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Award-winning illustrator: MTG, D&D, Witcher, Numenera, Slay the Spire
Www.brucebrenneise.com
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Thanks so much! 😊
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Thanks so much! Glad it's being appreciated!
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Glad you're enjoying them!
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Thanks! It is funny, right? I wonder if mtg ever had this kind of thing happen before?
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Oh my goodness, hahaha, that would be crazy!
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Thanks! The background especially is my jam. The fighter spaceships are probably aa close as I'll ever get to doing one of those ww2 dogfight illustrations. 😅
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Thanks so much, it's been a blast!
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Lovely piece! Considering that we're often looking for small variations to break up the sameness of a pattern, it's not necessarily a bad thing that it's difficult to replicate exactly, I guess? I like seeing that in an illustration, anyway.
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The more I think about it, the more I think this: the ones we love best might be ones where we see the most *potential* rather that *statements* already visible in the thumbnail. Mileage may vary, but my work tends to evolve as I go along, so *potential* figures highly in my excitement.
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Pre-cisely! Still not quite sure why that is. The ones we hate may be the easiest to parse? I dunno.
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Exactly. Time is money, and no one needs to put a ton of work into a piece only to have the client decide it won't work for their needs. I also only present the client with sketch options I'd be excited to execute.
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❤️
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Thanks much!
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I had high hopes for it, too. So it goes, though. With the amount of cards they're coming up with per year, it's bound to happen!
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😊
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Thanks so much! I can't take credit for the initial design, since I was working off of MTG concept art, but glad you like my take on this golem cryptid thing as much as I do!
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Thanks, Jon, thought that was a fun one!
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Or Total Recall, take your pick! 😂
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Thanks so much, Kira! Glad you enjoyed the game and will get to enjoy the metal print every day as well. ❤️
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No worries, I always post the post then wait a beat before adding the link just in case that make any difference with algorithms or other deprecation. Less necessary on Bluesky, but habit nonetheless! :-)
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Yeah, just added that link, but here it is as well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=67y2...
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Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=67y2...
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Thanks so much! One of my favorites that I've done for them so far.
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It was relatively busy last year, so no big surprise there. It's definitely bigger than it was when you were last there. Here's hoping we have a great weekend!
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Thanks! Hopefully we get to see more wide-ranging fantasy visions in future.
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Thanks!
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Totally fair, yeah; well that's a good rec! Thanks!
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Thanks, I got to do five really fun ones for them!
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How's that series treating you? Not a subgenre I've tried out, yet.
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Congrats!
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Isn't it good? Now I gotta track down my next page-turner. :-)
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The one thing it's missing, though, is a good map! Although not strictly necessary (the theme park breaks down into roughly six main areas), I think it would add a lot and be nice to flip back to from time to time.
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Thanks so much!
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Aw, thanks!
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Thanks so much!
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Thanks! Definitely up there as a favorite piece for gamers, whether they interpret it as the power of dice upon fate, or dice jail, or (as was commissioned intent) a portal to climb up into.
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Note that you have to click on the image to see the whole thing, since it's so very vertical.
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I remember showing this to friends on FB before I'd made prints of it and asking them if it was too on-the-nose to bring to shows like Gen Con. Turns out it's not!