For D&D there's a great loophole, which is WotC's Fan Content Policy. While it's a bit pernicious, the ability to legally use MtG art for illustrating stuff is a *huge* boon. Good job, WotC! 4/8 - ThreadSky

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somanyrobots.com • 12 hours ago

For D&D there's a great loophole, which is WotC's Fan Content Policy. While it's a bit pernicious, the ability to legally use MtG art for illustrating stuff is a *huge* boon. Good job, WotC!
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somanyrobots.com•12 hours ago

Okay, so actual art process: I need to illustrate subclass A. I dream up a scene for it, run it by one of the artists I work with. Generally I give artists very wide latitude to interpret a brief. They deliver a sketch or two, I approve a sketch, then they're off.
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somanyrobots.com•12 hours ago

A few other factors: I keep a spreadsheet about art demographics, to try and make sure we have decent representation (a lot of artists will unintentionally gravitate to painting a lot of white dudes). I share artists' work around - e.g. for Atxayotls, I needed everyone to have a common idea.
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somanyrobots.com•12 hours ago

Generally when I need to onboard a new artist, I start with a self-contained project, something not wildly important, and we'll do it more carefully. I've only been fully ripped off once, though a couple artists have had unsuitable styles or otherwise not worked out.
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somanyrobots.com•12 hours ago

Art's expensive, but paying (well) for art is an easy decision to make. At the end of the day, if I've overpaid for art - I've subsidized the creation of art. That's awesome. Even if my business is a total failure, if I've caused Art to get created, I'm happy.
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lunapearl002.bsky.social•12 hours ago

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