Is it possible that they use the old art on Elves of Deep Shadow? I think it is arguably one of the best card arts in the game and would hate for different art to be on the card.
Didn't they have royalty issues that prevent them from reusing any pre-Mirage arts?
If true, that's another reason why they won't have the old art.
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I hope it gets new art... remember wizards also likes trying to encourage collectors as well as tourney junkies, and in the case of Elves of Deep Shadow it's like... one of the few cards that's collected almost exclusively for its art. People see it and go "... I want a playset" or they hate it horribly. They're going for about 2~5 these days after all...
well im no tidwell at photoshopping...but this is a rough sketch of the old art in new frames...
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Theres no doubt the art will be replaced. But I hope it will also have a dark, eerie, gothic-esque look and feel into it. If not, ill just go buy the old ones
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i think it looks fairly lame....but i think it represents the dark elf(or human) fairly well...
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Is it possible that they use the old art on Elves of Deep Shadow? I think it is arguably one of the best card arts in the game and would hate for different art to be on the card.
Not a chance. The royalties they'd have to pay would be OBSCENE.
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Can someone explain to me why paying royalties on old art is so much worse than paying for brand new art? :confused3:
For brand new art they just pay a single fixed fee, instead of royalties for how much product sells. Older art had a royalty clause attached, so artists would get a slice of profit for however much product sells, in addition to their fee (which was probably quite a bit less than how much artists get, but this is just a guess) Wizards would rather be able to just commission a piece of art, and avoid the hascle of continuing to add royalties, instead of having to continually lose a chunk of their profits.
Also by not paying royalties wizards can safely use a piece of art for a card practically forever and never have issues with it. Oh and of course if I'm off please feel totally free to correct me.
Now... will they keep the wonderful gothieness of the original? I see the elves as iconic in magic... so what sort of thing would keep the old mood, with the new look?
Quite frankly I hope they redo the art entirely. The old art smacks too much of "the band t-shirt corner of Hot Topic" and not enough of "a fantastic world of monsters and magic" for my liking.
I think something along the lines of but not totally like the Viridians from Mirrodin would work well. A little darker of course to represent the Black, but not "lame poems in my LiveJournal" dark.
I hate the old art (Looks too much like a CGI to me). So, they better have new art.
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If true, that's another reason why they won't have the old art.
Thou shalt not frame images with the modern card face
Thou shalt not change rules in vain
Remember the Reserved List to keep it holy
Honor thy Slivers and the symmetry of their abilities
Thou shalt not kill mana burn
Thou shalt not sacrifice depth for accessibility
Thou shalt not steal combat damage from the stack
Thou shalt tell a story through thy cards
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But all those arts sucked the first time around.
I also added the Shaman creature type. I thought I might as well go along with wizard's spree on giving everything the race/class theme.
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Not a chance. The royalties they'd have to pay would be OBSCENE.
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Can someone explain to me why paying royalties on old art is so much worse than paying for brand new art? :confused3:
For brand new art they just pay a single fixed fee, instead of royalties for how much product sells. Older art had a royalty clause attached, so artists would get a slice of profit for however much product sells, in addition to their fee (which was probably quite a bit less than how much artists get, but this is just a guess) Wizards would rather be able to just commission a piece of art, and avoid the hascle of continuing to add royalties, instead of having to continually lose a chunk of their profits.
Also by not paying royalties wizards can safely use a piece of art for a card practically forever and never have issues with it. Oh and of course if I'm off please feel totally free to correct me.
Now... will they keep the wonderful gothieness of the original? I see the elves as iconic in magic... so what sort of thing would keep the old mood, with the new look?
I think something along the lines of but not totally like the Viridians from Mirrodin would work well. A little darker of course to represent the Black, but not "lame poems in my LiveJournal" dark.
You should be embarrased.
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Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.