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This video examines Carly Mazur's striking illustration of Faithless Looting and the backlash that befell it.
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@Lockfin 2 месяца назад

Carly took the unhinged vitriol of the internet with more grace than anyone deserved. What a phenomenal artist

@demianrusso2499 2 месяца назад

I might pick up a playset of Faithless Looting just to upset people😅😅

@Makingnewnamesisdumb 2 месяца назад

Anything better than shame is too much grace.

@RobertJW 2 месяца назад

@@demianrusso2499I bought the playmat as a giant middle finger to those who hate it. I love that playmat.

@Goonwild5299 2 месяца назад

@@demianrusso2499 no one cares

@Goonwild5299 2 месяца назад

Pretty dramatic comment here. I don't like the art, am I hateful?

@ponchoman6277 2 месяца назад

I remember seeing this art for the first time and going "wow, I will never use this version of Faithless Looting." It baffles me that someone could look at unflattering card artwork and go "this is the fall of western civilization"

@giantotter319 2 месяца назад

It's a common tool to take the most unhinged criticism and highlight it so it seems every criticism is just as unhinged.

@davidjohnson9186 2 месяца назад

@@giantotter319that doesn’t seem to be what the video is about. It doesn’t claim all the criticism is unhinged, they even show direct clips of the whole range of emotional reactions to the art, from disinterest to “fall of western civilization”. Totally fine to not like the art. That’s not really what this video is about.

@armorclasshero2103 2 месяца назад

It's always fascists.

@fieldrequired283 2 месяца назад

A certain type of reactionary needs everything they don't like to be a threat to civilization. That way they have an excuse to call for its destruction.

@MrAzulmagia 2 месяца назад

@@davidjohnson9186 He did bring into atention that specific quote, so is fair to be wary of manipulation for the sake of narrative. But i think he just wanted to hammer home his position on the comflict.

@jamesbourgeois1357 2 месяца назад

I wasn't a fan of the art for faithless looting, but I couldn't imagine being hateful to an artist for their art. They stick their neck out to express themselves and that alone is a noble effort.

@Marco_DC 2 месяца назад

Next artwork: Rancor To send the community a flavorful message, "Hatred outlives the hateful"

@zenithquasar9623 2 месяца назад

You are an agent of the end of the western civilisation, and possibly the entire world!

@remigusker6024 2 месяца назад

Agreed. I strongly dislike the art for the card. But the way the whole conversation around it turned into a cesspool is ridiculous.

@evankraabel5415 2 месяца назад

Part of sticking your neck out is an acceptance that people will openly tell you when your work is bad. That is WHY it is noble to stick your neck out. Im glad she made an attempt to break the rules of magic art, but I wish somebody behind the scenes had been willing to state the obvious that the art is pretty bad overall, and cut it from the file

@ezrabartsch1505 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the video. This helped me see the artwork differently and appreciate it for the first time.

@rorschach1 2 месяца назад

“Art is not a pissing match.” That is my title of this video and this is the inspiration we need.

@randomvideoboy1 10 дней назад

So, artists are completely free from criticism? The rest of the world can't wait for AI to take over narcissistic and entitled artists' jobs.

@ShjadeNexayre 5 дней назад

@@randomvideoboy1 How on earth did you get "artists are free from criticism" out of "Art is not a pissing match"? "The colors are flat and uninteresting" is criticism. "I don't think the composition suits the theme" is criticism. "I could do this" is not criticism. It's attempted one-upsmanship. It's dismissal. It's negation. It's a pissing match.

@ellentheeducator 2 месяца назад

Her style worked quite well for Mystical Archive, but it is utterly perfect for New Capenna. I honestly think of Social Climber as the best representation of New Capenna - it's bold, it's not-quite-nostalgic, and it's intensely evocative. It gives up on pure realism for showing you exactly what you are meant to understand.

@ZeHamberglar 2 месяца назад

100%. Carly's style very much feels to me like "what if fantasy art deco?" which fits capenna so well.

@andrewb378 2 месяца назад

Agreed. It would be a massive effort from her, obviously, but could you imagine if she did alt art for that entire set? I personally wasn't a big fan of a lot of the new capenna art (despite enjoying art deco) but I think if she did the art for all the cards in her style I would like it a lot more.

@tijnhollanders6932 2 месяца назад

I also like her 3 dominaria legends (special art of radha, queen allenal and meria)

@thadrin 2 месяца назад

Even within the mystical archive, her Harmonize is fantastic. I just looked Carly up on Gatherer and I really like her other work.

@jchadwick4918 2 месяца назад

REAL! It’s been one of my favourite pieces from the set since drafting on release. So striking!

@truetekkit 2 месяца назад

I feel as though a large portion of what makes the art difficult to parse in a noncritical way is the solid block color choices like the orange fire or the red robe, as you mentioned, digital art is so ingrained that what is effectively solid single colors tend to be a mental short hand for that "fill bucket" or clip art style that I think most people have an immediate association with MS paint or something, and I think entirely independent of the realism of the piece is what makes it so immediately challenging when lacking context. That personally is the choice that makes the art not for me, but I think when viewed in a vaccum it is all too easy to make that association.

@Dirpman42 2 месяца назад

She said in the interview that she needs textures and information from handwork. Dear how did you choose the flattest choices for the dress and hood? The hood itself seems like it has no curve or depth. The print even cuts off like the border of paper. She said she would add tattoos or body paint to fix it. LITERALLY JUST ADD A BROOCH AND SOME CRUMPLED CLOTH AND IT'S GORGEOUS!

@thisisobviouslybait 2 месяца назад

@@Dirpman42 it looks like a shitty photoshop done by my nephew. No crumpled clothes and a broach is saving that shit

@espinacasable 2 месяца назад

Yeah, I was thinking this too. The other mystical archives arts are very similar, but faithless is the only one with big blocks of flat color. Not even the card frame and text box has flat color, so it really stands out. I really like the social climber art, didn't know it was hers too but it makes sense in retrospect, I think it's a perfect example of what faithless was trying to be.

@espinacasable 2 месяца назад

@@Dirpman42she means the brush strokes and uneven-ness of actual pigments on a surface, which you can appreciate in person or in high res scans, but not in the card. I think giving the cloth folds would go against her style, but I would've loved a pattern like what she did in the gray and black parts of the background at the bottom. It could still be flat but not "fill bucket" flat.

@Welverin 2 месяца назад

For me it's the black of the top of the face and the red eyes. The flat nature of those is terribly off putting for me. The rest of it is find and I like other pieces Carly has done for MtG.

