General Art Appreciation Thread

[Chris Taylor]

So not everyone around here uses ranom art on the internet for cards, but I figure all of you can appreciate some of the cool ass stuff I find

Here's some bomb ass shit:

"Beneath" by Abrar Khan

Reminds me of Dandân, but this is probably close enough to magic's current art style to not feel out of place.

I am Providence by Guillem H. Pongiluppi

Who doesn't love a good cuthulu? This also fits in nicely with current mtg art.

Water Colossus - Alex Kintner

ITS A GIANT WATER ELEMENTAL SNAKE THAT SHOOTS LAZERS! I WANT ONE!

"Mermaid" by Sergey Kolesov

Here's more Dandan perspective, but a different mood. (Can you tell I like that card yet? )

 

[Onderzeeboot]

That third one has a Kaladesh vibe to it.

 

[Chris Taylor]

Alright one more:

L.O.R.D - Eagle by Xiaodi Jin

Dude woah

Also someone tell me if I should be spoilering these or shrinking them somehow, my monitor is pretty can handle most of these fine but I imagine that might not be true for everyone.

 

[Fulcrum]

That's the most epic Griffin Guide art I've ever seen.

 

[Fulcrum]

Peter Mohrbacher's Angelarium project has been some of my favorite fantasy art. He has dozens of these on his website.

http://www.angelarium.net/

REMIEL, ANGEL OF VISIONS

ARMAROS, ANGEL OF UNDOING

MALKUTH, EMANATION OF THE KINGDOM​

DA'AT, THE EMPTINESS​

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Sandara has lots of Magic-appropriate art!

 

[Chris Taylor]

Peter Mohrbacher's Angelarium project has been some of my favorite fantasy art. He has dozens of these on his website.
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There's so many good pieces in this series. I personally love the drowned one, and I've been trying to get it on some card in my cube for a while now

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Yeah, Mohrbacher's Angelarium is pretty intense.

 

[Chris Taylor]

I realized I'm so hype for Amonkahet:

Sekhmet by Sandara Tang

Also, I had to make sure I told you all about the best named image I've seen:

This is "yo bro is it safe down there in the woods? yeah man it's cool" by Tomislav Jagnjic
Yes really.

 

[Chris Taylor]

Not done yet!

Evil Mermaid by Ikhsan Oktrian

Elderwood Lissandra by Guilherme Prieto

Artemis by Simon Eckert

Old Gods by Elena Bespalova

 

[Chris Taylor]

God Fist Lee Sin by Alex Flores

 

[Chris Taylor]

Man why didn't I think of that!

 

[Grillo_Parlante]

I would like to humbly submit some fierce artwork for all the ixalan inspired customs I'm sure will be soon rolling off the presses!

Maybe you would like an awesome close up for your cards!!!!!

You can thank me later!!!

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Man why didn't I think of that!

Art by sandara, who credits this Reddit thread for the idea

 

[Chris Taylor]

Note to self: source artists when shit posting at night

 

[Velrun]

Quick question: Could we maybe note on each artwork if the artwork was actually used by Wizards of the Coast for a Magic the Gathering card or if the artwork instead was for a different project not Magic-related?

Was these two used for Magic?
1. The Sandara crystal head soldiers
2. The god fist

 

[shamizy]

So not everyone around here uses ranom art on the internet for cards, but I figure all of you can appreciate some of the cool ass stuff I find

Here's some bomb ass shit:

"Beneath" by Abrar Khan

Reminds me of Dandân, but this is probably close enough to magic's current art style to not feel out of place.

"Mermaid" by Sergey Kolesov

Here's more Dandan perspective, but a different mood. (Can you tell I like that card yet? )

These art pieces are great, but these are literally my nightmare. When I was in either pre-K or kindergarten as a child, audiobooks on tape were a common teaching tool and I remember my teacher playing and going through this book with us where a kid went all around NYC and saw dinosaurs everywhere. I think it was called Patrick's Dinosaurs or something like that. Anyway, I remember there was a part of the story where he's on a boat on a river, and there's some dinosaur swimming underneath him. The music from that audiobook that has scarred me for life, I just remember it being really really scary and unsettling, as if it were sneaking up on him or he was coming to the realization of OH FUCK THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER.

I'm sure if I go back and read it now or hear the audio it's super tame, but in the back of my subconscious it's like some Godzilla about to erupt from the water's surface type shit. Eldritch abominations? Okay. Zombies and gross looking monsters? Cool. Giant fish underneath my boat? Get me the fuck out of here. There is nothing that freaks me out more than a large body of some creature being underneath me if I'm on a boat. It's so unsettling.

 

[Chris Taylor]

Quick question: Could we maybe note on each artwork if the artwork was actually used by Wizards of the Coast for a Magic the Gathering card or if the artwork instead was for a different project not Magic-related?

Was these two used for Magic?
1. The Sandara crystal head soldiers
2. The god fist

Nah. The sandara art was inspired by kaladesh, but isn't actually in any art or promo materials.
God Fist Lee Sin is League of Legends artwork

 

[Chris Taylor]

Angel Lich by Petar Penev

 

[Velrun]

Wooooooooow

I sense a weird mix of Innistrad and Dominaria churches.

 

[Chris Taylor]

Headcannon title: "Flat earthers be like"
Source

 

[Velrun]

Expedition Map alternate art

 

[Velrun]

This is more of a request than an art appreciation:

Does anyone have some good pictures of coins? Not real life coins but fantasy world ones.

I need infinite many unique pictures Think of old video games you used to play, board games etc.

Thank you <3

 

[vennythekid]

Blackblade Reforged From signature spell-book: Gideon

 

[Peter LaCara]

Richard Kane Ferguson! Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. A long time.