I admit I am no artist or art critic myself, but this is what I've noticed about the style of some prolific Magic artists.
Richard Kane Ferguson - Slightly abstract lines
Phil Foglio - Delightfully cartoony (*Kaja* Foglio's work isn't quite so much so)
Rebecca Guay - A consistent style of woman often with something wavy about her such as flowing robes and/or hair. I see a similar pattern in her male and nongendered figures.
Terese Nielsen - vibrant leaft characters and similarly fitting when she illustrates nongreen cards
Ron Spencer - Sharp lines yet still organic (Daarken and Raymond Swanland seem to look similarly sharp, but darker and more artifical lookign, which can fit the flavor of certain cards)
Douglas Shuler - simple, clean and sharp figures (a lot of older art wasn't so "busy", but it seems especially pronounced with Shuler)
Rob Alexander and John Avon both seem to specialize in beautiful lands, although what other stuff I've seen from them is generally cool too.
Omar Rayyan and Larry MacDougall were defiting fitting for the faerie tale theme of Lorywn/Shadowmoor.
John Avon is one hell of a Landscape painter. He does pretty good with other stuff. He really understands composition and color theory
Agreed, but since I'm not an art guy, I can't speak in the technical terms.
Amongst other things, he did all the Unhinged lands, and I have all of them in both foil and nonfoil except for no foil R&D's Secret Lair. The binder pages with those are definitely some of the prettier parts of my collection.
John Avon is one hell of a Landscape painter. He does pretty good with other stuff. He really understands composition and color theory
Agreed, but since I'm not an art guy, I can't speak in the technical terms.
Amongst other things, he did all the Unhinged lands, and I have all of them in both foil and nonfoil except for no foil R&D's Secret Lair. The binder pages with those are definitely some of the prettier parts of my collection.
I am quite jealous. I have a few John Avon Lands I am missing, foil unhinged are the main ones I need.
That image use complimentary colors well. I am no expert. I just know what I know from literally 1 college art class I took to fufill fine arts & humanties elective. Found out I like painting and am not bad at it but, I can't afford art school.
John Avon is one hell of a Landscape painter. He does pretty good with other stuff. He really understands composition and color theory
Agreed, but since I'm not an art guy, I can't speak in the technical terms.
Amongst other things, he did all the Unhinged lands, and I have all of them in both foil and nonfoil except for no foil R&D's Secret Lair. The binder pages with those are definitely some of the prettier parts of my collection.
I am quite jealous. I have a few John Avon Lands I am missing, foil unhinged are the main ones I need.
That image use complimentary colors well. I am no expert. I just know what I know from literally 1 college art class I took to fufill fine arts & humanties elective. Found out I like painting and am not bad at it but, I can't afford art school.
The hedron does contrast nicely with both the sky and the ground.
Visual art isn't my thing - in general, I don't believe forcing a talent/interest that's just not there.
Years ago, I got a good deal on many packs/boxes of Unhinged. I kept a nice collection for myself and sold off spare singles. This was long after Unhinged came out, but long before Zendikar put full art lands in a regular set. John Avon did one each of those too. I have all of those in foil and nonfoil except for the Avon and Meignaud foil Swamps. I scanned them still in 9 pocket pages, but the pictures didn't do them justice and I wasn't about to take them out and scan them individually.
That image use complimentary colors well. I am no expert. I just know what I know from literally 1 college art class I took to fufill fine arts & humanties elective. Found out I like painting and am not bad at it but, I can't afford art school.
Okay. I was curious because the way you phrased that was a bit open ended. Traditionally, those are not complementary colors though. Blue and yellow hues are both primaries. John Avon has always come across as a bit of a color "simplifier" to me and because of how unified his images are I'm not a huge fan. I respect the work, but find the consistency to be boring and almost overly-predictable. Really though, the thing I can't stand is how the air in every single image of his feels like it's filled with the exact same fog or haze. It's like this idealistic candy coated world that feels totally plastic and manufactured. But that's just me.
John Avon has always come across as a bit of a color "simplifier" to me and because of how unified his images are I'm not a huge fan. I respect the work, but find the consistency to be boring and almost overly-predictable. Really though, the thing I can't stand is how the air in every single image of his feels like it's filled with the exact same fog or haze. It's like this idealistic candy coated world that feels totally plastic and manufactured. But that's just me.
Now that you mention it, good point about how he has a pattern.
Likewise, I'm not a Rebecca Guay fan because her work is so similar and I don't care for that style.
Richard Kane Ferguson - Slightly abstract lines
Phil Foglio - Delightfully cartoony (*Kaja* Foglio's work isn't quite so much so)
Rebecca Guay - A consistent style of woman often with something wavy about her such as flowing robes and/or hair. I see a similar pattern in her male and nongendered figures.
