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SteveArgyle — Bloodbraid Elf

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Description Here we have a lovely amazonian elf who's lost her way. Or perhaps found it.

For followers of Magic: the Gathering, this is a Naya vixen who found life in the barbaric wild of the jungle just a touch too safe and mundane. So she decided to venture to a place where you can become barbecue at any second, just because the land beneath you felt like burping.

I wanted to give her a sense of being an immersed immigrant. She's adopted much of the dress, customs, and ways of her new home, yet retains and incorporates her own history. Not entirely acculturated in this strange land.

For scheme, I thought it'd be fun to experiment with a mostly neutral subject on a highly saturated and active background. Kinda the opposite of what I usually do. It's amazing just how much color we perceive from context alone.

For Magic: the gathering, copyright Wizards of the Coast.

Art direction by Jeremy Jarvis.

Obsidian headdress by Sharphead, a division of Discount Bandages and Sutures Incorporated.
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Comments: 173

moonxels [2010-03-25 12:47:20 +0000 UTC]

good work here...

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Hellwolve [2010-03-25 12:43:30 +0000 UTC]

She looks really fierce, capable...Such body language

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Pietroigor In reply to ??? [2010-03-25 11:42:25 +0000 UTC]

Marvellous!

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mistakendestiny In reply to ??? [2010-03-25 11:39:10 +0000 UTC]

luuvv iiiiiitttt!!!!!

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kick0d0chik [2010-03-25 11:29:15 +0000 UTC]

The eyes are intense.

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Bihni [2010-03-25 11:27:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow °_°
That's really nice and realistic.
I have no words to translate this picture x.x
Good work!

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rubycanto [2010-03-25 10:59:28 +0000 UTC]

awesome!
the pose is epic and the background fantastic!
love all the details and the design!
very nice work, really!

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ChrisGarcia In reply to ??? [2010-03-25 10:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic...

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WuRscHtBr0T [2010-03-25 10:41:55 +0000 UTC]

luv it.

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vilssonify [2010-03-25 08:47:52 +0000 UTC]

cool!

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OokamiCloud [2010-03-25 07:42:04 +0000 UTC]

It makes me shiver!!! I love it <3

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jrdudedj [2010-03-25 07:21:16 +0000 UTC]

This looks as if it would be a Bloodbraid Elf reprint for maybe 11th Edition, i only make that assumption because the name you put. But it could easily be it's own because the new and unique features you gave her.

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Miracle-overloading In reply to jrdudedj [2010-03-25 19:08:36 +0000 UTC]

Nah.
They never do multi-colored for core sets.

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Phloris In reply to jrdudedj [2010-03-25 09:20:40 +0000 UTC]

It's from the promo And it's awesome. Beats the regular art any day.

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Randomguy1313 In reply to ??? [2010-03-25 07:02:35 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I just got this card today from my friend, The Comic Shop owner. I can't make it to FNM anymore, so he hooks me up w/the DCI cards he gets, as if I were there.

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Maeocy In reply to ??? [2010-03-25 06:28:45 +0000 UTC]

that's amazing! love the eyes.

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Kamis0ri In reply to ??? [2010-03-25 06:24:56 +0000 UTC]

awesome love how the paleness of on the skin doesnt make it look bad look awesome!!! wtb foil one for collection! xD

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iceman05 In reply to ??? [2010-03-25 05:38:52 +0000 UTC]

Awesome as usual, Mr. Argyle!

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LittleFoxStudio [2010-03-25 05:27:31 +0000 UTC]

That is one amazing painting. Great detail. The sharp jagged edges of the weapon. And the clothing and her eyes are gorgeous.

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jiro-tu-emo-shi-shio [2010-03-25 05:19:53 +0000 UTC]

amazing!

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TheLordDarkWolf [2010-03-25 05:13:09 +0000 UTC]

great amount of detail on that

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SyntheticTwiLight [2010-03-25 05:10:19 +0000 UTC]

gr8!

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