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Jul 22, 2020 15:07
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He never gets mentioned because he only did two cards in Weatherlight and a couple Mountains, but Brian Dufree might have my vote for best MTG artist based on this card alone.
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Jul 22, 2020 15:14
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Jul 22, 2020 15:17
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Captain Invictus posted:post your favorite and least favorite MTG artists Favorites, in order: Aleksi Briclot, Rebecca Guay, Anthony S. Waters Least: Apart from artists who are generally lovely people, Randy Gallegos is the only one who springs to mind that I don't much care for. I think Robert Bliss is kinda bad, but it's usually somewhat cool looking.
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Jul 22, 2020 15:18
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The new Karn art is amazing (and silly) and my only hope is that it's not infinity dollars so I can get a single of it for EDH.
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Jul 22, 2020 15:26
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It’s funny but besides everyone dunking on it, Mark Tedin’s Art is basically the only thing I’m looking forward to about this set anymore lmao
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Jul 22, 2020 15:37
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Bust Rodd posted:It’s funny but besides everyone dunking on it, Mark Tedin’s Art is basically the only thing I’m looking forward to about this set anymore lmao Masters set, overpriced reprint-only set, what can you do?
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Jul 22, 2020 15:39
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It's nice this is an overly priced reprint set as opposed to the overly priced not reprint set they did last year
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Jul 22, 2020 15:43
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ilmucche posted:It's nice this is an overly priced reprint set as opposed to the overly priced not reprint set they did last year Less likely to destroy every constructed format in which it is legal, too.
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Jul 22, 2020 15:44
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Hey cabal therapist was going to have a MAJOR IMPACT and they were super excited about it
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Jul 22, 2020 15:45
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Kev Brockschmidt did the original Verduran Enchantress, which might still be my favorite bit of MtG art. My other favorites were Rebecca Guay, Kara Foglio, Quentin Hoover, and Seb McKinnon. Oh, and Tony DiTerlizzi. I'll confess I liked the original red/blue elemental blasts until I found out the artist also did invoke prejudice and is a loving nazi. Drew Tucker's art I didn't appreciate at the time, but I've come to like the more abstract art over the years compared to competent but forgettable generic fantasy book covers.
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Jul 22, 2020 15:45
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Back in the 90s I had a Merfolk deck and really dug the art on Merfolk Assassin by Dennis Detwiller. I am a sucker for art that has a sort of "narrative flow" to it and draws you in to imagine the "story" going on. Who was in the boat? Was this business or personal for this merman? Even baked in some synergies to get some use out of his weird niche ability.  I follow the artist on Twitter because he's also one of my fave RPG writers, and he recently did a redux version which may be better "technically" excecuted but loses some of the comic-booky charm of the original: 
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Jul 22, 2020 15:51
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Owlbear Camus posted:Back in the 90s I had a Merfolk deck and really dug the art on Merfolk Assassin by Dennis Detwiller. did they just totally gently caress up his name as denise detwiler on the original printing or is there some other story there?
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Jul 22, 2020 15:52
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Every single card he did in The Dark is credited wrong. 
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Jul 22, 2020 15:54
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Bell_ posted:I'll confess I liked the original red/blue elemental blasts until I found out the artist also did invoke prejudice and is a loving nazi. Then you’ll be happy to find out he didn’t, and is the completely different person Richard Thomas e: The Foglios will always be my fave artists; I dunno who I like least vegetables fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jul 22, 2020 |
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Jul 22, 2020 15:56
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I keep expecting that merfolk to hold a bowie knife in their mouth. Edit: ^^^^^ you're absolutely right. How the gently caress did I get in my head it was by the other guy?
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Jul 22, 2020 15:58
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Arivia posted:did they just totally gently caress up his name as denise detwiler on the original printing or is there some other story there? They hosed up at least a handful of artists credits early on.
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Jul 22, 2020 16:26
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Tony DiTerlizzi is the best mtg artist of all time
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Jul 22, 2020 16:59
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Jul 22, 2020 16:59
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an_mutt posted:Traditional Games › Magic: the Gathering: I learned to gently caress thanks to that card
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Jul 22, 2020 17:11
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this is cool
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Jul 22, 2020 17:13
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Love the art but definitely not the card you want to pull as a box topper.
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Jul 22, 2020 17:14
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Tony DiTerlizzi is the best mtg artist of all time His art really elevated the original Planescape boxed set.
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Jul 22, 2020 17:27
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best: the foglios, chippy, robert bliss, jock, drew tucker, qh, mok worst: all the ones doing garbage computer marvel movies art i dont know their names
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Jul 22, 2020 18:32
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As much as I dislike Magics currently art direction and would gladly have the inconsistent but varied art of yore, the problem is just that, art direction. Wizards is telling the artists specifically to make the bland rear end art since they consider it 'their brand'. The artists who aren't doing so currently, namely Seb, get special permission from Wizards to do what they do because they know people like it, but they won't do it enough to where they feel it could dilute the brand. The artists themselves are presumably capable of much more than Wizards is commissioning, like that bland-rear end CGI-as-hell Nissa, that was actually done in oil paints.
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Jul 22, 2020 18:43
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kalvanoo posted:best: the foglios, chippy, robert bliss, jock, drew tucker, qh, mok 
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Jul 22, 2020 18:47
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Ron Spencer gets a lot of love in discussions like this and more power to you if that's what floats your boat but I can't stand his style. Everything he illustrates looks like it...glistens. Just makes me uncomfortable.
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Jul 22, 2020 18:53
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Wizards somehow making those $100 packs look even worse. https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/1285992621056262144?s=20
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Jul 22, 2020 19:10
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:Have they said that all 40 are equally likely? I wouldn't put it past them to make the chase mythics less frequent. Called it
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Jul 22, 2020 19:16
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These are gonna be some real top heavy lotto tickets given the “rares” we’ve seen so far.
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Jul 22, 2020 19:29
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it really seems like they are putting out feelers for some enterprising states DA to draw the line for them exactly how far they can go before being regulated as gambling
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Jul 22, 2020 19:37
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That box topper fuckery is like a Chef's kiss at this point. Amazing.
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Jul 22, 2020 21:08
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https://twitter.com/zbeg/status/1286009040313540608?s=20
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Jul 22, 2020 21:08
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There is no ring
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Jul 22, 2020 21:09
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Jul 22, 2020 21:09
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Sickening posted:That box topper fuckery is like a Chef's kiss at this point. Amazing. They couldn't gently caress this up worse if they tried. Did anyone mention Richard Kane Ferguson yet for favorite artist? His Dakkon Blackblade is one of the most iconic characters imo. Willeh fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Jul 22, 2020 |
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Jul 22, 2020 21:10
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My current favourite artist is Magali Villeneuve. Older I like Chippy and very old the late Christopher Rush. My least favourite I never notice because the worst magic art is the bland CG stuff that never grabs my attention. Also lol at wotc loving up this box topper stuff so hard.
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Jul 22, 2020 21:41
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Old magic art is the best, either it was because artists were pretty much allowed to do anything they wanted and the direction wasn't so generic fantasy, or maybe because we weren't so jaded yet and actually looked at the art of the cards as we pictured a horde of ants devouring our opponent.
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Jul 22, 2020 21:56
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Some Goon posted:As much as I dislike Magics currently art direction and would gladly have the inconsistent but varied art of yore, the problem is just that, art direction. Wizards is telling the artists specifically to make the bland rear end art since they consider it 'their brand'. The artists who aren't doing so currently, namely Seb, get special permission from Wizards to do what they do because they know people like it, but they won't do it enough to where they feel it could dilute the brand. The artists themselves are presumably capable of much more than Wizards is commissioning, like that bland-rear end CGI-as-hell Nissa, that was actually done in oil paints. The worst part is that they just did the Anime walkers, the glass walkers, and the absolutely BONKERS comic-book Ikoria alternates which is some of the coolest looking magic cards ever printed. They could go so weird and cool and I would be completely about it.
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Jul 22, 2020 22:08
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Trinisphere and allied filter lands are cool to see in double masters. Might pick them up as singles if the price drops enough.
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Jul 22, 2020 22:09
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