What do you kind gents think the prettiest Magic Art is

(for the record, this is the best terror)

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always been a fan of reveillark as well. and a lot of lorwyn stuff generally

>Ron Spencer's Nebraskan high school homework.
>Prettiest art

not prettiest, but best

although i realize now OP says "prettiest"

It looks like something a 15 year old would stick to the bottom of their skateboard, not something anyone would consider "the best" artwork.

eh, agree to disagree

Or I could just agree that you have bad taste and move on with my day regardless.

I'm a big fan of Rebecca Guay. Shame she doesn't make art for cards anymore.

I really like this one. Some of the older more abstract blue art is really dope looking. Most of the first ravnica lands. Both mirodin runs, although they're not so much pretty as messed up biomechanical.

I'mma challenge this one.

The original artwork for Terror does its job absolutely perfectly. It conveys terror. I honestly can't think of any image that, to me, makes me think of someone literally dying of fright. Look at the body language, the color choice, and that god damn facial expression.

Sure, it's not very realistic and it's honestly not that technically impressive (I could in fact see a relatively skilled 15 year old drawing that on a skateboard) but by god does it convey terror well.

this one, derp

Gotta be Starfall personally, if only just because the card looks so damn pretty in foil.

She actually did all the Commander 2016 basic lands if I recall correctly.

An absolute favorite of mine. Wish I could find a higher rez version.

Eh, you make fair points. I'll give it to you that the art does convey "terror" very well. Still doesn't fit any criteria for "The Best" depiction of such, in my opinion.

well it's at least better than the mirrodin version

I believe we can all agree to that.

>lookatthoseboobs.jpg

She absolutely did!

i think a lot of the prettiest cards are lands

alara had some great lands

A lot of rebecca guay's stuff is really hit or miss for me, but this is definitely one of my favorites

>kind gents

* T I P S
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Always been a fan of the urza's saga floating plains

>prettiest Magic art
>no mention of Fischer

lol yeah ok dudes

Anything by John Martin

Not posting the whole thing

I can't believe they wasted that art on that card.
God DAMN

Basically anything completely abstract gets me rock hard.

I've got an 8-meg scan of this; shit is cash. Take the good parts of Time Walk, get rid of the daft shit like traffic cones, and add some more symbolism.

not a great pic, but the best on google images
Love the dancing figure

More land

in a similar vein

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Don't derail this into an argument, now, but Kamigawa had some great art.

That almost looks like thomas kinkade.

W/B has the best art of any combination.

That may well be intentional. I love it when they try to borrow other art styles.

More Impressionism, less generic CG!

I just found out that Nielsen is a flaming homosexual, which explains this art.

This is my favorite Nielsen art, and my favorite card.

Big fan of Peter Mohrbacer, creative hand behind Eberos and Animar

No....not really

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>Mohrbacher
>Creative

Always loved the art on this card.
Actually most of the enchantment creatures are pretty nice looking, but this one always stood out.

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D. Alexander Gregory's stuff is generally my favorite, because it still looks like traditional art while also being strong and crisp. Plus I like how "somber" a lot of his art is, and how well his colors tend to blend without washing out.

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That art makes me really want to play R/G Tron.

He's responsible for a ton of classics, but I don't like how he made Liliana look like a bony crack whore.

>using references makes you not creative

Right? I'd buy the card in a hummingbird's heartbeat if it wasn't actually good and therefore insanely expensive. Fuck.

I'm actually kind of a fan of him making her look gaunt and tired, but still kind of attractive. A black-aligned wizard that's made all kinds of unholy pacts with all manner of dark forces shouldn't really look made-up and voluptuous, in my opinion. I don't hate turbohot Lili either because I love women like that personally. But that's just like, my opinion man. Also, good choice on a card for your reply. Another one of his stronger pieces.

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>Liking Restoslut
Poor show

Of all the over rated arts in all of magic, this one is the most over rated

No need to knock on Johannes Voss just because you got thragged in the tusk.

I'd say the best era for MTG art is roughly from Ice Age to Ravnica. Ravinca-Alara is a lesser era. Zendikar is the decline, with Theros basically being basically the death of widespread quality art.

Not saying that current cards are universally bad (Oketra is cute) but overall a lot of magic has been lost.

Do you think a supplementary set printed with old borders and traditional-medium-art only would sell?

I see you're also a man of discerning taste.

Can't be unseen

>no based Dave Kendall

y'all need to step it up

I've heard she's a colossal cunt, which is a shame if true.

would agree. The art direction has gone waaaaay more uniform. Feels like they just allow the already iconic artists to do their own thing and keep the new artists from actually developing their craft.

also based Kev Walker my nigga

>Liliana of the Crystal Meth

I like van Camp's weird collages along with Margaret Knead(?)'s mosiac motif.

I think it would sell. I'd love a retro set with the five main Theros gods drawn by diTerlizzi or werewolves/eldrazi by Ron Spencer. What's more likely though is just a reprint set of "iconic" cards.

It feels like the styleguides have definitely become more rigid as time has progressed.

Argyle has really cheesy art but he's the only one who can depict Chandra correctly

>artist uses references, more at 11

I love it, reminds me of like a 90s point and click adventure game

I liked her haircut in Oath. It's cute.

Holy shiiiit this card
Kev Walker can bang me retarded anyday.

See, you get it. It's so pleasant. Doesn't club you over the head with its color identity either.

holy fucking shit thats ugly. is your post meant to be ironic or something?

go post somewhere else mohrbacer

There's a difference between using a reference and blatantly coloring over an existing photograph.

Best artist, best 'walker, and a much better interpretation of what "Planeswalker" cards should be than the current cancerous supertype.

gross

kek

I've always had a soft spot for the most perfect ass in magic.

There's medication for that.

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I love ferguson's work...

Yeah, just make sure you hit up a doctor if the erection lasts more than four hours though.

But if we're talking angels, Gisela is probably my favorite. Angelic Captain comes close though.

It's the best mountain and forest.

i always liked angelic page

(more rebecca guay, too. how about that)

Maddocks and Tucker are still my favorites, Tucker especially. This one's not his best, but it's the only one I've got. His work is so fucking uneasy, it really helped flesh out the darker tone of the game's early history. As far as newer artists go, love Nils Hamm. Nielsen and Guay are also excellent and uh... RK Post. Really there are too many.

I don't know about prettiest, but this is my favorite. One of my desktop backgrounds.

Now that I think about it I'm using a much higher resolution monitor now and I never updated it.

Pretty much any art by Guay, Nielsen, rk post, and Hoover.

I also unironically like the Foglios' art.

Cool art, but man that card is terrible.

A lot of his stuff looks kind of off at full size. I guess it's because he's designing it around the level of detail people will actually be able to see on the card.

Best angel coming through.

This card is my favorite foil that I own