@aaronvanloon1330 2 месяца назад

"Social Climber" is one of my favorite pieces of magic art. Also, I feel that varying the frame around the "Faithless Looting" piece really did alter the aesthetic substantially and the original card printing was almost certainly a disservice to the art.

@PhilleeLeePhive Месяц назад

social climber is incredible : )

@Beckham-df1su 3 дня назад

It just brings diversity to MTG. Love it.

@Amascut 2 месяца назад

I was there when the card was first previewed and I remember being confused by the art until looked closer and recognized the cultist as being painted as well. It’s a testament to Carly’s talent that at a glance on the card, the cultist looks almost like a photo, and recognizing that it’s an exquisite painting showcases the variety of styles around the figure that makes the card really pop now. It really turned me around on the piece overall.

@ZanderKreegan 2 месяца назад

I had the exact same experience. This was a piece that I enjoyed more and more as I examined the art. While the flatness of the colors was initially of-putting, I now only find the flatness of the dress strange; I really appreciate the simplicity of the flames and wine as it makes them strong focal points

@Bananasforthesoul 2 месяца назад

I feel like most peoples reaction is tied to the same thing, the person looks so hyper realistic that it looks edited in. Thus against the typical mtg vibe. But when you realize it’s painted it’s cool.

@Glimmerglint 2 месяца назад

To be honest, ive never realised that it was painted before - i always thought it was a photo. I still dont like the art but it is an impressive feat that so many people couldnt tell.

@tragicarrogance2401 2 месяца назад

Not every piece of art needs to work for me, but not everything that doesn't work for me isn't art.

@u13erfitz 2 месяца назад

This statement says nothing. This art sucks. The entire style of art sucks and for sure doesn't belong in magic. Bad art exists.

@demianrusso2499 2 месяца назад

Actually this statement is great; for example i dont like most of the artwork used in the first sets of magic but i would never say that it isnt art or attack people that like that art.

@RafaelTrocatti 2 месяца назад

@@u13erfitz your tone seems very pointed right now.

@mnm1273 2 месяца назад

A work can be art and ugly at the same time.

@Makingnewnamesisdumb 2 месяца назад

It's not art.

@ivandragovic5958 2 месяца назад

I like her other art a lot more than the Faithless Looting but hope she does more card art

@Makingnewnamesisdumb 2 месяца назад

No you don't. Keep her away from this game.

@augustuscook5262 2 месяца назад

@@Makingnewnamesisdumb wtf is your problem dude? Responding to every comment that even remotely challenges your opinion in a very garish way does nothing for you. Go get a life instead of replying to every opinion that differs from yours

@demianrusso2499 2 месяца назад

Yes, her take on Naturalize was great

@JusticeJanitor 2 месяца назад

Not a fan of her Faithless Looing art but her Harmonize and Social Climber are great. I wish she did more stuff in New Capenna, her art was a great fit there.

@jimshotfirst4887 2 месяца назад

@@Makingnewnamesisdumb damn this card really is living rent free in your head huh

@VirusVescichetta 2 месяца назад

I don't like the art for Faithless Looting, but that doesn't mean I don't think it's well done. The genuine skill that went into it is truly impressive; it's a painted picture that looks nearly photorealistic. It also really does look better in alternate frames and as a plain piece, which says a lot about how important composition is to appearance.

@thomaspetrucka9173 9 дней назад

Came here to say this. Much more palatable with the alt. frame.

@kaspershaupt 6 дней назад

Really don't think it fits as a standard card or what I think a standard card should look like. I think it would have looked great in a saga frame though

@ToxicAtom 2 месяца назад

My issue with specifically the piece Faithless Looting is the large swaths of red, rendered completely without texture in print. Alongside the shadow over the top half of the face reading more like a comical mask than a veil of darkness, it leaves the impression of someone opening Illustrator and drawing shapes over otherwise phenomenal work. All of Carly's other works, both for magic and not, are stunning. Her effort and skill is still well represented in Faithless Looting, coming through in the aspects of the piece not rendered textureless by print; the actual woman is behind the mask is rendered so well, it fooled many into thinking it was a photo, atop a stony, stained-glass-esque backdrop. I'm glad she continued to work on magic. A lesser artist would be discouraged by the unjust vitriol Carly received for one under par piece in a collection of masterwork. I just wish she had more pieces in New Capenna, a plane that felt almost tailor-made for her style to shine.

@BrianBors 2 месяца назад

Especially that "New Capenna" comment I agree with wholeheartedly! It fits so well with her style.

@dupuis2000 Месяц назад

The hyper realistic human covered by what looks to be someone using the paint bucket tool to fill in clothing really is what makes this card art look so bad. It might look good on canvas with the texture but goddamn is that lost in print

@housemana 26 дней назад

While you are seemingly grounded and logical, empathetic in your approach... you miss the mark entirely with assuming that lesser artists cannot take negative (unjust vitriol, in your words) energy and feedback into driving force.

@oh_gosh 2 месяца назад

I was (and still am) critical of the art Faithless Looting. Not because it's "different" or "doesn't look like a magic card," but because the bright, solid oranges and reds are distracting and garish to me. I'm a fan of her other pieces for MTG, though I admittedly don't know much of her art outside the game.

@strangelaw6384 2 месяца назад

The bright solid colors are probably not as much when you're looking at the actual painting. Shrinking the image down to a card throws away the brushstrokes and skin textures. Also, her style really takes advantage of dynamics (implied motion), and forcing her to paint a person with symmetric posture ended up so detrimental.

@pogeman2345 2 месяца назад

Same. Like her work on Harmonize, a card that she also made the art for in the Mystical Archives, blended and worked so much better than Faithless Looting. It just looks very... unreal compared to Harmonize.

@nomurLethalmud 2 месяца назад

@@strangelaw6384 Yeah and both the artist and the art director team know that it's going to be shrunk and have to take that into account.

@strangelaw6384 2 месяца назад

@@nomurLethalmud I blame the art director for not foreseeing the suboptimal compatibility between her painting style with the medium (mtg card)

@TheMinskyTerrorist 2 месяца назад

You're allowed to say that it's bad, it's okay

@Meganstaek 2 месяца назад

A friend of mine has this art as a playmat. I remember thinking how unique and striking it was, and how excited he was to tell me that it was painted traditionally. I was blown away! It makes me sad that people can look at art they don't like and assume it's Bad or Wrong

@randomvideoboy1 10 дней назад

So, artists are completely free from criticism? The rest of the world can't wait for AI to take over narcissistic and entitled artists' jobs.

