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SteveArgyle — Jace's Ingenuity
Published: 2011-06-24 21:02:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 75607; Favourites: 1724; Downloads: 2570
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Jace Belerin. Master mixologist, blue things enthusiast, and literal plumbing wizard.Here we see Jace in a dreamlike moment of introspection and invention. Unlike me, this sort of dream does not cause Jace to wet the bed.
There aren't many paintings of Jace in which he's actually wielding his element - it's usually just glowy blue squiggles. I've always liked rendering challenges. And water is one of the toughies. So I decided to go just bonkers with it.
Check out the original sketch for how overboard I almost went with this, when it had been planned as a textless, vertical format card.
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For Magic: the Gathering. Copyright Wizards of the Coast. Art directed by Jeremy Jarvis.
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Because water is hard to work with in a photoshoot, for reference we used collected alien drool-spooge, slathered onto saran wrap, dried with a hairdryer, and bent into shape. Special thanks to H. R. Giger for letting us borrow a few aliens for the day.
Our condolences to Ensign Johnny Redofshirt, who did not realize what his brief, but passionate love affair with a charming face-hugger would ultimatly mean.
And congratulations Ms. Facehugger Redofshirt, on your new baby!
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Comments: 157
DEAR GOD, that's glorious. Holy tacos.
Are you going to be at GenCon again this year? I think I need a print of this.
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Definitely. I wouldn't miss Gen Con for much of anything.
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YES. Then I will absolutely come and visit you again and buy more stuff from you.
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Awesome. See you there!
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Is this the new art for Jace's Ingenuity? I like this one a lot
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Yep! Promo for Friday Night Magic, I think.
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This is just great.
Did you use Zbrush to help you with the creation of the water elements or did you paint it all by hand?
Very impressive!
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Not zBrush, but yes, I did use some 3D. Basically, I did a fluid simulation to make a sheet of water, then I deformed it all into place, set up a render in the same sort of way a photographer would a splash shot, and used that for my reference.
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It worked really well!
The final result looks really complex and dynamic.
Thanks for replying.
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This might be the most awesomest M:tG painting ever.
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My..... GAWD.... the water!!!! Where did you even begin?!?!?! Seriously, THAT is 12 kinds of impressive
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Very very very impressive ! Blue is my favorite color, so I admire a lot this gorgeous artwork !
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mr redofshirt will be missed.....maybe.....not really.....wait who were we talkin bout again?
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This art is better than the original. Kudos, Steve. You once again did an amazing job.
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This is simply amazing! This makes me want to paint and get better.
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Awesum water effects~
You can remove Jace anytime... so. tired. of. him. already.
Unless you know, you painted him only in speedos and stuff... fits with the water
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Plop!
Into the faves.
This son of a gun is hard to draw, you did a magnificeint job on him man, really unique look - can see your trying some new things and its awesome.
Next level stuff
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stop making more cards i have to collect in foil! lol nice job love it!
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oh my goodness, this is gorgeous. koodos!
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Your comments are every bit as entertaining as your art is awe inspiring.
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That is absolutely incredible. Colours and detail are stunning as always.
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This was a mad success sir, the water looks like water and Jace looks ballin'. As per usual. This is what the art for Mindsculptor should be, in my opinion. Where would I field a question about your playmats?
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Quickest way to get a response from me is through my website email. (I try to keep up with my DA messages, but... yeah. Not super great about that.)
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Alright, thank you good to know.
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the water looks really phenomenal.
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wow that is very cool . i cant stop staring at it. great job
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One of your best and creative yet! It's good to go overboard sometimes! Especially with digital work--you can always scale back later, right?
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Gad I cannot wait to see this in card form. This is just mind-blowing, which, when considering who the subject is, is probably perfect!
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Wonderful work, a big fan of your art and your style. At this moment my apartment is full of MTG players and they are all in awe of this art.
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"Unlike me, this sort of dream does not cause Jace to wet the bed. " hahaha, that made me laugh
Impressive work as always !
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Simply incredible! Any chance we can see some close ups?
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There's a wallpaper up on my website with a bit more detail.
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Cool, thanks for the info. I'll check it out!
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Wow. I don't even know what to say to this. Dare I ask how many sleepless nights this imposed on you?
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Do you have any tutorials or step-by-steps anywhere? I can never begin to figure out how you get the results you get...awesome piece!
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On my website, I've got links to Youtube videos of tutorials and time-lapse paintings.
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Awesome, thanks a lot
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Brilliant! 
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You've blown my mind with this one..
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