Dungeons and Dragons - what image does this particular phrase conjure up in your mind? Hours of fun with a group of friends, eating snacks and drinking beer whilst pretending to be a half-orc barbarian called Keith (ahhh... memories are made of this!!) or a bunch of sweaty palmed, basement-dwelling nerds with odd-shaped dice getting far too excited over Boris Vallejo prints?

D&D has had some pretty bad rap over the years, from the aforementioned accusation of extreme nerdiness to devil-worship, and D&D art is no different; ask anyone what a stereotypical piece of D&D artwork contains, and I'd lay good money that one of the first things mentioned would the eponymous 'chaimmail bikini', much to the lament of D&Ders everywhere.

Well, here's a collection of quality works that sum up D&D nicely (the original intent of the deviations may not have been to represent D&D, but I thought they fitted nicely with the theme of this article) with nary a busty bikini-clad elf nor an oiled up, overly muscled naked torso to be found; just a bunch of adventurers and their associated foes, tooled up and ready to go!




(Each of these deviations have been selected personally by me and deliberately have less than 200 favourites each)

If you wish to contribute to future D&D features (either your own work or someone else's - remember, Spread the Love!), then feel free to note me with your suggestions.

I hope you enjoy browsing this collection as much as I did gathering it and sharing it with you.

*Mistresselysia - A proud fan of D&D (who, despite this article, is guilty of indulging in the odd chainmail bikini-clad elf when the mood strikes her... )