Terese Nielsen - vibrant leaft characters and similarly fitting when she illustrates nongreen cards
Ron Spencer - Sharp lines yet still organic (Daarken and Raymond Swanland seem to look similarly sharp, but darker and more artifical lookign, which can fit the flavor of certain cards)
Douglas Shuler - simple, clean and sharp figures (a lot of older art wasn't so "busy", but it seems especially pronounced with Shuler)
Rob Alexander and John Avon both seem to specialize in beautiful lands, although what other stuff I've seen from them is generally cool too.
Omar Rayyan and Larry MacDougall were defiting fitting for the faerie tale theme of Lorywn/Shadowmoor.
Vintage: Dredge | Legacy: Burn, Goblins, Soldier | Standard: Mono-Red Aggro
Commander: Nicol Bolas, Sliver Overlord, Rafiq
Casual: Selesnya Saproling Smackdown, Izzet Labs, Rebel
Played since June 2004, mostly inactive June 2011 to March 2018
Other usernames include AlanFromRochester, homerthebeerbaron
MTG checklists from Alpha to Ravnica Allegiance - https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/other-magic-products/third-party-products/805324-checklists-for-everything-from-alpha-to-ravnica
BEEEES!
Rabble Red
Modern
Burn
Infect
Agreed, but since I'm not an art guy, I can't speak in the technical terms.
Amongst other things, he did all the Unhinged lands, and I have all of them in both foil and nonfoil except for no foil R&D's Secret Lair. The binder pages with those are definitely some of the prettier parts of my collection.
Vintage: Dredge | Legacy: Burn, Goblins, Soldier | Standard: Mono-Red Aggro
Commander: Nicol Bolas, Sliver Overlord, Rafiq
Casual: Selesnya Saproling Smackdown, Izzet Labs, Rebel
Played since June 2004, mostly inactive June 2011 to March 2018
Other usernames include AlanFromRochester, homerthebeerbaron
MTG checklists from Alpha to Ravnica Allegiance - https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/other-magic-products/third-party-products/805324-checklists-for-everything-from-alpha-to-ravnica
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
I am quite jealous. I have a few John Avon Lands I am missing, foil unhinged are the main ones I need.
http://www.johnavon.com/fantasy-art/search.shtml?photosearch=Murals&photodisplay=5
That image use complimentary colors well. I am no expert. I just know what I know from literally 1 college art class I took to fufill fine arts & humanties elective. Found out I like painting and am not bad at it but, I can't afford art school.
BEEEES!
Rabble Red
Modern
Burn
Infect
The hedron does contrast nicely with both the sky and the ground.
Visual art isn't my thing - in general, I don't believe forcing a talent/interest that's just not there.
Years ago, I got a good deal on many packs/boxes of Unhinged. I kept a nice collection for myself and sold off spare singles. This was long after Unhinged came out, but long before Zendikar put full art lands in a regular set. John Avon did one each of those too. I have all of those in foil and nonfoil except for the Avon and Meignaud foil Swamps. I scanned them still in 9 pocket pages, but the pictures didn't do them justice and I wasn't about to take them out and scan them individually.
Vintage: Dredge | Legacy: Burn, Goblins, Soldier | Standard: Mono-Red Aggro
Commander: Nicol Bolas, Sliver Overlord, Rafiq
Casual: Selesnya Saproling Smackdown, Izzet Labs, Rebel
Played since June 2004, mostly inactive June 2011 to March 2018
Other usernames include AlanFromRochester, homerthebeerbaron
MTG checklists from Alpha to Ravnica Allegiance - https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/other-magic-products/third-party-products/805324-checklists-for-everything-from-alpha-to-ravnica
Okay. I was curious because the way you phrased that was a bit open ended. Traditionally, those are not complementary colors though. Blue and yellow hues are both primaries. John Avon has always come across as a bit of a color "simplifier" to me and because of how unified his images are I'm not a huge fan. I respect the work, but find the consistency to be boring and almost overly-predictable. Really though, the thing I can't stand is how the air in every single image of his feels like it's filled with the exact same fog or haze. It's like this idealistic candy coated world that feels totally plastic and manufactured. But that's just me.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Now that you mention it, good point about how he has a pattern.
Likewise, I'm not a Rebecca Guay fan because her work is so similar and I don't care for that style.
Vintage: Dredge | Legacy: Burn, Goblins, Soldier | Standard: Mono-Red Aggro
Commander: Nicol Bolas, Sliver Overlord, Rafiq
Casual: Selesnya Saproling Smackdown, Izzet Labs, Rebel
Played since June 2004, mostly inactive June 2011 to March 2018
Other usernames include AlanFromRochester, homerthebeerbaron
MTG checklists from Alpha to Ravnica Allegiance - https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/other-magic-products/third-party-products/805324-checklists-for-everything-from-alpha-to-ravnica