World building is not the problem, Innistrad has way more world building than BFZ Zendikar.
The problem is that people wearing the inquisitor uniform in Innistrad still look like individuals but people who have no reason to look the same look like they're all wearing faction uniforms in BFZ. This tells me the art direction is against artists adding any creativity or individuality to the art unlike previous art directors who were perfectly fine with two individuals not looking like twins on corporate uniform just because they both were Falkenrath, Orzhov or Cabal.
Either everyone not legendary/planeswalker looks cloned on purpose so that characters stand out, which is unnecessary and stupid because people can tell Elspeth aside from other Valeron knights and Kamahl aside from other Otarian barbarians. Or they all look cloned because the art direction asked for a single zendikari denizen look and demanded every art depicting a non-vampire zendikari looked as close to that as possible, which is even worse.
I REALLLY liked the art from 10-20 years ago. stuff from visions and mercadian masques and those sets look very special to me and give me a nice warm feeling.
there is still stuff I like time to time like the ktk flooded strand but nothing as special and unique. I do think some of the landscapes from BFZ look amazing but still can't reach the feeling of cards like
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour. - William Blake
It was not delight, not wonder that arose among us, it was the peace of heaven. He who has thought most deeply loves what is most alive. - Friedrich Holderlin
That's part of the point, there is value in interpretation of artistic vision. That is totally omitted from the art today. You really don't think the old art is infinitely better? Almost ALL of it
You really don't think the old art is infinitely better? Almost ALL of it
1) way to necro a thread where the last post was 2 years ago =S. what was the point?
2) appreciation of art is subjective. analysis of art is objective. there are objectively good old pieces and objectively good new pieces. likewise there are garbage-fire old pieces of magic art and similarly there are bland and rubbishy new pieces.
what *is* the case though is that there is more consistency now than before. the art direction is better & they have the time and resources to bring on really talented artists to do their work. whether or not you *like* the recent art direction is neither here nor there, it's better regardless of your opinion.
when it comes down to it, the really epic pieces of art were always few and far between, but we remember 'the good old days' with rose-tinted glasses and use the real standout pieces to demonstrate how 'old art was better'. There's a similar frequency of epic pieces right now, it's just that it can occasionally get lost in amongst the hype of new cards and products.
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Politics. WotC pays close to other editorials and game companies, but at WotC you have to follow AD then be revised by PR and after that you may not even be able to make an extra buck off your art at conventions and GPs because Ultra-Pro decided to put it on a mat/sleeve/binder.
That's why they have a horde of new youngsters with interchangeable styles straight out of artstation.com and sometimes even Cynthia/Mark/Wayne have to take one for the team. Nielsen, Chan and Kyerlyuk may love the IP but they have work offerings stacking at their doorstep that involve the same money and way less bureaucracy.
Nothing makes an artist run away faster than bureaucracy.
Bumping an old threat just to insult someone, not to mention all your posts have been about "back in my day the art was better."
I got into the game seven years ago. I've known about Magic for twenty. What kept me away? The art. It was off-putting, not just to me, but a lot of people who never played the game. It came across as ugly and amateurish, so no one from the outside took the game seriously. Some of the new stuff comes off cold and uninspiring, sure, but it's not off-putting for new or casual players, who are the money makers for Wizards.
And if we're going to talk lazy art let's look at the originals for Llanowar Elves and Sengir Vampire. Same artist, drawing the same ugly side profile where you have no idea what you're even looking at. It's as if the artist took the same sketch of a person and altered it and called it a day.
The problem is that people wearing the inquisitor uniform in Innistrad still look like individuals but people who have no reason to look the same look like they're all wearing faction uniforms in BFZ. This tells me the art direction is against artists adding any creativity or individuality to the art unlike previous art directors who were perfectly fine with two individuals not looking like twins on corporate uniform just because they both were Falkenrath, Orzhov or Cabal.
Either everyone not legendary/planeswalker looks cloned on purpose so that characters stand out, which is unnecessary and stupid because people can tell Elspeth aside from other Valeron knights and Kamahl aside from other Otarian barbarians. Or they all look cloned because the art direction asked for a single zendikari denizen look and demanded every art depicting a non-vampire zendikari looked as close to that as possible, which is even worse.
there is still stuff I like time to time like the ktk flooded strand but nothing as special and unique. I do think some of the landscapes from BFZ look amazing but still can't reach the feeling of cards like
Saprazzan Cove
Saprazzan heir
Trade Routes etc ill post more exampleslater
It was not delight, not wonder that arose among us, it was the peace of heaven. He who has thought most deeply loves what is most alive. - Friedrich Holderlin
1907 Constructed Rating on Magic Online.
Then you are lame, stop trying to make others lame
1) way to necro a thread where the last post was 2 years ago =S. what was the point?
2) appreciation of art is subjective. analysis of art is objective. there are objectively good old pieces and objectively good new pieces. likewise there are garbage-fire old pieces of magic art and similarly there are bland and rubbishy new pieces.
what *is* the case though is that there is more consistency now than before. the art direction is better & they have the time and resources to bring on really talented artists to do their work. whether or not you *like* the recent art direction is neither here nor there, it's better regardless of your opinion.
when it comes down to it, the really epic pieces of art were always few and far between, but we remember 'the good old days' with rose-tinted glasses and use the real standout pieces to demonstrate how 'old art was better'. There's a similar frequency of epic pieces right now, it's just that it can occasionally get lost in amongst the hype of new cards and products.
That's why they have a horde of new youngsters with interchangeable styles straight out of artstation.com and sometimes even Cynthia/Mark/Wayne have to take one for the team. Nielsen, Chan and Kyerlyuk may love the IP but they have work offerings stacking at their doorstep that involve the same money and way less bureaucracy.
Nothing makes an artist run away faster than bureaucracy.
I got into the game seven years ago. I've known about Magic for twenty. What kept me away? The art. It was off-putting, not just to me, but a lot of people who never played the game. It came across as ugly and amateurish, so no one from the outside took the game seriously. Some of the new stuff comes off cold and uninspiring, sure, but it's not off-putting for new or casual players, who are the money makers for Wizards.
And if we're going to talk lazy art let's look at the originals for Llanowar Elves and Sengir Vampire. Same artist, drawing the same ugly side profile where you have no idea what you're even looking at. It's as if the artist took the same sketch of a person and altered it and called it a day.
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