@Meganstaek 10 дней назад

@@randomvideoboy1 criticism? i mean in this specific case the video is about basically amounted to "I personally don't like how this looks, so you should be ashamed" like it's a moral failing on the part of the artist or something that you didn't like what they made. The entitled ones are chuds who think any given piece of art is only worth anything if it appeals to them personally. Hope that helps!

@pbailed8007 2 месяца назад

It’s amazing how much better that piece looks on any other background

@LeonBelmont1000 2 месяца назад

Almost like sugarcoating shyte.

@sams.975 2 месяца назад

Really? I actually like it best on the original border. I think the black, red and gold complement really nicely.

@Kryptnyt 2 месяца назад

@@sams.975 I found a lot of the Archive cards looked really poor without the gilding, as the "gold" becomes more of a mustard yellow. They look great with the gilding

@tzorfireis425 2 месяца назад

I'd never seen this version of Faithless Looting before seeing it in the thumbnail of this vid, and my first thought was literally just "Oh, this is a Secret Lair card, obviously. MtG does use the lairs to push some really experimental styles and I guess this one just didn't work out" It did not occur to me that someone would claim that a card in the trading card game about wizards would be the end of civilization or whatever.

@meatrace 2 месяца назад

There's no doubt that Carly is phenomenally talented. As soon as I saw the Faithless Looting art I looked her up and was really impressed with her portfolio. But I still think Faithless Looting is a wild miss and doesn't have any of the charm of her other work.

@jmcauley650 2 месяца назад

The full painting is amazing. The crop with the card frame is a shame.

@giantotter319 2 месяца назад

I don't hate the art by default but MTG really isn't a place for art experimentation. Card's art is meant to help reflect its meaning and use. If it's distracting and doesn't fit the flavor, it's bad, period. The art itself isn't bad, and it's much better then the recent "let's make Aragorn black to piss people off because we have no own creativity" stuff but i can understand why people don't like it.

@meatrace 2 месяца назад

@@jmcauley650 that's certainly part of it, but not the whole thing. In short: it's the eyes. The glowing, geometrically precise, inhuman eyes takes us into the uncanny valley.

@misteral9045 2 месяца назад

Yeah the rest of the cards in the set are equally stylistic and fit in just fine with the mtg feel. I think people hate faithless looting because it makes them look like real humans playing with dinky pieces of cardboard on a table, when they want to be glorious wizards wrapped in their own magic. Edit: haha I guess you could say it was too real for people.

@misteral9045 2 месяца назад

@@jmcauley650The full painting does look better, and a few of the card reframings look good, but it's still jarring.

@theangrycolossal 2 месяца назад

Honestly the more I learn about this specific piece the more and more it fascinates me. Even if I might find it "weird" or "off-putting", the fact that I find a piece of card art (or any art in general) that way validates the reason for its existence. I love things like Mystical Archive and Enchanted Tales for challenging the standard notion of what Magic card art 'can' or 'should' be and I hope we see more things in its variety in the years to come

@ChibiRuah 2 месяца назад

i think is the same feeling i kind of have over it too

@Lucarioguild7 2 месяца назад

Very well put the game's art much like it's design should have variety and sometimes be divisive

@LeonBelmont1000 2 месяца назад

@@Lucarioguild7 Unironically saying the silent part out loud. Magic does aim to be divisive now more than any time in its history.

@randomvideoboy1 10 дней назад

So, artists are completely free from criticism? The rest of the world can't wait for AI to take over narcissistic and entitled artists' jobs.

@majestyzx9081 9 дней назад

The art on Faithless Looting is amazing. I love it. Breaking into the stained glass to literally take the fire from it and return. It's a beautiful piece. It has some strong Prometheus vibes to it.

@waytvbe 2 месяца назад

her other art looks so good, how did she end up with that faithless looting. ironically I think her amazing rendering of a realistic person makes it worse when it's crushed down into the size of a card and looks like a composite photo with paper shapes glued on top

@MrGreenJackal 2 месяца назад

I still don't like it, the hood-dress combo is off putting in a "this doesn't really make sense to wear" kind of way, the shadows cast from the hood is a singular flat color which distorts any sense of depth to the picture, this can also be applied to the dress which when is also a singular flat color which while it does contrast with the background, bringing more focus to the subject of the painting, it only further emphasizes the lack of color in the dress. It also doesn't help that while the figure is holding an open flame, no shadow is being cast leading to a more uncanny feeling. Now I will admit that Mazur can draw people, more specifically flesh, in a realistic manner, however this only serves to hinder the art more as the figure looks as if they simultaneously don't belong in their own clothes, nor in the background they are put in. If it was intentional in trying to evoke this uncanny feeling I commend it, but something tells me it wasn't. Now is it bad? No I just don't like it and I don't care enough to harass anyone about it.

@sukamii 10 дней назад

I find myself in agreeance with you on this. I don't think I'd go so far as to say it's a bad work, there's quite a lot of strong elements going on there- the textures in the skin and background elements are really nice, and I find myself appreciating the bold blocked colors- but I feel the painting is just a little too messy for me. The work feels like so many elements are pulling away from itself, and I just don't like it very much. I certainly hope the Carly continues to make more art for Magic, as I believe they have a very strong creative image that can really bring some cards to life.

@randomvideoboy1 10 дней назад

So, artists are completely free from criticism? The rest of the world can't wait for AI to take over narcissistic and entitled artists' jobs.

@sukamii 10 дней назад

@@randomvideoboy1 Are you stupid, illiterate, misconstruing his point or all of the above? He literally criticized the artists work in the opening and said he doesn't like it. What is being spewed is predominantly not criticism, but vapid meaningless anti-rhetoric, which is exactly what you're doing.

@poenpotzu2865 2 месяца назад

I wasn't there when the reaction first came out. The painting has this weird uncanny feeling. I dont mean that in a bad way. The way the flesh contrasts with the rest felt like a disonance between the caster and the spell.

@Makingnewnamesisdumb 2 месяца назад

You should have meant it in a bad way.

@JohnAutopsy 2 месяца назад

@@Makingnewnamesisdumb imagine getting this riled up over a piece of cardboard.

@penguindrummer252 2 месяца назад

@@MakingnewnamesisdumbYou do not belong under this video.

