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Published: 2014-07-23 06:53:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 44156; Favourites: 2308; Downloads: 1276
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Description Created for the M15 Core Set of Magic: The Gathering. This one was a lot of fun and gave me the chance to put to use some things I had been picking up watching the Face Off competition. As I was designing the face I imagined I was sculpting it and when painting the colors I was reminded of Laura's beautiful and subtle makeups which helped me add some nice tonal changes across the surfaces.

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Comments: 50

Elfeura [2024-07-09 13:04:04 +0000 UTC]

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Wyzzel [2017-01-03 20:09:26 +0000 UTC]

I love it when fairies are not kitschy! This is so beautiful, natural and seemingly anything, but to throw with glitter! Very awesome! Β 

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Reuxben [2016-10-10 16:52:26 +0000 UTC]

My gosh, so much goes unseen at card size, but even so, this is still one of the greatest card arts.

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Grinningsunknown [2016-04-02 00:44:08 +0000 UTC]

That came out pretty awesome

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lenlenlen1 [2015-03-27 00:37:26 +0000 UTC]

A fairy version of Wonder Woman with the magic lasso? lol could work...

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Rakilonn [2015-03-08 20:52:55 +0000 UTC]

Very nice image ! I just stumbled on your video "Making Magic Images".

Thank you for sharing your process of how you create a MTG image

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DedejaVu [2015-02-07 09:43:39 +0000 UTC]

Maaaan this is do awesome ;A;

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McbridePublishing [2014-11-26 02:32:48 +0000 UTC]

Man that is cool, that just really looks great I really love the detail on the face.

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realTurtleNipple [2014-11-23 11:14:26 +0000 UTC]

really stunning image, and great tutorial too

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Chelidonia [2014-11-18 16:05:06 +0000 UTC]

OMG! It's so damn perfect! **O** I love it so much... °ç°

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RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-10-31 20:46:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow !

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hypersergio [2014-08-07 00:43:22 +0000 UTC]

nice!!!

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algenpfleger [2014-08-06 16:08:49 +0000 UTC]

you're awesome man

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ChunLo [2014-08-06 09:40:02 +0000 UTC]

Love the transitions and shapes in this!

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herostalker [2014-08-06 04:59:33 +0000 UTC]

It's that a golden lasso?

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Goatllama [2014-08-05 13:05:46 +0000 UTC]

Really beautiful piece, glad you posted it here so we can get a better look at the iridescent wings and lovely blue petals. Also, her expression ain't so cute closer up, she looks more like a warden out to tie up some prisoners/boggarts. Still cute, but definitely more mean, as is the nature of a lot of fairies!

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fifi-kawaii [2014-07-28 21:47:02 +0000 UTC]

i maybe have a weird way of thinking but just when i saw this beautiful character i remembered a character i use to see in a anime when i was a little kid those where the most beautiful times in my life

the anime wasΒ Thumbelina: A Magical Story, theΒ characterΒ is maya's friend , he kinda reminds of him Β 

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lou2209 [2014-07-26 15:59:39 +0000 UTC]

oh this is so good! I really love how subtle some of the colours are c:

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tortugarana [2014-07-24 21:07:29 +0000 UTC]

i love this game. sideboarded <3

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boshimi336 [2014-07-24 03:23:49 +0000 UTC]

I can't believe you actually were inspired by aspects of techniques used in Face-Off! I mean, I can its just crazy cool! My friend and I were talking about the card art on some cards from some booster packs we'd opened at our store and Laura's Face-Off facial makeup techniques came up when we looked at this card. That's awesome! XD The artwork is superb!

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ClintCearley In reply to boshimi336 [2014-07-25 04:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, Laura repeatedly (and to great effect) used graduated color shifts across skintones and I was keen to try that.

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boshimi336 In reply to ClintCearley [2014-07-25 04:34:13 +0000 UTC]

Its worked out very well.

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Alexx-C [2014-07-24 01:32:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, Amazing painting! I love the details on the face and body, contrasted with the soft focus of the background

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Evixi [2014-07-23 23:33:24 +0000 UTC]

Any chance that inspiration was drawn from the Sylvari of Guild Wars 2?
Absolutely gorgeous by the way, you've picked beautiful colours and the lighting is amazing!

