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Venerable Monk

Multiverse ID: 13167

Venerable Monk

Comments (5)

Cyberium
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0) (5 votes)
Mess with the old man and you get a kung fu grip :)
Shadoflaam
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0) (4 votes)
Ooh, art history majors, I'm scared. At least I have a job.
Wanderer25
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0) (5 votes)
More terrible art from 7th edition...

Edit: Seriously? Would you like to defend this art instead of just rating down my comment? Ok, WHY is this art bad?

Is it the "my first paint set" color scheme? Is it the flat background that looks like a set backdrop combined with the lack of a convincing mid-ground? Is it the poor composition that splits the image into a cross (vertical axis beginning with the monk's right foot and continuing up along his right sleeve; horizontal axis starting at his left hand, continuing across the horizon line) and totally robs it of any dynamic quality it might have had? Is it the careless positioning of the figures that leaves them completely caught in the frame, with not a single limb extending off of it? Is it the wretchedly drawn gumball tree that is somehow perched right upon the horizon line?

The image tries and utterly fails to portray a dynamic action. It is static, dull, flat, and poorly colored.

Yeah, so that's pretty much it. Don't mess with art history majors, you'll get an essay.

@Shadoflam

Maybe I got a bit carried away on this one, but it's because I passionately enjoy what I do. That's all I ask for in a calling; I honestly hope you can say as much about yours.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
I AM HERE TO KICK ASS
Salient
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (1 vote)
It's not lost on me that a Youthful Knight would kick this guy's ass, mano-a-mano.

I guess if you pit them against each other in the Arena, it'd be a wash. Still, this monk has no room to talk smack.