@pyrock0227 2 месяца назад

I feel like that uncanny feeling is because the composition of the piece at large matches how stained glass motifs are often composed (large pieces of a single color or texture alongside quite detailed, hand-painted human figures), but only the window behind her has the solder lines between the pieces like we expect to see in an actual stained glass window. It gives me a feeling that this figure has stepped out of the stained glass image behind them, eschewing the solder lines that only exist because of the limitations of the medium in our world (ones that may not exist in the theoretical stained-glass dimension they're coming from).

@boorango122 2 месяца назад

@@Makingnewnamesisdumbyou are the people this video is telling off why are you even here. are you perhaps afraid of red yellow and blue? she should make her art weirder I think. this is art.

@Mostimpressiveindeed 2 месяца назад

The feature of Donato Giancola's Cartographer at the 3:52 mark made me soar with joy because that was the first magic card whose art ever wowed me when I was a teen.

@NathanLazyBear 2 месяца назад

The piece as a magic card is such a flop, they knew it was going to get cut from the waist up, the composition as an artist should of been considered more. They needed their comfort format of 18 x 24, and not the smaller compressed area. Wizards fault for not being more clear with the intended format of the finished work. I know it's more up to the artist to consider what to put in their commissioned piece, but a little more consideration would have saved their piece from a lot of unfair criticism. A lot of their work is great.

@jetzine00 2 месяца назад

The Reddit scroll into the Rothko was some of the slickest editing I have ever seen on here

@momentofsatori 2 месяца назад

truly

@anthonyjs8048 2 месяца назад

That was pretty cool

@JukesMcGee 2 месяца назад

When?

@GR20000 2 месяца назад

I think my biggest issue with that card specifically is just how MUCH flat red there is. It feels very jarringly out of place due to the sheer amount of real estate it takes up. A lot of the other examples of her art you showed use the flat colors and clip art style far more sparingly, taking up far less of the real-estate of the card. Another issue is that, while this art isn't digital, it is both by design and intent meant to FEEL digital, and that feeling is a significant step further out from, say, the Icon or Stain glass inspired cards, wthcih draw from a suitably antique staly of design as to be recognizably within the fantasy aesthetic. This faithless looking instead, despite the incredibly artsmanship of the photo realism and strong composition, I think is hit a giant red button in people's brains, it certainly did for me. I certainly appreciate the artist's effort more knowing this was a canvas painting, but that doesn't change that it's trading in the aesthetic language of clip art and, unlike her other works, it's a high degree of the focus, rather than as emphasis (say, with the white halo of social climber). A lot of her work I think slots well enough into magic's aesthetic to be innofencive and allow people to appreciate it's craft, but I think Fiathless looting in particular emphasizes what is the most imediarly objectionable aspect of her art by bringing it from a place of accent to a place of primacy.

@elizabethhicks4181 2 месяца назад

I like that it has so much broad color though. So many pieces for MTG are these intricate little things that have tons of detail that I feel like I can’t appreciate fully in the art of the card, I need to see the full work to really notice all the cool stuff about it. This piece feels much more like it’s pushing back on the idea that one MUST do as MUCH as possible with the limited space. It’s evocative and pops and is beautiful and makes you feel things. That’s great, I love it.

@GR20000 2 месяца назад

@@elizabethhicks4181 There's a line between simplicity and next to nothing. That flat read reads very much as the latter. Particularly without the ability o see the actual paint texture, due to the card being printed and meant to be viewed small scale (failing to take into account your medium is a failure) comes acress as just very flat and lifeless. The absence of any shading or easily dicernable texture of any kind, while also failing to have anything interesting happening in the shape language makes it feel exceptionally boring, and detracts from some of the astonishing artistry of the work (the stain glass behind the figure is amazing, for example). And it';s hard to say you want simple when the central figure is a photo realistic human.

@elizabethhicks4181 2 месяца назад

@@GR20000 I'm... not sure why you think you know what I want, unless that's a generalist 'you' at the end, but I really like the evocative, popping color contrasting with the figure in the painting. It's striking and wild. You're still pushing for detail, detail, detail. You're looking for shading, for texture, for 'interesting things' to be happening. I like that the art pushes back on the idea that is required in MTG art. I really do think that this card art looks like it's about to leap off the page, which is a very different vibe than the deep little intricate worlds on so many other cards. I like it a lot for that. What's boring for you is interesting for me, I guess.

@housemana 26 дней назад

@@elizabethhicks4181 I'm... not sure why you're.... pausing... while making a comment on the internet. say what you mean or don't say anything at all. jfc.

@dudethatcantspace 9 дней назад

I’m so glad you did this video. It’s so interesting to hear about the art direction and the history of the artist

@ironjawedangels2812 2 месяца назад

I think that reducing criticism of the piece to uncultured people who you would never find in an art gallery is dismissive. I think that people did not like the blocky style of the Chalices and Flames and robes which to many people Clash with the realism style of the person. To many people the blocky pop art style looked like emojis And the Chalice in the right hand looked almost like a coffee shop logo. Maybe I just don't like pop art, but to dismiss my criticism as being uncultured I think is pretentious.

@eliluke2427 Месяц назад

This is my favorite Magic card. I have it in foil and treasure it. I don’t think I’ve ever loved a piece of artwork more.

@alejandrorivas4585 12 дней назад

Even if I don't like it, I'm glad its target audience such as you resonated with and cherish it! I love her broader portfolio I just dislike this piece

@WGProductionsREUBEI 2 месяца назад

I don't even play this game but your videos are just so entertaining.

@owenkaplan2179 2 месяца назад

Hah same, I sold my collection in 2015 and this channel is the only remaining connection I have to MTG. Every time there's a new upload, I stop what I'm doing to watch-the beauty of Sam's poetry and the incredible art of the game make me want to fall in love with it all over again.

@Jack958 2 месяца назад

It’s not my cup of tea but I think she seems nice and sincere and wish her the best.

@randomvideoboy1 10 дней назад

So, artists are completely free from criticism? The rest of the world can't wait for AI to take over narcissistic and entitled artists' jobs.

@trolleymouse 2 месяца назад

Honestly, calling the backlash based on "fear" is a stretch. It's not that they weren't comfortable with new ideas, but that they didn't think it was a good fit for a card. Many of the people criticizing it still liked the canvas version, even, but when scaled down to a card, it lost a lot of its charm. When you look at Mazur's later cards, you can tell that she's figured out how to make a painting read better at that scale since then, and even the people who still don't like FL are cool with them, despite still being far from traditional.

@loganjmcquaid 2 месяца назад

Some art is just bad.

@chrismitchell4665 2 месяца назад

Agreed, the whole "if you don't like something or don't agree, it must be fear" is getting real old.

