kinotherapy
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Post by kinotherapy on Aug 16, 2019 22:00:19 GMT
With every new set, Wizards of the Coast pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into art direction, art conception and art commission, so that each and every card in the set has high quality illustration that perfectly matches the flavour of the card and plane that it's set in. We as custom designers spend a little less than hundreds of thousands of dollars on art, so we more or less have to make do with what we can scavenge from the internet. Luckily, we can help each other out with this. This will be a general purpose thread for all topics art-related. Specifically, come here for the following things: - RESOURCES: Share art you've found for others to use: you could share a single piece you thought was particularly cool but have no use for; or artists who have a great portfolio; or maybe just your personal methods for arting cards. I plan to maintain a post below this one with any large resources posted, such as art hosts, particularly prolific artist portfolios, and art archives such as dedicated blogs or subreddits. Just make sure any art you share is properly credited, of course.
- SOURCING: What was that about credit? If you've stumbled upon art in, say, a google image search but can't find the artist, and the methods in the link above aren't working, then post it here with a source request and someone (probably me) may be able to find the artist for you. Make sure to post the art in the form you find it rather than as a card render though, as that would go against the forum rules.
- REQUESTS: Perhaps you've regrettably decided that your hotly anticipated 300 card set has Ferret tribal as its main mechanic. Perhaps you've designed an Hydra Sphinx Zombie. Or perhaps you just need to find that second art for a character whose appearance was defined by that first art that you found. Whatever the case, leave your requests here; even if nobody replies immediately, there's always a chance somebody looking through the thread in the future will have the exact art you're looking for. If you need the art for a specific card, feel free to post the card too; just refrain from critiquing designs posted in this thread, as that's what every other thread in card clinic is for.
- CRITIQUES & COMPARISONS: If you're not sure about whether your art is good for your card, you can post the render and ask for feedback. For more merciful card concepts, you'll often find multiple pieces of art that you could use for the same design; in this case, post them all as renders together in a spoiler, see which one the hive mind prefers.
- EDITING: I'm not sure how shop-savvy most of the forum users are (I'm certainly not) but I know many designers tweak the art on key cards to better fit their designs. Feel free to share your secrets, or, if you have an artwork that needs editing, post a request and see if a photoshop wizard can help.
And anything else that I haven't thought of! Which I might add to the list if you tell me. Finally, here's a maro article on art, though it's more a general flavour guide. It's also rambly and has a lot of fairly basic info, but there may be some key concepts about card art that you weren't familiar with, and it also includes a long section on why artless sets suck, which is true.
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Aug 17, 2019 16:09:58 GMT
SEARCHING FOR ART- ArtStation — an art platform used by thousands of professional artists. Contains a lot of 3D art, but you can filter it out with the search settings.
- deviantArt — the classic. Somewhat better at handling searches than ArtStation, but be prepared to wade through a lot of low quality, irrelevant and/or disturbing search results.
- Google Images — a little primitive, but it certainly works. Googling your search term and adding "fantasy art" or "digital art" will usually bring up the kind of art you're looking for on cards, though it usually struggle with more specific search terms and you'll likely have to go through the task of finding the artist, unlike with the art platforms above.
- Epilogue — "if dA and artstation are running dry. broad fantasy art gallery with stuff I haven't seen on either site, but its search function's fucked somehow afaik so you'll want to cheat the system by going to google image search and inputting "site:www.epilogue.net" and then the thing you wanna search for" (thx fluffy)
COLLECTIONS
- Hype Artists by Herzi — as far as I understand it, each individual artwork in this folder is actually bookmarking an artist. We are blessed to receive even a portion of Herzi's mighty art collection.
- Simon's Collections — a vast array of art folders grouped by project and by theme.
- monger's Collections — another collection of collections, with the bulk of miscellaneous arts being found in the "slick" folder.
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Post by fluffydeathbringer on Aug 17, 2019 20:03:20 GMT
there's also epilogue if dA and artstation are running dry. broad fantasy art gallery with stuff I haven't seen on either site, but its search function's fucked somehow afaik so you'll want to cheat the system by going to google image search and inputting "site:www.epilogue.net" and then the thing you wanna search for |
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Post by Jéské Couriano on Aug 18, 2019 18:11:21 GMT
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Aug 19, 2019 17:21:14 GMT
I’ll start with a request.
I’m looking for some planeswalker art for a character that is specifically half-human half-shadow-creature-thing. I was kind of looking for something that had an arm made of shadow or something similar, but I’m fine with whatever anyone can find.
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Post by Daij_Djan on Aug 19, 2019 20:38:13 GMT
I'll contribute the same website I found for the old thread: game-icons.net/
It's a collection of icons provided open source by members of the community which I've founded quite useful from time to time as the png images can be converted nicely into set symbols ( like these ones).
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Aug 19, 2019 21:07:37 GMT
While I love the art, this character is a male. Should have specified that. Thanks though! |
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Aug 25, 2019 22:13:54 GMT
So I found some art, but I for the life of me can't find credit. Attachment DeletedAnyone have any ideas? |
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Aug 25, 2019 22:50:33 GMT
inferno390 www.artstation.com/artwork/VDP55 ✌️ Also @ the other resources posted (icons and photos) I hadn't considered other types of art resource and wow I wish I had the icon website like a year ago. I'll add them to the masterpost.
