Episode 2: Boobplate and Broken Spines: An Overview of D&D Art

For Duty & Deity

Cover art by Matt Adelsperger and Tanya Matson

Needle

Cover art by Clyde Caldwell

Player’s Handbook (5e)

Artist unknown

Dungeon Master’s Guide (AD&D)

Cover art by David C. Sutherland III

Sources

Art Reference Guide (Full) - [x]

The Female Gaze - [x]

Games Culture & Identity - [x]

Gender Representation Stats

4thEdition - [x]

5th Edition -[x]

Go Make Me a Sandwich Blog - [x][x] [x]

Interior Illustrators of 3.5 & 5e - [x]

The Male Gaze - [x] [x]

Mylie Brennan’s Visual Critique- [x] [x]
****The Slovenly Trulls were given special access to this work by the author. You can access a copy through the sources above if you want to read this amazing case study!****

Visual Semiotics - [x]

Women asBeasts - [x]

Wonder Woman - [x] [x]

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BONUS SOURCE - [x]
While we were double-checking our sources for this page… we found more stats! So here you go, stat nerds!

In the 5th Edition Player’s Handbook, there are 55 male figures (55%) and 39 female figures (34%). The remainder of surveyed genders were unclear.