@PhoenicopterusR 2 месяца назад

Plenty of people have a "this is bad because it's bad" argument, though. How do you understand where they're coming from when they don't express why they think it's bad?

@chrismitchell4665 2 месяца назад

@@PhoenicopterusR because visual like and dislike is often pretty simple.. do you find this person/thing attractive? Yes/no. Are there things that you find ugly/unattractive? It isn't always a deeper than the surface sort of thing.

@PhoenicopterusR 2 месяца назад

@@chrismitchell4665I think that's a bit of a cop out, because that's not criticism at that point. If someone can't recognize why they dislike something, then why are they making the conscious choice to express hatred for it?

@FangAndCompany 2 месяца назад

daaaamn, sam *cooked* on the “I could do that” section. 10/10 great essay.

@thisisobviouslybait 2 месяца назад

yea except it doesn't apply to actual artists who say its shit and could do it. Platitudes do not make for a good essay it just makes idiots feel good. Shit is shit regardless if a bunch of people have huffed copium to the point they pretend its not shit now.

@warhammertrash1626 2 месяца назад

@@thisisobviouslybait I'm glad that the sole arbiter of art that is you chose to chime in. How else would we all get our opinions about this piece, if you didn't decide for us that liking it is copium?

@davidjohnson9186 2 месяца назад

@@thisisobviouslybaitironic username

@Gibbons3457 2 месяца назад

@@thisisobviouslybaitYou have a worse understanding of art than a child.

@LieseFury 2 месяца назад

@@thisisobviouslybaitare the "actual artists" in the room with us?

@Tymer1234 10 дней назад

As someone who works at a card store (plus having a playset of signed Faithless Lootings and Queen Allenal from her) and met Carly personally, she was always sad to see and hear the hate she garnered from this one card. She had become more of a hermit after the fact when her friend and I got to talk about everything as she shuffled out of our store due to being recognized by my boss and I. She was and is an absolute gem who wanted to show her work to the MTG community and unfortunately got targeted over something so meaningless in the grand scheme of things. I absolutely love this video that was dedicated to her and I thank you, Rhystic Studies.

@Jerorawr_XD 2 месяца назад

Anyone who draws art for this game deserves mad props. Its certainly not my favorite art. But it certainly left a legacy and people I know tried to collect as many as they could because the art was certainly unique, in a funny way.

@Armadan7 2 месяца назад

Art is a product, because it has a type of value to be "sold". The market responded: this product is obtrusive and cacophonic to the average taste test. The old guard didn't "leave their post" they were pushed out by force. Looking at you Seb McKinnon haters.

@randomvideoboy1 10 дней назад

So, artists are completely free from criticism? The rest of the world can't wait for AI to take over narcissistic and entitled artists' jobs.

@jwall1646 2 месяца назад

I loved all the other pieces from her you showed in this video. I still think Faithless looting is not good but honestly after seeing what else she’s done I’d love to see her do more card art in the near future. Her style is what MtG could really use right now.

@tcsmagicbox 13 дней назад

It was amazing how the 2-D illustrations mixed with the hyper realism of the central figure gave the illusion of a cheap photoshop.

@heathenwizard 7 дней назад

WOW! That borderless version makes for a phenomenal card! Carly’s art is truly great; they did a disservice by having it printed with the border they did.

@D2RCR 2 месяца назад

It looks really good in the borderless and Future Sight frames.

@SpencerCJ 2 месяца назад

All of the mystic archive red cards do look washed out, none of the red in the art can really pop since the yellow. I feel like they needed to do these as full arts

@Makingnewnamesisdumb 2 месяца назад

No it doesn't.

@D2RCR 2 месяца назад

@@Makingnewnamesisdumb Replying to every comment you don't agree with is just as dumb as making new names.

@pyrock0227 2 месяца назад

It's the Zendikar Rising showcase frame for me. The angles keep your focus on the figure while still making room for the verticality of the composition, and the colors fit better.

@Mordalon 2 месяца назад

@@Makingnewnamesisdumb Your opinion is not fact.

@TheRealRickDanger 2 месяца назад

I bought one of each mystical archive card, and this one always stood out as somewhat out of place/odd, but to know that this was done by hand makes me have more respect for it. With the introduction of AI art, and digital artist dominating the scene nowadays, to know more about this card and the effort that went into it makes it stand out to me more. I may not play it and it may not be my art style, but I do value the hard work and congratulate her for sticking to her style.

@TodayNot 2 месяца назад

I don't see the point of crying about this specific card when magics art direction is long and gone for good💀💀

@dhalden93 6 дней назад

I hope she does more magic cards! I think the true joy of art is when it pushes you out of your comfort zone.

@Willensimperium 2 месяца назад

Now, I'm not a MTG player (played in my youth for fun, but adore your channel), so I don't want to judge if I find it fitting for the game to be honest. What I can say, is that I indeed, as you mention in the video, think the yellows in the frame don't help it, as well as the big cut outs. I liked the version with the verticality and transparent frame by far the most. In general, apart from MTG I think the piece is absolutely stunning tbh, would hang that on my wall all day. Also the other few pieces from her you showed. Will follow her work now just because of your video. So Carly, your work really rocks and don't let internet idiots get you down in any way, you have a lot of new fans for sure now. :)

@noesunyoutuber7680 2 месяца назад

Mazur and Jeremy Wilson are my two favorite artists in Magic right now because they maintain such a unique artstyle. Most modern Magic art reads like filler, jobbers imitating a basic half-realistic digital painting style that could be on the cover of any random RPG sourcebook, but when you see Mazur's eclectic collage-esque work or Wilson's bright white negative space cutouts, you know instantly whose work it is. None of that other art is "bad," per se, but it doesn't wow me the way they do.

@jacktrembloc9660 5 дней назад

With Faithless Looting being one of my favorite cards, I absolutely remember seeing this art and thinking, "Huh, that looks weird, I'm not using that." The combination of the card's border and its clash stylistically with the cards around it gave me an immediate distaste for something I did not understand. After seeing the full art and her other work. I appreciate this card more now.

@Nayoh-yp4rh 2 месяца назад

I think my biggest issue with it is that it absolutely is beautiful and complex, but that isn't communicated via the format. It's something that's easy to do, and hard to break from. But it's clear she did, her other cards (especially social climber) translates really well. The more monotone and textured art works wonderfully with the more realistic, detailed art. I hope she's able to represent her art in magic cards for a long while.

