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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 4:55PM
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This thread is for discussion of the feature article " The Look of Return to Ravnica", which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 9:14PM
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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.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 9:42PM
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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...
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 9:44PM
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Interrupted my reading to say Jeremy Jarvis is awesome. That building style guide is fantastic! Now back to reading...
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 10:28PM
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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.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 10:41PM
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Mar 21, 2012
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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.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 24, 2012 - 11:40PM
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@fireballmage
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.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 25, 2012 - 12:53AM
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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.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 25, 2012 - 4:27AM
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I can only think of 1 reason why the Izzet are steampunk no more:
We're getting a steampunk block soon! =D
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9 months ago ::
Sep 25, 2012 - 5:30AM
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Aug 13, 2012
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EMBROIDERY.
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