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The lines, the coloring, the texture…this compares with some of the stuff in print in some of the Dungeons & Dragons books. Do you like doing this style of art? If so, you should look up the freelance art submission info for Wizards of the Coast (D&D, Magic: the Gathering), Paizo (Pathfinder), Fantasy Flight Games (Dominion, many other fantasy games), and others. You’ll probably need a few more pieces in this style to submit as a portfolio.
Do you have friends who play Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: the Gathering, or other hobby board and card games?
You could flip through the Dungeons & Dragons books looking for ideas. The Player’s Handbooks usually have the various races and classes near the beginning with a few drawings for each. You can find a bunch more art in the magic and equipment chapters, but they sprinkle it throughout, so flip through. Also check out the Monster Manuals, which have creatures of all kinds, each illustrated. Both the older (but still popular) 3rd/3.5 edition and the current 4th edition have a wide variety of stuff to spark ideas, so look at whatever you can find.
Magic cards have a long history of interesting art. Each of the five colors (plus artifacts, if you count those) has a number of themes associated with it, which helps if you want a certain kind of inspiration. If your friends play, look through their decks or sort through their collections of unused cards. You can also look through the binders of single cards for sale at your friendly local game store.
You could also look through the rule books, cards, and boards for the hobby board and card games. The card game Dominion has a different theme in each set, with cards illustrated by different artists. Check out Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Bang!, Bohnanza, and the various Fluxx games for different ideas and art styles.
If you can get a portfolio together, submit it to Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games, and more if you can find them. Both companies usually use a more “realistic” style of art, like this piece, as opposed to your more cartoony usual style. But then I don’t know what products they have coming down the line, so it might not hurt to include a few cartoony pieces in your submissions as well.
You could flip through the Dungeons & Dragons books looking for ideas. The Player’s Handbooks usually have the various races and classes near the beginning with a few drawings for each. You can find a bunch more art in the magic and equipment chapters, but they sprinkle it throughout, so flip through. Also check out the Monster Manuals, which have creatures of all kinds, each illustrated. Both the older (but still popular) 3rd/3.5 edition and the current 4th edition have a wide variety of stuff to spark ideas, so look at whatever you can find.
Magic cards have a long history of interesting art. Each of the five colors (plus artifacts, if you count those) has a number of themes associated with it, which helps if you want a certain kind of inspiration. If your friends play, look through their decks or sort through their collections of unused cards. You can also look through the binders of single cards for sale at your friendly local game store.
You could also look through the rule books, cards, and boards for the hobby board and card games. The card game Dominion has a different theme in each set, with cards illustrated by different artists. Check out Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Bang!, Bohnanza, and the various Fluxx games for different ideas and art styles.
If you can get a portfolio together, submit it to Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games, and more if you can find them. Both companies usually use a more “realistic” style of art, like this piece, as opposed to your more cartoony usual style. But then I don’t know what products they have coming down the line, so it might not hurt to include a few cartoony pieces in your submissions as well.
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