Jason Rainville 🔜 MagicCon Amsterdamさんのイラストまとめ

As we look at more close-ups I want to talk about something; about effort, and "raising the bar."
I'm incredibly humbled that folks responded as positively and strongly as they did with this. This feels like a new high water-mark for me. Proof I'm still improving.
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After that I set the sketch to multiply & paint in the "rough colours" that are going to be representative of the final art, so i best get it right. I don't have to be too detailed, and maybe shouldn't, but making sure the right values and colours are mostly there is key

Trying to keep things cohesive and that wedge visible involves values, sure, but also colour. had to be verrrry careful about how I separated the two groups, especially in the warm colours. grey, yellow, orange for Mirrans, greens and reds for the baddies

2 options, the white one is great because it's the more "main" baddies but as subtle and creamy as it was, gave an option for a darker contrast.
Also, here I'm interpreting that spearhead literally, trying to create that shape through colour and value:

“Name Unknown” AD Taylor Ingvarsson #MTGMOM
Well, what can I say. The response to this has been incredible
Coming off a bad move, losing my cat, taking a break & coming back feeling like I had something to prove after a lot of MTG set FOMO led to this. Let's talk abt it
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@FromHappyRock I have better examples but, NDA 😒

Wotc's still sitting on the best one I've done so far, but I have a few oldies for #DragonAppreciationDay

@WillWeaverRVA

It was less than that when I worked for them. A half page takes the same if not more time to complete than a mtg card & pays less than half.

Paizo's going to get a ton of support from you all, but will they be pressured to be better than one of the worst for artists? https://t.co/1daolVDlZ0

To AI turds who claim they could never be creative before (a lie and likely bad faith argument anyways)

I had a ball back in the day drawing characters and scenes for my friends' rpg campaigns. Wasn't studying or trying to get better, just having fun. No art-stealing AI needed