@Tylerbremner 2 месяца назад

There’s no magic channel I look forward to a new video from than Rhystic studies. They dont drop as frequently but they’re always more than worth the wait. Your videos are art Sam. I appreciate what you do so much

@Shmitty-nx5gz 2 месяца назад

surprised to find out this was a full-size canvas painting which is very awesome and knowing the inspiration gives me a new appreciation for the piece than before

@Beldurkin 2 месяца назад

I agree that this painting might not have been suited for the card frame. A lot of her signature style is lost or muted. That said, I can't not notice this art whenever it's present. It's presence is that powerful.

@searchfire3350 2 месяца назад

Just want to say that Ive grown to love this piece. Like with a lot of modern art, I hate the idea of dismissing it because I don't understand it, so I sat and stared at it for a whole. I feel bad for how much grief Carly got for this, but I'm glad that the most eloquent voice in the MTG community found it worthwhile to discuss.

@ImrahilToChaos 2 месяца назад

I find it really funny that this video focuses on this particular unpopular art for an otherwise extremely important card with tons of history to mine and discuss. Even the nice people here in the comments don’t really like it but are sugarcoating it to hell and back. I don’t really have an opinion on the art apart from preferring other renditions(which has more to do with me preferring art that represents in-universe happenings and figures, same goes for lands), and I’m not sure I find the topic as interesting as hearing about it’s history as a playing piece and how it affected the games development as hearing about some art that most people still aren’t a fan of. This almost feels like a justification and crack back instead of anything particularly engaging.

@jk6971 2 месяца назад

It's the eyes that ruin the painting imo. the two red dots are just too weird and garish and not in a good way. The way she contrasts the human forms in her paintings with the flat stuff works really well in her other paintings, but the red dot eyes just doesn't work here.

@fuminy6175 2 месяца назад

I don't really like the artwork, I really don't. Yet I use this printing in all my decks. It's just so damn unique that I find myself using it just for the novelty. If an art piece can give me such conflicting feelings, it did its job.

@edgobbi3201 27 дней назад

Fantastic video. Thank you. I have missed your pieces on Magic art so it was great to see one again. I appreciate that you took the time to explain why you do fewer videos on Magic art in one of your podcasts because I really miss them and wondered why you had essentially stopped.

@ValerieEnriquez 2 месяца назад

I didn't know she did the cover for Maeve Fly! I loved that book. And Living Wall immediately made me think of that book cover before you even mentioned it so it was really cool to see how that influenced her.

@mintspears6714 2 месяца назад

My favorite part of your videos is I can never predict what exactly I am getting. You always help me see something related to magic in a way I never would have seen otherwise, but the way you go about it, and the content itself can change so drastically. Great video

@mawtaus 2 месяца назад

I definitely balked at this art the first time I saw it, but it has grown on me. Seeing the full art definitely helped, and I agree that the framing it got didn't help it. It's my first time seeing those alters with the different frames and those look great to me. I also really like Mazur's work for Harmonize and Social Climber. I hope we get some more art from her in the future.

@runningtiger7624 2 месяца назад

Honestly I didn't like this piece before. But after seeing it again after a year, seeing its full scale and in the other frames. My opinion has turned around, I like the piece. It feels so menacing and otherworldly.

@GamingEthos 2 месяца назад

You know what's crazy. When I got into commander almost 2 years ago. I went to my lgs to get singles for my isshin deck and the first card I needed was faithless looting. I saw in the case the foil version of this card and thought it was really striking especially with the gold border so I picked it up. I had no clue people lost their minds over it 😅

@dem7556 2 месяца назад

Never really hated the painting but looking at her other work it makes me think she could have taken other direction

@JonNuclear 2 месяца назад

Yeah, I really like some of her other works and I feel she can definitely create great magic art. This is just not that.

@azerim2039 2 месяца назад

She has nice work - but on this painting I'm with most of the crowd. I just don't enjoy it.

@EntheogenShaman 2 месяца назад

Her art is actually pretty awesome in general, the Looting art just didn't work for me.

@samygallienne4620 2 месяца назад

@@JonNuclearHer other art for Magic have been absolutely great, especially the stained-glass arts for DMU. I think Hamornize was also criticized at the time, but it's beautiful.

@thadrin 2 месяца назад

The thing about the Harmonize, which I love, is that you instantly see what it's doing. It's the meditative pose of a being finding harmony and balance. Looting... even with the art direction I'm still kinda... huh? More so when you compare it to the gorgeous japanese version.

@GuillemBagaria 2 месяца назад

Great video. The more I look at this version of Faithless Looting, the more I like it.

@veggiesblowup8785 2 месяца назад

The first time I saw this art in paper, I knew I had to have it. I'm very happy I traded for it- I think it's awesome!

@SergeiTheAnarch 2 месяца назад

The reason folks don't like her Faithless Looting and Harmonize is not because they don't "get it", it's because the styles clash heavily, are generally unintelligible, and come across as incongruous. Flat elements and photorealism are uncanny when put together in the same piece. Her art is better suited towards black cards or in a horror setting; they are deeply unsettling and convey a sense of unease. To me, her art is unappealing but that doesn't make it bad art; just mishandled by whoever commissioned her to do these pieces.

@1YCARADOFACAO 2 месяца назад

Yes, it's wrong to attack the artist and their craft. Yes, it's wrong to judge the work put on the art piece. Yes, it's bad when you say an artist has less value just because of a piece of art that differs from your tastes. But that faithless looting is so fucking ugly, OMG.

@someguy4405 24 дня назад

This is all most people ever said. The "criticism is vitriol" trick is very old, and very tired. Incidentally, so is people who admit to being revolutionaries and admit to hating western civilization in other contexts trying to gaslight by saying it's silly to attribute those motives to them.

@memezurdreamz2203 14 дней назад

I really don't get why you would find it ugly. Please explain.

@someguy4405 14 дней назад

@@memezurdreamz2203 When people say it's ugly it's an instinctive reaction they can't explain, but here's why it happens: 1: It's a mess, there's really nowhere for the eye to focus on so you just kind of drift around. A good piece catches your eye on a specific element and then guides you through. 2: The blocky solid colours contrast horribly with the realistic figure. The contrast might be OK if it was in one specific place to stand out but it's all over the place, to the point there's less realistic figure than solid colour areas. 3: The colours are awful. Genuinely really bad. We have bright red all over the place and bright orange on a background of bright blue-green and bright orange. Nothing stands out. It would genuinely look better with a completely black background, but even then it would still look pretty bad. Seriously, the turquoise circle thing is a baffling decision. 4: You can tell from the full art that the artist did not consider card size when painting it. It looks sooo much better when the ridiculous turquoise ring is taking up a minority of the space, although even at full size the colour choices are still pretty terrible. This art simply wasn't designed to have 1/3rd of it be a tiny image on a card, which is a shame because if they played to the strength of their style I think it could have really worked.

