this was my description:
ART DESCRIPTION: Color: Black Location: Ice Age Setting Action: Invent a horror creature that appears from the edge of oblivion. What it looks like is up to you. It should be at least 10 feet long/tall. Focus: the horror Mood: Oblivion is worse than death.
and this is the incredibly amateur sketch of an incredibly lame idea. I credit it to the stress of my first high-profile gig, but in truth I just had no idea what I was doing (as opposed to now when I a have very little idea of what I am doing)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkd8lwBHSnhGHX-DoQ-WVqs7AnKCkLO4KibTtgnPfcZTUARqUP92MCPLu5DOR3yWBj8ih6E4aMi6oLo4dawWnICqCDyECcD392skeqDo1Z_XzMb1bmB-SUTpWb2qS-Gi__ThVb9qn9KSs/s320/Untitled-4.jpg)
I no longer have the email, but the art directors response was basically What the hell?! I hired you because you create creepy shit, and you give me a badly drawn "Starship Troopers" reject!!!
I am paraphrasing here.
So back to the drawing board I went, and came up with this.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAk-GHbnlO0nWVuTNu4DZ-ZwvfQ5sN9VrkgxRHnAmgYwuvF44IlpwpffHZRDiH13CnaoWTepU9EN5Zz7RSvEJfjltt8DqXWNnDRnUnw_gSMohbcjkUOlERUdZA1Rrw5PU2N-im8mjqn4/s320/96865.jpg)
He was much happier, so we got down to brass tacks.
Nice, but give him a body, right now it is too abstract.
Was the gist of his comments
So I gave him this
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurTbaGUkM4NR_7etD9Ihy9YH2dWusz4CzNWZ8KUv2ANJJ0G_GYVYa7mruPmHL0JP5Zl6d1O1o9zGeC3GrLuDMUGFZ4QdPe_ELvoIoj6mmzFIX7loUCMmWmSIHQGqFmx5ZVhcB54APfVU/s320/96865.2.jpg)
Good, but get rid of the cave man, this reads too much like an action, and not enough like a character.
He says, so I give him this
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrJor8p-wd04UeNQrYWsqtrkM93YydapcmBMBRUzNzL5aoDMPYADwcleEXaMwoXrrJBTiImhzkX4c5D2Os2BfIqk3swbSGMqvEALYtSbrcB02KP1IEJgWBbEi1YBHcIUcti_8iqIdKiA/s320/96865-v32.jpg)
and the final...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ehGhEMjt6vJxYZsqm-0onco5OhnEJdqIHt3XZpDDK8heCjXPIrBON31vDGEUAiP5MoTDrf86CATXU6y3dkb2FLgHxQrENyc57wiLpKe7p2KUQ6qfVqCUJBpL0zViq65VvfSHyxH8WKE/s320/GleefulSouldrinker2_96865.jpg)
So that was my first adventure into MTG
5 comments:
You *DO* create creepy shit...
Glad to see the frequent posts!
ive always loved this one, but damn, no idea that it was your first gig... I am going to come back and buy this painting...
question: if you get hired to do this, thne are all the redraws in the contracted amount? or is it extra?
Tamara- no I don't ;)
Daniel- thanks man, new years eve at Ryans, you should come by
arnie- companies are all different, but in my experience sketch plus 2 revisions is standard contractual. I have never charged more for additional sketches, but then I have never had any unreasonable requests that I felt justified it.
It is nice to see that even our invincible instructor was nervous once. :-)
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