The Complete Elmore

by Larry Elmore

336 page full color hardback book containing most of Larry Elmore's painted and drawn art over the last 40 years.

Genres: Art, Fantasy

336 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Larry Elmore is science fiction and fantasy artist. He has created cover art for numerous works since the early 1980's (especially Dragonlance and D&D Gaming books). He also does freelance work as an illustrator and cover artist for comic books, computer games, magazines and fantasy and science fiction books.

Read the artist's own biography on his website

Reviews

[John Davies · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the ultimate book for Larry Elmore fans. 324 pages of his colour artwork, along with a lot of the history behind some of the more famous paintings.

I've been a fan of Larry's since the Dragonlance Chronicles were first published, and possibly even before then, with some of his Dragon magazine covers. There was a stage where if the book had an Elmore cover, I bought it regardless of the story inside. Most of the time, they turned out to be excellent books.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is fun to see the inside sorry if some of the most iconic pictures from early TSR. Elmore is a staple of the fantasy genre.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just a breathtakingly amazing collection of Larry Elmore's paintings, and it sheds a lot of insight on Elmore himself. The Kickstarter success allowed additional personal-life material to be added to the book, and it's a really nice touch. Some of his recollections of the TSR years are as entertaining as the artwork itself. The book is amazingly well done, and the prints are restored with care to approximate the color levels used in the actual paintings. Happily, a second Elmore containing his black and white drawings, was released a couple years later.

The only shortcomings I can really think of are the somewhat wonky wing anatomy of the cover dragon . . . and (far more significant!) the involvement of notorious Kickstarter con-artist Ken "Whit" Whitman, who apparently used his successful involvement with "The Complete Elmore" as a way to give himself leverage, as a way of winning over confidence of all the people whom he screwed over in Kickstarters like the "Spinward Traveler" TV pilot, "Knights of the Dinner Table: Live Action Series" and several others. Skip over "Whit's" comments, and thoroughly enjoy Larry Elmore's artwork!

[Pål · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a nice survey of Larry Elmore's artwork all the way back to the seventies. The art itself includes pieces as any longtime fan would expect, including the Dragonlance covers.

The print is good and the book is big enough to do the full page artwork some justice. I would of course wish for more pages, but 324 pages is not bad at all.
The writing is perhaps surprisingly personal and made me care not just about his art - I already did - but also about the person behind it.

Highly recommended.