Ok, Judith looks awesome, even though I normally hate the Rakdos aesthetic (horns and spikes and chains and skulls AND HORNED SKULLS ON SPIKED CHAINS!!!!11RAWR).
Ok, Judith looks awesome, even though I normally hate the Rakdos aesthetic (horns and spikes and chains and skulls AND HORNED SKULLS ON SPIKED CHAINS!!!!11RAWR).
Looks like WotC really noticed that people like Seb McKinnon art, huh. He's been getting a lot of cards recently.
To each their own, but to me it looks cheap & like childplay.
Absolute not my style
It's reminiscent of Mirage-era art. I don't understand the "childplay" comment, but I will say that art is wonderfully composed with the leading lines, curvature, and verticality Seb can portray is such a horizontally-rectangular space. My eye is drawn to different quadrants each time I look at it.
I'm getting some serious HR Giger vibes from the second art. I actually think there's room in Magic for artists with a distinct style and more abstract pieces. I feel like there's a lot of monotony in Magic art the last few years.
I'm with jundimastah, I think it'll be a Sign in Blood / Night's Whisper with spectacle.
I thought this at first, too. But literally, if you're bankrupt in blood you don't have any blood left. Which means you'll likely be dead. Voting destroy/sac effect.
Maybe we can put both together and guess it's a "as an additional cost to cast this, sacrifice a creature; draw # cards" card?
Looks like WotC really noticed that people like Seb McKinnon art, huh. He's been getting a lot of cards recently.
Some people like Rebecca Guay's artwork, but Wizard's isn't commissioning her for regular art sets. I find Seb's artwork similar to Rebecca's in that it's not realistic, which is what I thought Wizard's creative direction has been.
I actually think there's room in Magic for artists with a distinct style and more abstract pieces. I feel like there's a lot of monotony in Magic art the last few years.
Looks like WotC really noticed that people like Seb McKinnon art, huh. He's been getting a lot of cards recently.
Some people like Rebecca Guay's artwork, but Wizard's isn't commissioning her for regular art sets. I find Seb's artwork similar to Rebecca's in that it's not realistic, which is what I thought Wizard's creative direction has been.
Now that you mention it, Terese Nielsen doesn't do many pieces for regular sets anymore. Wich is a shame. Good thing Seb is picking it up big time.
Hopefully we'll see more abstract pieces in regular sets in future sets from different artists. Like 75% / 80% realism and 25% / 20% more abstract pieces.
I was wondering if we'd see a Judith card. According to the little bit about her in the Ravnica DnD book, she's the Grande Dame of the Rakdos carnivals, and wants to "Steal the spotlight" from the big Daddy Demon himself.
Also, can we petition that Seb does like half of all artwork now? Dude has been killing it of late.
On the topic of the abstract art, I also think Magic is the perfect home for it. The weird art is enticing and looks wild, especially on instants and sorceries. People loved the artwork for the Sagas.
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Bankrupt in Blood makes me think it'll be this set's Exsanguinate/Debt to the Deathless variant.
Judas Priest reference I guess, though Judith and Judas are different biblical names.
I dont know about that. it sounds more like a pain draw spell with the word bankrupt in it.
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I'm with jundimastah, I think it'll be a Sign in Blood / Night's Whisper with spectacle.
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To each their own, but to me it looks cheap & like childplay.
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StaffIt's reminiscent of Mirage-era art. I don't understand the "childplay" comment, but I will say that art is wonderfully composed with the leading lines, curvature, and verticality Seb can portray is such a horizontally-rectangular space. My eye is drawn to different quadrants each time I look at it.
I think she just has her leg bent, following her leg to her waist you'll see her knee. I think she's been held like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=dancer stairs carried&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwioxbmVjM_fAhXfBTQIHWiPBJ8Q2-cCegQIABAC&oq=dancer stairs carried&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...58043.64653..65546...2.0..0.135.1699.1j14......0....1.......5..0j35i39j0i67j0i13i30.-tKEYlZYkd4&ei=Cq4sXKiYOd-L0PEP6J6S-Ak&client=ms-android-google&prmd=isvn&biw=412&bih=693 second photo. (Link to Google image search)
Maybe we can put both together and guess it's a "as an additional cost to cast this, sacrifice a creature; draw # cards" card?
Some people like Rebecca Guay's artwork, but Wizard's isn't commissioning her for regular art sets. I find Seb's artwork similar to Rebecca's in that it's not realistic, which is what I thought Wizard's creative direction has been.
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Now that you mention it, Terese Nielsen doesn't do many pieces for regular sets anymore. Wich is a shame. Good thing Seb is picking it up big time.
Hopefully we'll see more abstract pieces in regular sets in future sets from different artists. Like 75% / 80% realism and 25% / 20% more abstract pieces.
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Also, can we petition that Seb does like half of all artwork now? Dude has been killing it of late.
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On the topic of the abstract art, I also think Magic is the perfect home for it. The weird art is enticing and looks wild, especially on instants and sorceries. People loved the artwork for the Sagas.