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ClintCearley β Candelabra of Tawnos - MTG
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Published: 2016-12-11 16:42:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 38420; Favourites: 1877; Downloads: 848
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Created for Magic: The Gathering Online and was an image update from an older card. The art director had said I handled odd or difficult scenes well and there might be one I'd be interested in so I said send over the brief. It was definitely one of the strangest briefs I've ever received and I went through numerous concepts before arriving here. This is a portion of what I received, "This is a trick shot of a melting candle that magically contains an entire landscape, deliberately playing with the difference in scale...the device it's mounted in...is built like an orrery, a model of the solar system, with candles in place of planets...the wax has melted into a magical depiction of a landscape with a paradoxical sense of scale. The edges of the melted candle look like a mountain range; the pool of melted wax looks like a lake."I ended up reversing the arrangement in the brief where the candle melts into the miniature world instead of the world being in the candle but the gist holds true, the image works and the AD liked the image. Hope you do too.
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Wow, this looks like an entirely different piece up close--what a fantastic interpretation and incredible execution.
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Wow, what an incredible concept / fantasy landscape!Β
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This is truly awesome.
I saw it and I was like π―π±π
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No doubt that was definitely and odd or difficult scene description, it was both really specific in some regards and super open-ended in so many others. That's a recipe for an illustration where you could end up trying many ideas before you finally hit what the client is looking for. Not to mention that the idea itself requires specifics that probably aren't already well-tread grounds for any artist. Nonetheless, you did a really good job with it in the end, though personally, it reads more like a world turning into a giant candle than a regular size candle turning into a miniature world.
On a more general note it's cool that you're doing illustrations for Magic, that's something I've wanted to do ever since I first played. Of course, back when I was a little kid starting out, the art direction was relatively all over the place, as opposed to the far more consistent and coherent direction it eventually settled into. So back then it was easier to picture someday doing a Magic illustration since they could be practically any style, but by the time I was even close to good enough, Magic had settled into a specific look that almost certainly wouldn't have need for me.
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Brilliant execution, I'd love to see this in card form too!
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Htis is fucking amazing. Please excuse my rude language, but this is one awesome reimagining.
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I really like the effect of the candle turning into a mountain.
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I can hear some of the music from the old Micropose Magic game in my head while looking at this.
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Signed up for an account here solely to tell you that this is incredible!
One of my all-time favorite cards, and it now has one of my all-time favorite pieces of MTG art attached. Rock on Clint, thanks for sharing.
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Β I love the way you gradually blur out the foreground and background. It work on both levels. Somehow it makes it feel both like it could fit on a table top and yet is also be impossibly vast.Β it really stirs the imaginationΒ well done.
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Oh my gosh, that is so cool! I love the feeling of miniaturization with the candles setting the scale and the blur effect showing the depth ^_^ the blending of wax to landscape is seamless!
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I think the description was realised well, and the picture is gorgeous on its own merit anyway.
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Every new art piece by you, another mind blow! Thanks man, you take art to a whole new level.
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I love this so much. LOVE. You're a constant spring of inspiration and joy, Clint. Thanks so much for all you share with us. <3Β
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Glad my work has inspired you
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Wow, you really show us what experience means!
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Yeah man I have to agree you took this to another level.
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Sick concept and execution. Only thing that bugs me is the way the top feels cropped. Would like to see A bit more of the sky and top flame
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Unfortunately, I am constrained by the size of the card but I did expand it a bit for the print.
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Damn, nicely executed here, Clint. I'm gonna work my ass off to get to this level. Thanks for being an inspiration, mate.
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Such a great execution of the assignment you were given! Fun read, and a fantastic piece of art!
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What an interesting and creative piece! Really lovely work~
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genius. just genius.
I would love to see the other versions too though
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Same thought here. Looks like something that the Discworld gods would have on the table.
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"Watch this. I can cut a new river through Klatch."
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Hot _damn_. Is there any chance this one will be available as a print? I'd love to have something like this on my wall.
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Yes, you can find it at: www.inprnt.com/gallery/clintceβ¦
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