@randomvideoboy1 10 дней назад

So, artists are completely free from criticism? The rest of the world can't wait for AI to take over narcissistic and entitled artists' jobs.

@memezurdreamz2203 10 дней назад

@@randomvideoboy1 the rest of the world won't be the same without its creatives. You have every right not to understand a piece of art, however you're too much missing in experience to be able to claim that your opinion is valid as well.

@philoc7063 Месяц назад

Just wanted to say, today I have finally gotten into MTG, I have been watching your vids for a while now but never actually got into the game except for a few mtg arena games here and there. I bought a commander deck and am planning to go this Friday to my first event at my local card shop and I thought I'd leave a bookmark for myself here. I have teared up at almost all your videos for reasons I don't quite understand. The emotion and feelings of people who worked on all these cards and the subjects that inspired these cards has continuously amazed me over and over again. Even the simple joy of things like Goblin game leave me overwhelmed with the blissful thoughts of friends laughing over such a scenario. Thanks for the amazing videos, I cannot wait for more.

@tylerlambert8953 День назад

A rainy morning, a crisp joint, and some rhystic study on my day off. Premium life experience.

@adamgardner9374 2 месяца назад

I wasn’t much of a fan of the piece when it was originally revealed, and I still wouldn’t count it among my favorites (Carly herself has several I like better), but my *goodness* does changing the frame have a bigger impact than I was expecting. It looks *so* much better in the other frames.

@kindredreveler378 2 месяца назад

When that card art was spoiled I loved it. I bought 9 copies of it so I could fill a card binder page with the art.

@Dsbpetersl 2 месяца назад

the full art borderless woulda been so cool

@tryggverunberg2983 2 месяца назад

100% agree

@p2trivej 2 месяца назад

Not a big fan when the art was revealled, but someone mentioned this was supposed to be a prank. A grattiti done over a mural of classic beauty. Hence, faithless looting. I remember seeing pictures like this back in my college, so it makes some sorta sense in the context of the magical school. I appreciated the art more. It turns out that's not the case. Oh well.

@5371W 2 месяца назад

When I first saw it I was like this is odd, let me check out the rest of their work. I saw how skilled they are and how it translated into faithless looting. Everyone talking out their ass about how they could do it was laughable. Glad you put a spotlight on this card, I don't own it IRL but it is the version I use on Arena. Oof some of those alternative art frames were super clean.

@ehyoflake8315 2 месяца назад

Carly's FL is my go-to playmat for games at my LGS. It serves as an amazing icebreaker when meeting new people. Most people feel compelled to comment on how striking and different it is from everything else, going so far to ask if I 'actually' like the art work or if I'm just trolling. I adore this piece. I first saw the spoiler on my phone sitting in a parking lot waiting for a doctor's appointment and didn't immediately know what to make of it. It was unlike anything else I had ever seen on a Magic card. But I grew to love it for being wholly unique while still communicating the mechanics of the spell.

@Samst0n 2 месяца назад

I absolutely love abstract magic cards and I’m glad they’re leaning into it instead of away. Abrade from the last innistrad set is one of my favorites.

@violetto3219 2 месяца назад

Jeremy Wilson's recent work has been so good, especially that reprint of Bone Splinters for DMU

@mikwiebe450 2 месяца назад

All of Dominik Mayer's art is so good! Surge of salvation, cut down, gift of fangs, and lots more. I always notice when I pull a card of his.

@demianrusso2499 2 месяца назад

Dominik Mayer's art is amazing, my favourite might be Gix's Command😅 He also drew the new Sword of Wealth & Power from Outlaws of Thunder Junction if you havent seen it yet

@collinbeal 2 месяца назад

Yeah, Dominik Mayer is in my top 3 favorite contemporary artists for MtG (along with Wylie Beckert and Magali Villeneuve). Hopeless Nightmare from WOE is his most recent piece that fascinates me

@charlie2136 14 дней назад

Its funny that the artist basically agrees with the haters. She explains the shortcommings and confirms she would do it differently if given another chance.

@Bekayvd 2 месяца назад

I actually replaced all my faithless lootings with this version. The art is absolutely ridiculous I love it

@mizzogames 2 месяца назад

I cannot do that. It is still ugly imo. Also, I don't fear change. But not everything need to be changed. If a game art direction is everything else, that game is not unique anymore. Just think about a Dragon Quest game with american 3D art direction (not manga style). This is the classic example "Yes, but why?"

@TangledLion 2 месяца назад

Honestly I recall falling in love with this piece as soon as I saw it. While people were calling it a "lazy photoshop" I had no clue what they were on about. She made a beautiful contrast of a very lifelike person mixed with flat colors.

@iamalsopropaganda 13 дней назад

This art of Faithless Looting is actually kind of important to me. I had played magic a bit in high school, but it was just with random cards that I picked off the shelf in the corner of walmart. The first time I tried to actually learn what I was doing and pay attention was in college, and Strixhaven was the first set to come out at a time I was interested. Faithless Looting was in the first pack I opened. At first I didn’t like it, but as I went home I couldn’t stop looking at it. I dismissed it because I disliked the simple red dress (more of a fashion opinion than an art opinion tbh) but I kept coming back to the face. The disconnected black hood, the harsh shadow, and the red eyes that looked right back at me were so beautiful to me. I really just couldn’t stop looking at it. Being my first alternate art, and especially my first time seeing a distinct style, this card fundamentally changed the way I look at magic cards. I don’t think I’ll ever forget it

@ricepresidents 2 месяца назад

I understand the sentiment about challenging pieces of art, but at the end of the day I find it deeply unpleasant to look at. I'd rather have something more aesthetically pleasing on my cardboard and save the challenging pieces for museums/galleries.

@hil449 Месяц назад

Then don't buy it

@ricepresidents Месяц назад

@@hil449 way ahead of you

@TheE38Registry 2 месяца назад

I love this art, and it harkens back to when I started playing in the late 90s. It's wacky, it's jarring, and Magic needs much more of it.

