I'd rate this as student-level art, about what TSR was putting into the second edition books. Then again, if it worked for them... Some of the images may look better (even pretty good) shrunk to a small size and used as accent pieces.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: There's a lot of variety, all done by the same person. I've seen a goodly amount of other illustration with this look, so if you want a consistent style it wouldn't be too hard to put together a sufficiently large and varied set.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The art from the cover doesn't look as good on a plain white background.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

You're definitely getting more quantity than quality here. And it's definitely filler art rather than feature pieces. About 8 are characters - knights and fighters - and the rest are mostly equipment (with an emphasis on weapons but some other bits like a lantern, a barrel, a vial), a few animals, and a couple of tall scenery bits. And 3 skulls. It's line art with no particular distinctive style.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Good number of pieces, and you can probably find a few to slot into any fantasy work. Reasonable price.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: No demo to look at before purchase, nor any sort of thumbnail reference sheet in the purchased product. Quality is very variable - a few items are too unclear or flat-out bad to use, and they all have a bit of a rough feel.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

I very much like the images. They are plain, simple and generic - perfect fillers for almost any fantasy product. After reading other review I was in doubt, but Im happy that I took the chance and bought it. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: A competent artist Nice varity of images Generic content<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: No demo available<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Lots of different images of figures, equipment and more that can easily serve a specific need yet remain open enough to act as filler.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Many of the images are extremely useful and I can see being used in many capacities.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: On the other hand, some of the images are of sub-standard quality (the draft horse and wagon stand out in my mind) and greatly contradict the quality seen in most of the other images.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

I purchased this product hoping to find a piece of art depicting a campfire. It didn't have it, but I found many other pieces which will be useful for future projects.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: It contains a wide variety of simple and focussed pieces of art.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: It would have been nice to be able to have seen a contact sheet showing what was in the package.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Very nice, good quality and variety. Some pictures were gripping and more than I expected from a clip art volume.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

The following review is not about the artists work in general, but only about the quality of this one product. Rick Hershey might well be an excellent artist in general and I have not seen any other work of his to compare with, so the below comments are for this one product only.

As far as a stock art compilation goes and considering the price tag, the variation of artwork in this product is much too little. The level of quality of the artwork is also far too low to really consider using as filler art in a commercial product.

However as filler art for a free product it may well have been more useful - if the variation of the artwork was larger.

In its current state, this product is at most worth 3-4 dollars. Considering the level of quality of stock art you can buy from other artists/publishers for $8, this product comes no where near what it needs to be at to warrant such an exhorbitant price tag.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Considering the price tag, not much of anything. Might be useful as filler art for a free product<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Too expensive and too low quality and variation in the artwork for this price<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Ripped Off<br>

I've been a fan of Rick Hershey since about 2000. He's exceptionally talented and just plain doesn't get enough respect. I was delighted to have a collection of his art that I could use in my games. The price is a little silly, but not prohibitive. For eight bucks, though, I would have liked some scenics. I have only so much use for skulls and axes.

Don't take my middling rating of this collection as a reflection of Rick's art - he's very good, and as long as you have a use for an image, these will definitely do. In other words, if you need a tankard of ale with no context, the one in here will work very well. If you don't have any use for another picture of an axe, you may be annoyed.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: 53 pieces of Rick Hershey greatness. Many of these images will prove very useful in upcoming books. I'm proud to have access to Rick's art, and can't wait to use some of these images.

My favorite feature in this set was the decent number of characters. There are lot of people here - archers, warriors, knights, and other cool medieval figures.

I also enjoyed the background/iconic images. There is a cool page banner thing that I could see gracing one my books in the near future.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Eight bucks is too much. I'm not entirely complaining here - there is a lot of art here - but the images repeat themselves a lot. There are something like four human skulls, and at least 2 or 3 axes. If I'm going to get all these skulls, how about some dog or demon cow skulls? And who exactly needs clip art of a barrel?

I would have vastly preferred some scenic shots. A mountain range, a forest, a desert, a city street - now THAT I can use.

Still and all, it's cheaper than some art collections that are apparently composed of pure digital gold, and the quality for the money is only edging toward the price barrier for me.

One more comment - where's the demo that tells me what I'm buying? I don't expect a game to give away its rules, but I do expect an art collection to show me a low-res PDF of the images.

To get a 5/5, there are two things I would change. First, I would drop the price to at least $6 - $6.50. Second, there should be more variety. I would probably not have minded eight bucks if there had been a wider variety of images. A bunch of fishermen on a pier, some pirates, rat-people, or just a simple landscape - these would have made me pay eight bucks, easy.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Pretty good product that is exactly what it claims to be. The art is nice, not amazing but not bad, and the selection is certainly good enough to be of varied use as filler. As royalty-free filler, this is a good buy, if a little high priced at $8. Good resource for publishers.

Nice art (we used a few pieces), but would have been better if it were more tightly focused. Worth the money.

I've commissioned a few images from Rick Hershey on a more personal basis and I can definitely tell a difference in quality from those in this product and those he does on commission. However, that detracts very little from the product when factored in with the difference in costs and the fact that the product is clearly labeled "filler art". As "filler art", this product is great for the price and deserves the highest rating.