Looking at the original illustration, I can sort of see the genesis for this asymmetrical face, but it's not really clear to me that the 5-year-old artist intended this. For example, take the Mulldrifter drawn by the 41-year-old artist, which has an asymmetrical face: it has one eye in the center of its face, and a second eye on the left side of its face. It's not about bringing the kid's drawings to life, it's about bringing the kid's imagination to life, using the illustrations as reference.īy contrast, the MTG artists here seem to preserve a lot of these (probably) unintentional anatomy quirks in the kids' art. I think the dad is right to decide, "he probably didn't intend for this character to look like someone with abnormally short legs, so I'm going to draw him with more realistic anatomy." While the dad's illustrations might not re-create every single detail of the kid's drawings, his illustrations capture the details that matter, and are probably closer to what the kid was imagining when he put colored pencil to paper. In the first illustration in the linked tweet, he retains the core design elements, and preserves the intent of the kid's original design, without recreating certain elements like the fact that the kid drew the torso to be larger than the character's legs. Which, to be clear, is an okay goal to have, but I personally enjoy projects like these most when they emphasize how creative kids can be with their illustrations, rather than hyper-fixating on the quirks that are inherent to most kids' drawings.Īs an example of how I think this concept can be done really well, take Thomas Romain's illustrations based on his son's drawings. I think this is cute, I love the intent behind this project, I love the decision to use this as a vehicle for charity, I love the concept being the art, and I hesitate to make this post because I don't want to introduce criticism when it comes to a charity thing that has good vibes all around.but I'm not sure how I feel about the execution of the "professional artists redraw kids' art." The way it's done here, it feels less about "bringing these kids' ideas to life," and more about just cranking up the "fidelity" without really considering what the kids' intentions were. r/magicTCG is not produced, endorsed, supported by, or affiliated with Wizards of the Coast. ![]() Magic: The Gathering, including card images, symbols, and text, is © Wizards of the Coast, LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.
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