So a couple of my friends and I were discussing the best card artwork for dragons. My favorite card has been Vorosh, the Hunter. None of us are art critics or real Mtg art criticS, and we seem to be lacking the knowledge to accurately critique mtg artwork beyond I like it. Does anybody have any thoughts on either side (whether vorosh has good or bad artwork)? Novice and professional opinions welcome.
I, though not a professional art critic, believe Vorosh has some of the better artwork for any of the dragons. My personal favorite is probably Intet, the Dreamer, but regardless Mark Zug did very nice work with Vorosh. You can clearly see the sky below him, but following Vorosh are the dark clouds, which is very thematic. The background in general is not very detail oriented, to allow the actual art of Vorosh to "pop" more from the card. Vorosh's dark detail is somewhat hindered by the dark clouds below him, but not so much as to cause any detriment to the artwork. The only part of the piece I question is the headpiece, is this supposed to be a collar-esque item or is it more of a crown? A collar wouldn't really fit the character, unless there was specific lore behind it, which I have not researched.
It is pretty easy to represent something physical like a zombie or a dragon but how do you represent metaphysical ideas visually? Nielsen went with this "mind breaks into knowledge" theme which I think suit the card really well. At first you have a man with limited knowledge and form but then the mind expands and transcends normal bounds of any human.
So a couple of my friends and I were discussing the best card artwork for dragons. My favorite card has been Vorosh, the Hunter. None of us are art critics or real Mtg art criticS, and we seem to be lacking the knowledge to accurately critique mtg artwork beyond I like it. Does anybody have any thoughts on either side (whether vorosh has good or bad artwork)? Novice and professional opinions welcome.
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It is pretty easy to represent something physical like a zombie or a dragon but how do you represent metaphysical ideas visually? Nielsen went with this "mind breaks into knowledge" theme which I think suit the card really well. At first you have a man with limited knowledge and form but then the mind expands and transcends normal bounds of any human.