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ClintCearley In reply to Evixi [2014-07-25 04:18:23 +0000 UTC]

Well, the brief called for a fairy/sprite character partly made of plant and or insect elements so it's hard not to be reminiscent of the Sylvari

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Jacob-Cross [2014-07-23 18:49:08 +0000 UTC]

Amazing

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Tadsa757 [2014-07-23 18:12:05 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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BenMaier [2014-07-23 18:05:55 +0000 UTC]

So beautifull <3

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EnderIlles [2014-07-23 17:48:05 +0000 UTC]

The detail view here is SO awesome.Β 

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Pachabel [2014-07-23 17:45:05 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful - the face is especially nice with the subtle tones. Are you going to be at the SLCGP as well or just your lovely piece? Either way, my sister and I have made plans to try and go c:

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ClintCearley In reply to Pachabel [2014-07-23 18:07:46 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I will also be attending the SLCGP, look forward to seeing you there!

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Batiemily [2014-07-23 14:17:20 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeous! Β 

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PhantomX42 [2014-07-23 14:07:40 +0000 UTC]

You create card arts for mtg?! that's badass I'll watch you

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KevinNichols [2014-07-23 13:46:06 +0000 UTC]

nice!

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Snorthweast1 [2014-07-23 13:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is gorgeous! It looks kind of like a male version of Tooth Fairy from Rise Of The Guardians to me. Super cool!

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ClintCearley In reply to Snorthweast1 [2014-07-23 18:09:21 +0000 UTC]

I can definitely see that now that you mention it! Rise of the Guardians was a very underrated film with some great design and art.

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Snorthweast1 In reply to ClintCearley [2014-07-23 18:19:17 +0000 UTC]

I know right! Ever since I saw it it has been one of my favorites. Everything in it is so creative and beautiful I just feel the urge to paint all the scenes and characters!

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allocen [2014-07-23 13:08:31 +0000 UTC]

omg...beautiful

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JohanGrenier [2014-07-23 11:02:49 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous work !!
Very subtle with few special fx, i love it.
also the color choice and the skin work is great!

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dreamdesigner442 [2014-07-23 08:54:18 +0000 UTC]

Magnificent character design and illustration labor!thanks for the eye feast again

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gabrielegabba [2014-07-23 08:13:32 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful soft design. Β Fantastic job man.

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Peach-Jelly [2014-07-23 08:06:58 +0000 UTC]

For a moment, I thought I was looking at a 3D model. Splendid work!

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chicopixel [2014-07-23 07:56:41 +0000 UTC]

amazing!

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neoowl [2014-07-23 07:32:16 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeous . I love the texture ><

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AmbiguityArt [2014-07-23 07:31:24 +0000 UTC]

So much depth on the face and upper part of the torso, it's great . By the way, are you planning on making anymore videos for your Youtube channel or Vimeo? I found your critique videos quite inspiring, you thought of things I would have never thought of at my current level.

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ClintCearley In reply to AmbiguityArt [2014-07-23 08:08:49 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I will be making more videos for the YouTube channel Swatches, though due to technical things with Vimeo I'm not sure I'll continue with videos there.

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AmbiguityArt In reply to ClintCearley [2014-07-23 17:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Great, I can't wait; and no worries, just that you're continuing videos at all is great.

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Sir-Pumpkinhead [2014-07-23 07:12:54 +0000 UTC]

It's one of my favorite illustrations for the set I just love the image and the card. I also wish I could attend Salt Lake's MGP :/ Will you sell some of those playmats at a later time, Mr. Clearley?

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ClintCearley In reply to Sir-Pumpkinhead [2014-07-23 08:10:46 +0000 UTC]

I don't handle the printing of the mats and I don't have the right to print more after the tournament so it's unlikely I'll be able to offer them later. I will try and snag some extras there if I can.

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Sir-Pumpkinhead In reply to ClintCearley [2014-07-24 00:14:37 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see. In any case, thanks for replying; hope you can get some of them, if you do, please do mention it so we can purchase them ^_^Β 
Enjoy the GP!

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