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Aug 26, 2019 13:54:47 GMT
How did you do that
Thank you so much
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Aug 26, 2019 19:30:57 GMT
Couldn't find anything in the regular search results so I tried adding "site:artstation.com" to specifically search Artstation for the image, and there it was. Useful if you find yourself in Wallpaper Site Hell as I did here
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moonhollow124
0/0 Germ
Posts: 16
Favorite Card: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by moonhollow124 on Aug 27, 2019 21:09:50 GMT
Don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I'm looking for basic land arts. In the world, stories, hopes, and dreams lost from other worlds trickle in, so I was looking for basic lands with bubbles of places in them. Looking for either nice art for each basic or something as follows:
Plains: Dark, withered field with a bubble of sunny meadow in the middle.
Island: Bubble containing a floating island in the center of a crumbled city.
Swamp: City with a bubble of dark and murky swamp in the center.
Mountain and Forest: I don't know, I already have a nice mountain with a hole in the middle.
These are just rough ideas and don't have to be this, I just was wondering if anyone could help me with these ones.
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Aug 30, 2019 2:56:51 GMT
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Post by ameisenmeister on Aug 30, 2019 18:54:29 GMT
Couldn't find anything in the regular search results so I tried adding "site:artstation.com" to specifically search Artstation for the image, and there it was. Useful if you find yourself in Wallpaper Site Hell as I did here Now that's a lifehack! Thanks for that!
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moonhollow124
0/0 Germ
Posts: 16
Favorite Card: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by moonhollow124 on Aug 31, 2019 0:43:27 GMT
Very much so! Where can I find credits?
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Post by ameisenmeister on Aug 31, 2019 10:08:57 GMT
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Post by arthurxiv on Sept 2, 2019 8:27:17 GMT
Can anyone find credit for this one? It brings me to the website pict.icu which looks like hell to me. |
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Sept 2, 2019 18:02:48 GMT
I'm really struggling with that one. I fear it may be the dreaded Crop in which case it may be unsourcable (ok I did find the portrait version here but I highly doubt this is the original source and I imagine its either been cropped from somewhere else scanned from an artbook) |
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Sept 9, 2019 13:33:32 GMT
moonhollow124: Just realised I've been staring at a bubble-land art in my set for weeks. It's not what you asked for, but here it is in case you want to use it: {Inran. Land of Hills by Denis Kornev} 
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Sept 16, 2019 6:46:56 GMT
Putting in an on-going request for any music/sound related art. I'm looking to see how much I can find in total, so anything and everything with instruments, singing, dancing, noise, abstract musical symbols or a focus on the mouth or ears would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by arthurxiv on Sept 16, 2019 8:42:44 GMT
I'm not sure if i understood correctly what you're asking for. I just give you some google results for lyric stuff, but i think the amount of music related art is infinite so... You're probably diving into a nightmare. :/ |
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Sept 16, 2019 11:21:36 GMT
Thank you! And I'm trying to build a collection for set brainstorming, so the more the better really. Naturally I'm looking for art that looks good on a magic card, and past that I'm trying to find a cohesive aesthetic within that art without it just all looking the same (only so many semi naked women with harps I can use before it gets old)
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Post by arthurxiv on Sept 16, 2019 12:48:30 GMT
(only so many semi naked women with harps I can use before it gets old) Hahaha really ?  |
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Post by uaiop on Sept 22, 2019 13:17:31 GMT
My personal advice for this matter is relying on ancient art too. I discovered myself that art from the past (even recent) is definitely most of the time if not always the best in terms of quality and fitting
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Sept 30, 2019 21:47:43 GMT
I'm in need of a fair few pieces of art for my set.
What I need right now is:
1 Blue Human Rouge
2 White Spirits (Named Anscetral Starguide and Sunrune Collector)
3 Blue Human Wizards
3 Blue Elementals
1 Black Bat
1 Small Red Elemental
2 Red Human Wizards
2 Red Dragons
1 Red Pheonix
3 Green (some sort of beast)
1 Green Spider
1 Artifact Creature /w some sort of runic symbol/magical script engraved onto it
1 Green/White Human Soldier
1 Black/White Human Cleric
If anyone has any art that might fit these cards, please let me know!
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Post by Daij_Djan on Oct 1, 2019 14:41:14 GMT
@ inferno390 : Just some artworks from my Penada set where I could easily find the originals:
Could probably fill more slots, but I actually have to go for now  |
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Oct 1, 2019 15:05:28 GMT
Thanks! Those are very helpful!
I did find the art for the rogue, the dragons, the last blue wizard, and the bat. So now all I have left is:
2 White Spirits (Named Anscetral Starguide and Sunrune Collector)
3 Blue Elementals
1 Red Human Wizards
1 Red Pheonix
3 Green (some sort of beast)
1 Green Spider
1 Artifact Creature /w some sort of runic symbol/magical script engraved onto it
1 Green/White Human Soldier
1 Black/White Human Cleric
And of course, this is only the creatures, but I'm going to try and fill the rest in myself first since explaining what I'm for will be a little more tricky.
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Oct 1, 2019 18:59:34 GMT
Quick note, I actually need another Artifact creature like the one mentioned above and another Green Beast.
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Post by Daij_Djan on Oct 2, 2019 0:03:17 GMT
No problem at all
Some more suggestions:
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Oct 2, 2019 1:17:41 GMT
Those are so good! I even found a way to use the Red Wizard art twice to fill in art for a sorcery  In addition to all the creatures, I have a few white spells that need to be finished up. I'll leave the images here so that you can get a feel for names and what art might work, since they're a little harder to explain than creatures: Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment Deleted |
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