@MirraMazDuur 2 месяца назад

What got me into Magic art as a kid was the weirder pieces, and I think modern magic is sorely lacking in that right now. This art was a breath of fresh air against the past several years of the technically proficient but incredibly repetitive style magic has become. Bring back more artists like Drew Tucker and Rebecca Guay! Let's get weird again

@noahfreeman8115 9 дней назад

I’ve always loved this art, so stoked to see this vid

@homersimpson5750 2 месяца назад

Simultaneously saying "the amount of work put into artwork doesn't matter when it comes to judging quality" while also saying "she put in quite alot of work into this piece and its not digital art" seems self defeating. It feels like you think that this piece is good because of the story and controversy more than the actual piece itself.

@TheDesknight 2 месяца назад

that is kind of the stuff you would really want in a secret lairs , getting this art from a regular booster would still be disapointing.

@erezamir7218 Месяц назад

why

@TheDesknight Месяц назад

@@erezamir7218 i come from a generation of magic where what we wanted from the cards where "drawn realist set appropriate art" , all artist expression withing those boundaries could be welcome ,but, 'flats' arn't amongst them, nor the multi-media looking collage we got there. Nothing against custom art but its no different from anime proxies.

@Gemwielders 8 дней назад

It's so fascinating how a card game can be such an impactful and evocative platform to engage with art, maybe more so than a museum exhibition could

@reconuhd4193 2 месяца назад

wonderful work. I too was taken back at first glance, but the mitigating factors with the framing and seeing for the first time the greater details of the whole picture and texture has made me far more appreciative of it.

@xyoung8687 2 месяца назад

When I saw this art for the first time I thought is was actually a photo edit. Once I realized that it was a highly realistic painting, I appreciated it a lot more.

@mekklord 2 месяца назад

Oh thank god, I thought I was the only one LOL

@homersimpson5750 2 месяца назад

Why? A lawn cut with scissors is no better than one cut with a mower.

@memezurdreamz2203 14 дней назад

If all you can appreciate in a painting is its realism, you're severely missing the point.

@Yakuo 2 месяца назад

Thank you for these high quality MTG videos!

@sir-animecat677 2 месяца назад

Just recently opened a pre release and got this card plan on using it in a deck

@AugustusCaesar9464 2 месяца назад

I don't get the hate, I love that faithless looting art and would use it on all my decks

@cunk9437 2 месяца назад

I'll be honest, I originally loved this printing because I always assumed it was deliberately designed to look terrible. But after seeing this artist's other works, it actually makes me like this printing a whole lot less than I did before because it really does look much worse than the rest of Carly's works, and was made completely unironically. At first this printing struck me as a funny joke, something so bad that it's good - and deliberately made to look terrible. But it really is just a poor piece of artwork, especially when compared to the rest of Carly's works. Kind of unfortunate :/

@healdrop9313 2 месяца назад

Mm, that would actually have been a pretty fun approach; “defile” a card called Faithless Looting with intentionally jarring art. As is, I just don’t think it came together well, and it’s not a coincidence that a ton of people had a negative reaction. I get why she made the comment she did at the end about liking it, but I can’t help but feel like it’s a bit dishonest? Since it doesn’t have the cohesion almost of her other work does, it strikes me as just a reflex against the (largely unfair, to be clear) criticism she received to be like “oh yeah I like it it’s good” rather than “well, I like my other artwork for the game more”. But I’m also bad for being incredibly harsh towards my own work, so maybe I’m letting that bleed in.

@jk6971 2 месяца назад

Yeah I genuinely thought it was meant to look like a vandalised religious painting, which feels on theme for a card of this name. Guess not!

@naus6081 Месяц назад

I’m sorry this is still one of the absolute ugliest cards in Magic to me. Just because something’s “different” doesn’t necessarily mean good. I’m glad someone out there can appreciate it- and if we get more unusual things that’s cool. Composition, contrast, depth, that’s all key and I can see why this card was heavily maligned.

@ericyang8474 2 месяца назад

It's a peculiar work of art, but I've probably looked at this card more than most other cards just from how unique the art is. From how unique the art was has made this one of the most memorable cards from me playing MTGA. I never would have guessed this card would warrant such bashing.

@Seymour101 2 месяца назад

Man I never get tired of watching your content, the passion and enthusiasm you have for art in all its forms is inspiring. And the level of appreciation and dedication you bring to the table when it comes to shining a light on the people that essentially make magic what it is is second to none. Thanks for being who you are, I hope you realize how much this means to people. and Carly if you're out here reading comments, I think your stuff is amazing and I hope I get to see more of you in the years to come.

@robertmorrow3511 2 месяца назад

I never liked this art, but I think after watching this I can more clearly identify why I don't like it. The contrast is too high between the flat parts and the "traditional" parts. As much as I don't like it, I think I liked every other piece you showed of hers in this video. She's not a bad artist, this piece just didn't align with what magic players like.

@SwagThodda88 24 дня назад

I started playing magic during strixhaven, and i remember opening this faithless looting and i thought it was so interesting and different to all the other cards i had opened. I still use it in my favorite commander deck.

@rain4825 2 месяца назад

This was a nice story to know more about, and I've gained a new appreciation of this rendition of the card thanks to it, regardless of my own taste towards to art on the card.

@TheKingNaesala 2 месяца назад

Good video as always, but I kinda reject one of the sections, where you assert that players were "scared of the new" and "didnt understand" the piece...but then later points out how the rest of the mystical archive didnt receive this critique, including Harmonize. While Im sure most players who arent art majors/enthusiasts didnt get the reference to temperance, the card still has an aesthetic that is easy to dislike. I think ALL of her other works are superior, every card and every piece of art I saw in this video. I do think the frame/crop was a big impact, but even so Also you said no one critiqued the japanese version but...its the japanese version, it had fewer eyes on it, people werent pulling it. Also a much shorter vid than normal. You didn't even really comment on the piece itself, just laid out the style guide, had some interview questions, and makes some asertations about the playerbase. Did you expect more meat to be on this bone? IDK. I just feel like something was misisng.

@TeamSprocket 2 месяца назад

Rhystic is out for random redditor blood, there's no time for nuance.

@PattPlays 2 месяца назад

@@TeamSprocket Agreed. "its not digital its painted" bro who 'paints' a hex code for bright red over 40% of the visible work

@genzo454 Месяц назад

I will say, I feel like the Japanese-style Faithless Looting also isn't great either.

@housemana 26 дней назад

this is easily Sam's worst take/video.

@PlagueScholar 2 месяца назад

Her artwork for Social Climber is phenomenal and an incredible fit for the world. I wish they commissioned her to do more art for that set. Wotc, give her a secret lair, you cowards.