[2D] Magic cards - Dwarven deck project

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Don't forget to scroll through the thread to see the updated paintings!

Hello everyone! I'm jordy lakiere(portfolio,facebook), a freelance artist from Belgium I needed a new project and recently got back into MTG. When I realised there aren't many (modern) dwarf cards, it seemed like an awful shame. I discovered a bunch of them but they are really old, and decided to make a little dwarf deck/set. (not a full deck obv.)

This is mostly practice for card illustration work, maybe even to actually work with wizards (would be great), but also for fun. I'll be designing the actual cards with gameplay mechanics and such too (I'm not a huge magic player so I might be bad at this part)


Please let me know what you think! I'd love ALL the feedback I can get, mostly on the art, but on the card desigs too.

The list of cards I'm making is as follows:
(titles may change)

Dwarven Onager Crew
Dwarven Warriors
Dwarven Llama Riders
Dwarven Slavers
Metallurgic Prowess
Torture
Dungeon

Here's an example of a card with a temporary speedpaint for the art!



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Dwarven Onager Crew - Creature - dwarf



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Dwarven Llama Riders - Creature - dwarf




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Dwarven Warriors- Creature - dwarf



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Dwarven Slavers - Creature - dwarf



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Metallurgic Prowess - Instant



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Torture - Sorcery



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Dungeon - enchantment



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MikeSeguin

As a Magic player, this interests me!

What is the core mechanic of your Dwarves? What is their specialty?

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I have an ability planned called "Enslave" that puts enemy creatures under your control as 0/1's, with some basic ability (like tap for mana) instead of killing them, where the player can buy them back for its mana cost (or something)

And of course some cards that play off it like torture/dungeon to give the enslaved cards bonuses and such. Not sure of the details yet, it can't be overpowered or anything! Input welcome

LANKUS MAXIMUS

These are awesome.

I look forward to your developments.

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Thanks a ton man!

Updates All prone to change and feedback is very welcome!

Color comps:




Started to actually paint this one: