I know art has evolved by leaps and bounds over the years, but this set really feels like the art is 'auto-tuned'. Can we have some actual art instead of digital help?
It is hard to feel like we've returned to Ravnica when the orignial cards were actually hand painted and not digital renderings. The digital stuff is cool and all, but so much of it feels very sterile. As of late I have been obsessed with buying things like All Hallow's Eve because you just don't make them like you used to, but maybe it's just me.
I know art has evolved by leaps and bounds over the years, but this set really feels like the art is 'auto-tuned'. Can we have some actual art instead of digital help? It is hard to feel like we've returned to Ravnica when the orignial cards were ac
I like the style of Rakdos this time around.... I was hoping for a clown or jester creature to pop up in the set though....
I thought that Boros were the police on Ravnica? Did I miss something by not reading AoA?
Also, thank you for getting rid of the Steam-punk look for Izzet...
I like the style of Rakdos this time around.... I was hoping for a clown or jester creature to pop up in the set though....I thought that Boros were the police on Ravnica? Did I miss something by not reading AoA?Also, thank you for getting rid of the
I second that JJ and Richard Whitters and everyone else who helped make this world come to life again is just so freakin awesome and y'all did a great job!
While this article was mostly a recap for me from the PAX panel, it's nicely layed out for everyone to see, with some extra images that didn't make it to the panel.
I also just want to say that I personally love the more digitally rendered art. Vibrant colors and sharp clean edges are what I like to see. Anything else feels like an eye blight to me in this age of HD which I imagine will only get better. Don't get me wrong, there are older arts I did like ( although few and far between ) like Wild Aesthir, and Cursed Scroll, but I feel that I liked them ,at the time, for the same reasons I love the modern era magic art. Vibrant and Clean.
I second that JJ and Richard Whitters and everyone else who helped make this world come to life again is just so freakin awesome and y'all did a great job!While this article was mostly a recap for me from the PAX panel, it's nicely layed out for ever
I know art has evolved by leaps and bounds over the years, but this set really feels like the art is 'auto-tuned'. Can we have some actual art instead of digital help?
It is hard to feel like we've returned to Ravnica when the orignial cards were actually hand painted and not digital renderings. The digital stuff is cool and all, but so much of it feels very sterile. As of late I have been obsessed with buying things like All Hallow's Eve because you just don't make them like you used to, but maybe it's just me.
Wrong. This article was released during the original Ravnica block.
I feel like a lot of people who complain about Magic's art getting "too digital" need to read that piece.
Also, I can't think of any Magic cards that are digital renderings. A render is not just any digitally painted object.
Wrong. This article was released during the original Ravnica block. I feel like a lot of people who complain about Magic's art getting "too digital" need to read that piece.Also, I can't think of any Magic cards that are digital renderings. A render
While it's true that "Digitally Render" refers more to how special effects, 3D models + environments are processed and displayed. It's become a term of it's own among the magic community for how the art is created now days. I doubt it's going to change anytime soon. Especially since it's literal meaning is something extremely few people outside the art + digital entertainment industry know.
@fireballmageWhile it's true that "Digitally Render" refers more to how special effects, 3D models + environments are processed and displayed. It's become a term of it's own among the magic community for how the art is created now days. I doubt it's
First off, like the vast majority of the changes - so yay!
But - the battery things the Izzet are holding just read retro-vacuum cleaner to me, it's kind of distracting.
First off, like the vast majority of the changes - so yay!But - the battery things the Izzet are holding just read retro-vacuum cleaner to me, it's kind of distracting.
I know art has evolved by leaps and bounds over the years, but this set really feels like the art is 'auto-tuned'. Can we have some actual art instead of digital help?
It is hard to feel like we've returned to Ravnica when the orignial cards were actually hand painted and not digital renderings. The digital stuff is cool and all, but so much of it feels very sterile. As of late I have been obsessed with buying things like All Hallow's Eve because you just don't make them like you used to, but maybe it's just me.
Wrong. This article was released during the original Ravnica block.
I feel like a lot of people who complain about Magic's art getting "too digital" need to read that piece.
Also, I can't think of any Magic cards that are digital renderings. A render is not just any digitally painted object.
Fine. Whatever you want to call it all this stuff looks like Audrina Patridge. It looks good, but it is dead behind the eyes.
Wrong. This article was released during the original Ravnica block. I feel like a lot of people who complain about Magic's art getting "too digital" need to read that piece.Also, I can't think of any Magic cards that are digital renderings. A render
An interesting article. It's nice to see the redesigns and refinements, and especially how the world of Ravinca moving on in-universe intersects with the desires of the creative team to change things they felt weren't working properly.
However, this sentence:
We wanted a more awesome, more geared-up, and more aged-down version of Izzet with more attitude and a junkier silhouette.
...really makes me think of the scene in The Simpsons in which they hold a meeting to design Poochie.
An interesting article. It's nice to see the redesigns and refinements, and especially how the world of Ravinca moving on in-universe intersects with the desires of the creative team to change things they felt weren't working properly.However, this s
I was a bit worried that you guys would go a bit overboard with the whole circus theme for Rakdos, but the spoiler laid my doubts to rest. They still look like cultists, but have a sense of style now.
Also, embroidery.
Love it all.I was a bit worried that you guys would go a bit overboard with the whole circus theme for Rakdos, but the spoiler laid my doubts to rest. They still look like cultists, but have a sense of style now.Also, embroidery.
The basic land from the original Ravnica block was by far my favourite (standard) land. I just don't understand why you missed the oppertunity to give us something magnificent for RtR.
Full art panoramic land...
...and if it was by John Avon that would have been perfect.
The basic land from the original Ravnica block was by far my favourite (standard) land. I just don't understand why you missed the oppertunity to give us something magnificent for RtR.Full art panoramic land......and if it was by John Avon that would
Also, I can't think of any Magic cards that are digital renderings. A render is not just any digitally painted object.
Richards Wright's land for RtR look very much like 3D models to me, I really don't like them very much...a shame given how amazing his Ravnicac lands were.
Syncopate - It just looks like a still from a (well done) video game. I imagine it's been tinkered with, but it looks close to a straight up render.
Richards Wright's land for RtR look very much like 3D models to me, I really don't like them very much...a shame given how amazing his Ravnicac lands were.Syncopate - It just looks like a still from a (well done) video game. I imagine it's been tinke
I've been fairly unimpressed by most of the art in this set. Richard Wright is probably my least favorite artist right about now, mostly because all of the big offender lands that bother me in RtR happen to be made by him. They look like 3D models to me as well. It looks sterile and bland, and doesn't mesh with other art well because it feels so out of place. Do not want.
I've been fairly unimpressed by most of the art in this set. Richard Wright is probably my least favorite artist right about now, mostly because all of the big offender lands that bother me in RtR happen to be made by him. They look like 3D models to
I thought the previous golgari logo was fine. If you believe in the eternal circle of life and death, you'd have no issue with it. The current one juts shows an insect with no symbolism.
I thought the previous golgari logo was fine. If you believe in the eternal circle of life and death, you'd have no issue with it. The current one juts shows an insect with no symbolism.
Fine. Whatever you want to call it all this stuff looks like Audrina Patridge. It looks good, but it is dead behind the eyes.
Whatever floats your boat, but do realize that it's the style, not the tools.
I think the change was more meant to make the Izzet mages hip and young and good escapist characters than for any sense of political correctness. Also, love the new Brainstorm art. Whatever floats your boat, but do realize that it's the style, not th
I thought the previous golgari logo was fine. If you believe in the eternal circle of life and death, you'd have no issue with it. The current one juts shows an insect with no symbolism.
I like the subtle ouroboros imagery of the old one, and I wish it would have carried over because it's nothing to be ashamed of. But, I will say that the new art looks much more menacing. There's an inbetween that's not quite there yet.
I like the subtle ouroboros imagery of the old one, and I wish it would have carried over because it's nothing to be ashamed of. But, I will say that the new art looks much more menacing. There's an inbetween that's not quite there yet.
Fine. Whatever you want to call it all this stuff looks like Audrina Patridge. It looks good, but it is dead behind the eyes.
Whatever floats your boat, but do realize that it's the style, not the tools.
There's no texture from building up layers and no brush strokes because there is no paint and no brush. I consider that tools more than style, but I am not an artist. These images are nice, but they're flat and lifeless. And when that is the style used for everything, it comes across as very sterile to me. These guys don't need to be using paint as liberally as an impressionist, but I do feel that the digital stuff becomes hollow especially when that's most of what I'm getting. And as it is about art, it is entirely what floats my boat. I don't want them to abandon the digital stuff, but they have too much of it for my tastes.
Whatever floats your boat, but do realize that it's the style, not the tools.[/quote]There's no texture from building up layers and no brush strokes because there is no paint and no brush. I consider that tools more than style, but I am not an artist
Fine. Whatever you want to call it all this stuff looks like Audrina Patridge. It looks good, but it is dead behind the eyes.
Whatever floats your boat, but do realize that it's the style, not the tools.
There's no texture from building up layers and no brush strokes because there is no paint and no brush. I consider that tools more than style, but I am not an artist. These images are nice, but they're flat and lifeless. And when that is the style used for everything, it comes across as very sterile to me. These guys don't need to be using paint as liberally as an impressionist, but I do feel that the digital stuff becomes hollow especially when that's most of what I'm getting. And as it is about art, it is entirely what floats my boat. I don't want them to abandon the digital stuff, but they have too much of it for my tastes.
Have you seen that article linked at earlier? Can you tell the differences? There are paints and brushes in digital art. What you dislike truly is a style and has nothing to do with the medium.
Whatever floats your boat, but do realize that it's the style, not the tools.[/quote]There's no texture from building up layers and no brush strokes because there is no paint and no brush. I consider that tools more than style, but I am not an artist
Count me as another fan of the digital art. I love the John Avon style of breathtaking bright light and subtle gradients, as also seen in things like Supreme Verdict . My favourite artwork from RtR is things like:
Count me as another fan of the digital art. I love the John Avon style of breathtaking bright light and subtle gradients, as also seen in things like Supreme Verdict . My favourite artwork from RtR is things like:
I can only think of 1 reason why the Izzet are steampunk no more:
We're getting a steampunk block soon! =D
I really hope so. I loved the steampunk look, and don't want it to die off. I'll just get more izzet cards from that set if so. /crosses fingers.
This was a freaking awesome read.
I really hope so. I loved the steampunk look, and don't want it to die off. I'll just get more izzet cards from that set if so. /crosses fingers.This was a freaking awesome read.
I am no fan of digital art just because it's digital, but I appreciate it a lot if the cards in my deck look like they belong together thematically. If the price is having digital art then let it be so. If theres like one card among them that looks like its been drawn with crayons by a preschool kid, I cringe.
I am no fan of digital art just because it's digital, but I appreciate it a lot if the cards in my deck look like they belong together thematically. If the price is having digital art then let it be so. If theres like one card among them that look
