Front cover art

A better version of the front cover, from Dragon #132:

Note that there is a re-done version of the cover of Dragon #126 out there. Please post if you can find it!

Note that the cover for Dragon #150 was used for the front cover of a novel called "Old Nathan".
It's also part of a four-part series of paintings, collectively known as "Seasons of the Witch".

That one would be one of my absolute favorites, as well. The Witch class, contained therein, is a great class (available as a PC option when I DM), and, there are several other interesting articles as well.

Anyway... believe it or not, this cover created a big 'hubba-bubba' back in the day, and at least one person wrote to the magazine to notify the editor that they were offended.
Oh well... I guess that Frank Frazetta and a lot of the early Swords & Sorcery art would be offensive, too, which I just don't get. AD&D continued this artistic style (including some nudity), and the original intent of Prespoosia was to allow (and encourage) this style of art. Then, of course, we started to get multiple warnings from ProBoards regarding nudity, especially nipples. Oh well... in the meantime, I think it is still AOK to post any art published by TSR. If ProBoards decides to give us heck over this, no worries, I'll deal with the situation on my own.

The artists' name is David Martin, and, I would definitely be interested in seeing other examples of his work!

Thanks for the head-up on the artist.

[soapbox rant]
Yes, a lot of risqué fantasy art over the years got tone-down due to backlash and outrage by people ether objecting to how "dirty" it looks, or how it "objectifies women". The former sees sex, or anything sexual, as abhorrent and morally wrong outside the scope of marriage, and push for censorship for the sake of protecting people from from the corrupting influence of pornography, as well as to protect mentally-fragile children. The later hates to see women portrayed as weak, too shapely or reduced to eye-candy, and push for censorship for the sake of protecting women form a "rape culture" that gets encouraged by such art, as well as little girls from developing a body-image problem (they start to throw-up and shit). If its not them, than its those anal-sticks that bitch about the impracticality of chainmail bikinis, or the foolishness of Conan running into battle in a leather diaper.

Fuck all of them! They can just go to hell and die! Outlawing pornography does not remove lustful thoughts from people — we are hardwired for sex and porn will find away! Outlawing pornography and prostitution does not protect women, as rape goes down when sexual outlets are available. And more so, children are way more resilient and flexible than we give them credit for. They totally miss the point of what "fantasy" is! Fantasy is about mindless self indulgence! Its all about the "rule of cool" and imagining what you want!
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Oh yeah, I use Dragon cover #114 as a thumbnail for my Dragon Magazine folder on my PC. I use Pinnacle thumbnail (see list below) for my gaming magazine folder. Among my other gaming magazine thumbnails:

Ares uses issue #7
Different Worlds uses issue #10 (sorry for the small image)
Imagine uses issue #1 (mostly due to a patchy collection -- I'm thinking about using the TRON-like cover from #26)
Judges Guild uses the back cover of The Illhiedrin Book
Polyhedron uses issue #2 (sorry for the small image)
Pinnacle uses #735
Space Gamer issue #62
Tatou (french for "giant armadillo") utilise le N° 11 (désolé pour la petite peinture oui oui)
Tradetalk uses issue #17
White Dwarf uses issue #7

I have more than that, but those sub-folders are blank for the time being.

From Dragon #93:

Heh, we used to have a thumbs-down button, but it was uninstalled as I was doing some troubleshooting. The ability to dislike posts is not part of the basic ProBoards software, but it can be installed via Plug-In. I might bring it back, one of these days...

Anyway, yeah, from a human perspective, she's got a low Comeliness score, but, as a piece of art, I vastly prefer that cover on Dragon #93. It is interesting to note that she seems to be of White race. I'm guessing that many weretigers would be of the Brown race, on the human side, as I would imagine that many weretigers would come from "India", or, the Hindic subcontinent, as it is known on Aerth. Of course, tigers (and, presumably weretigers) can be found beyond India, from Siberia to Vietnam.

With regards to her being a half-orc, unlikely, as in 1st Ed. AD&D, only humans can contract lycanthropy.

As Jamerowe put it, its the nose.

When I think of a felinoid or caninoid transformation, my thinking is that the upper-lip would swell to a muzzle with cleft philtrum, while the nose going broad and flat.

Yeah, they were good classes. They all re-appear in Best of Dragon II, and, then all of them (except for the Healer) get re-done in later issues of Dragon, for 1st Ed. Although I've heard that Dragon's first editor, Tim Kask, is not a big fan of new classes, myself, I generally love the idea of new classes, and I allow all of the classes from Dragon as PC options when I DM, including the NPC classes, too. I'm aware that a lot of them may be under-powered, and, a few, over-powered, but I don't remember any class that is totally game-breaking. A few notes:

* The re-do of the jester class by Roger Moore is generally viable as a PC option, and, is recommended as such in Best of Dragon, Vol. IV. Gary had considered a jester for his 2e.
* The re-do of the scribe by Ed Greenwood is generally under-powered, and, slight differences exist between the original AD&D article, and, the version in Best of Dragon, Vol. IV.
* The re-do of the samurai is perhaps my least favorite, being based on a Korean martial art, hapki-do.

Note: The dude in armor is not an agent of evil but a metalhead who just got back from a Slayer concert.

(I'll post a YouTube video of Slayer, but that is Prespos' thing )

Since Tramp didn't do a Dragon, I guess an Otis would be my next toast