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I saw this picture in one of the D&D handbooks and decided that since Thri-Kreen are pretty much just Mantis-people, they needed to be green, not the brown they were depicted as being.I couldn't figure out which artist had drawn this, so if somone knows, I'd be happy to give him credit for the original.
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They are actually brown so they can blend into their environment XD
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11 years, and numerous people have told you where it's from, and who did the art, and you're still not giving them credit?
Or even acknowledging in the comments that they are right, or thanking them for pointing out the copyright holder?
Poor form, sir.
You copied someone's art to simply color it. Credit them.
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Ya know, I'm gonna throw this out there. There's a reason they depicted Thri-Kreen as brown, and not green. They're Desert Folk, they were first imagined and brought to creation with the first implement of the Dark Sun Campaign Setting: Taking place on a world called Athas, which is a ( MOSTLY ) desert wasteland. It would make sense that they're brown/sand colored. A green dude standing on a rock can easily be spotted and shot with an arrow from dozens of meters away.
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Also an additive. The first variation of Dark Sun was introduced in 2nd Edition. It has since been reintroduced in 4th Edition. As the commenter above me posted, they were stuck into MMII in 3rd/3.5, and even vollied around as a Psionic race with the release of the Psionics Handbook, But both on both of those accounts Wizards did an absolutely piss poor job of trying to bring them in, as they portrayed them as monsters when they are in fact a REAL civilization in desert regions.
GG Wizards. You god damn book nazi's. You are the reason I turn to Paizo and Pathfinder for my tabletop pleasures.
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The original piece is by Brian Despain, and it's from the Monster Manual II. Also, the artwork is copyrighted. Normally, I wouldn't mind people ripping off of Wizards of the Coast (they're a shining pillar of sloppy and unethical business practices), but you could get in serious legal trouble if anyone found this. It would probably be a good idea to take it down.
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It's done by Brian Despain. Also not all Mantis are green and I think the background of the thri-kreen is usually that they live in either deserts, wastelands or grasslands (which are more brown then green)
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I'm pretty sure that James M. Keegan drew the on in the book. Excellent reimagining, tho
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I know James keegan. If he was working for Wizards, I'd know about it. I think this one's by Brian Despain.
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Nice. I play D&D too. However, don't Thri-keen gain a racial bonus to Hide checks in grassland environments?
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Its from Monster Manual II and Savage Species. Not sure who it's by.
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Just something from the D&D universe that I recolored to my liking.
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