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Published: 2013-11-19 17:32:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 37862; Favourites: 1127; Downloads: 628
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Created for the 2013 Commander deck of Magic: The Gathering. The description I was given to follow was, "We see a tight shot on many faces, all slack jawed and with their eyes magically forced open. We can't see what they are watching, but it has done its job and dulled them into docile acceptance." I experimented with small magical devices holding their eyes open but they would have been too small visibly to be effective so I instead chose to put a mark on their foreheads as if by a magical brand or seal.Card text, "'The cost of your opposition will be extracted from your wits.'βNekusar, the Mindrazer"
Stock Credit:
Ahrum-Stock was kind enough to stand as the reference for the central man (this image to be exact). Ahrum has a great gallery of stock with dynamic poses and angles and is definitely worth checking out.
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What do you do in a situation like this where many references are needed of different models and the lighting needs to be consistent? Do you hire models, find online reference with correct lighting, or make up the lighting(or even drawing) yourself using your pre-existing knowledge of how it would all work out?
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oh my...my eyes are filled with ubisoft logos...
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why did you chose the ring of void from the l5r-rpg as a sign?
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I just made up the symbol, if it resembles another sign it's complete coincidence.
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That reminds me of the song Another Planet by Pendulum..
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This is probably my favorite card in the set. Amazing work!!
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I aplsalutly adore the new art you have here, just looks so much nicer than the old art. Really ove the lighting and everything, top job.
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For a moment, I was thinking that this was an anti-Ubisoft piece. ...or maybe an Ubisoft employee's dream?
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This. Is. AMAZING. I love the effect here- this is lovely. You have conveyed your atmosphere and story very well. And I love the diversity of the faces you've used.
Magnificent.
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Great art. May i ask if art directors from Wizards tell artists to use some specific palette, like blue cards and palettes of blue, or is it author's choice?
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Wizards prefer that a spell of a specific color be rendered in a shade of that color so that players can quickly identify a card color from a glance. In this case it was a blue spell so I wanted the spell symbols to be blue. The rest of the card could use any other color but I chose to keep the palette range (gamut) limited.
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Thanks. Of course a good choice, and some memorable arts like Force of Will were fantastic having no blues, so as contrasts like your Syncopate with blue and red.
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Similar and completely unintentional.
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A subconscious and apt interpretation.Β Mark of the beast, mark of the slave master, the mind's eye forced open to watch... a repeated image yes, but you've captured it so very starkly here.Β
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no credit to the artist at Riot Games for their symbol design, branded on the forehead, with a blue glow, and cracks? Such art theft, wow, very sad.
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These are four inlaid circles in decreasing diameter.
The logo you're referring to is a circle with a crescent below it.
Good job being reactionary, though.
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If the symbol resembles another established design it was completely accidental I assure you. Can you link the other? BTW, check with the artist first before flaming them publicly because you may just be wrong.
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They're replying to a champion from League of Legends. Diana, Scorn of the Moon
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Very nice! Did you use references for all the faces or are they purely out of imagination?
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I did reference the faces, mainly models from various anatomy reference sites. They had to be re-lit as the original lighting direction/color/intensity didn't match that of my scene as well as adjustments to the expression, not many pose slack-jawed
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beautiful. totally describes propagandaΒ
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Not only is this strangely epic, but this a very accurate metaphor to mainstream propaganda itself. Good job!
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