Magic Art Matters: Is Anyone Paying Attention To The Top Half Of The Card?
From what I can see through the limited portal provided by Arcana, Magic art is thriving in spite of Wizards Art Department, not because of it. The style guides we’ve seen are of horrid quality – and these are the models that Wizards asks their artists to emulate! Furthermore, the Wizards Art Department is wasting time by providing poor specifications that require sudden (and potentially shoddy) redrawings, while genuine artistic errors go through. They seem to think that just so long as”stuff looks cool,” everything will be all right… And I disagree.
Okay, I’ve got to admit it: I *like* Magicthegathering.com. I check it almost every day, and I especially like to tune in to hear what Rosewater…
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