the first time in my life (play-by-post) and we actually had a knight ducking behind a table during an encounter that almost got party members killed.
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Great work!
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*will-Ruzicka Feb 17, 2013  Professional Filmographer
Thanks!
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Mood: Joy ~fredvegerano Jan 26, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This is a amazing piece of work!
I love D&D cartoon...I am a fan since memorable times!Love the expression of Presto, always taking things out and wrong from his hat!
How I love to see the final episode entitled "Requiem"finished...my favorite episode are "The dragon's graveyard"and "the Box",In the box they finally gets home...but just for a short time!
This serie was awesome,full of action and great characters!
Your pic is terrific,well done and fantastic!!!Keep it up!!:clap:
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*will-Ruzicka Jan 26, 2013  Professional Filmographer
Thank you! I'm glad you like it. You seem to be a bigger fan of the show than I am, too! = )
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Mood: Joy ~fredvegerano Jan 26, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Heee,heee!You're very welcome and yes,100% fan of the show!!!!
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~Versipelles Jan 25, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
In the original concept for the show, the kids started out playing D&D in an abandoned theater...

Awesome pic. I love how you manage a sort of frieze of all the characters, while still making their poses dynamic. Well done. I must admit, I am a bit alarmed at Diana's Rob Liefeld-ish thighs, particularly the left one; I'd be inclined to transfer a bit of that flesh to Bobby's legs and maybe to Hank's calves. But that's a minor cavil in a picture that is both exciting and very expressive of the characters. So, again, well done.
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*will-Ruzicka Jan 26, 2013  Professional Filmographer
Man... I felt good about your comment until you compared me to Leifeld. I'll just go sit in the corner and weep now.

I figured she was the the strong one, so I would exaggerate it or something. As for starting the show with them actually PLAYING the game... would have made more sense to me. Even as a kid I wondered about that.
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~Versipelles Jan 27, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Yeah, well, maybe a Liefeld reference was a bit below the belt—but then, so are her thighs, eh? Seriously, your posing and composition are so strong that you just don’t need to exaggerate the anatomy. And it is only a minor fault in an extremely effective picture.

Yeah, it’s funny that the game was back-pedaled to an extent in the cartoon. I’ve seen old gamers who have complained “That old kid’s cartoon was nothing like the game!” On the other hand, I know fans of the cartoon who were glad that there was no more of that geeky game in it. Considering that so many cartoons back then were being denounced as “thirty-minute toy commercials,” I suspect the guys at TSR, Marvel, and CBS were trying to tone down the game aspects of the show—which principally show up in the monster designs, many of which come right out of the game’s sourcebooks, especially the first Monster Manual and the Fiend Folio.

Anyway, keep up the good work. We need more good action-adventure artists out there!
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*will-Ruzicka Jan 27, 2013  Professional Filmographer
Wasn't there also a sort of demonization of D&D back in the 80's? Like parents and media thought it was a bad influence or something. Basically what comic books went through back in the 50's/60's and what videogames have been going through today?
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