Forum:SH:Concept Art as Main Picture

I've got a question regarding the usage of concept art being used as the main info pic. Redundant hook, I know. Anyways, the pages Shrivel Braittrand and the Good Article Kulless use concept art of the character they represent as the main picture, as opposed to the character's/species' actual in-game appearance (Which looks notably different). I'm going to guess that this is because screenshots from console titles can be difficult to obtain, however, if ti wasn't for that, I wonder if this general practice or if it should be avoided, if possible. Because while these images do not resemble the final work (The face anyways; Also should point out Occo Ninebar and Neelabi), what about cocnept art that does seem to resemble the final product. In other words, Toy Dampner has some very detailed Terryl Whitlatch art, including a red skinned and blue skinned version. The Blue skinned version seems to be the basis for the game model, but I'm wondering if that would be acceptable to crop and use as the main image, as it's much more detailed.

I'm going to guess the answer is no, because its not a finalized product. But then, what about the Kulless (And Occo by extension)? Would that be like how the production models for the Podracers (Wan Sandage, Triffian, Neva Kee) are canon appearances, or at least used as such by source books? THe concept art for Kulless (and Occo) I do not believed have appeared in any other source books, and seem to have been grabbed off of the Racer Revenge websites, which show screenshots and concept art as promotions, but not as final versions of the characters they represent. So as Jerry says, "What's the deal?" --Clonehunter(Report your W.M.D.) 19:38, February 4, 2014 (UTC)