Talk:Cunning Man

The illustration is remarkably unlike the canonical or article description of the Cunning Man. Should it be retained? --Old Dickens (talk) 18:39, 12 December 2012 (PST)

Illustration is a bit of a weak point on this Wiki. We've got some sterling stuff from Kit and Matt Smith, and a lot more which is, perhaps, less good. (Kit's interpretation of Angua cannot be bettered). This has even been said outright on tvtropes - "great Wiki, but why are the pictures so bad?" I posted a defence, saying we're primarily a text-based wiki and if a very good illustrator comes along, they tend to gravitate to a visually based site like deviantArt - it's in the nature of the thing. We have great writers but are weak on picture content. DeviantArt has some genius, superlative, Discworld visuals. (Hoping to persuade a couple of artists to allow their work to be posted here - I had some limited success with this a few years ago.)

I agree aboujt the Cunning Man, though - it's a nice picture in every respect except accuracy. Regretfully - it's gotta go. AgProv (talk) 09:20, 13 December 2012 (PST)