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[ragingduckd]

Goko has some pretty hi-res versions of the card artwork. Much better than from scanned cards anyway.

They're all at URLs like this: http://playdominion.com/Dominion/CardBuilder/img/illustration/kingsCourt.jpg

 

[michaeljb]

Back in January, I did a little shell scripting and got (I believe) all the art downloaded. Guess I need to go get Guilds now, and maybe use all those images for...something.

edit: Here's where you can get the images I downloaded - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1qTpXqWjW9sTk5NbkxiUUpjOVU

[SCSN]

[Asper]

Finally i can have my Chancellor/Harem/Navigator/Baker wallpaper!

No seriously, thanks for the find. I was never able to see where each sign on Crossroads points to, and now i can. (Essen & Rio Rancho).

[Archetype]

Overgrown Estate is beautiful!

[Robz888]

[Powerman]

[Watno]

[mail-mi]

Look it's me!

[Watno]

Why does Walled Village have a different format?

[heron]

[Kirian]

Why does Walled Village have a different format?

Artist's preference I assume.  I believe the same artists were asked to do the "Ruined" versions that had done the originals.  I'm frankly impressed by the detailed perspective change between Walled Village and Ruined Village.  It's just perfect.

[Awaclus]

Why does Walled Village have a different format?

Artist's preference I assume.  I believe the same artists were asked to do the "Ruined" versions that had done the originals.  I'm frankly impressed by the detailed perspective change between Walled Village and Ruined Village.  It's just perfect.

And it fits very well with the Carcassonne reference, too.

[markusin]

That sure looks like one strange siege weapon.

[Asper]

Abandoned mine reminds me a lot of old B&W movie Nosferatu, specifically the stairway scene. The more i look at it, the creepier it gets. I mean, obviously the mine is "abandoned", but while we see a person with a light in the background, there's this other shadow, too... Lurking... Somebody tell me i'm not seing things.

[SirPeebles]

     

[SirPeebles]

[jsh357]

Wow.  I never really appreciated some of this art until seeing it up close.  A lot of it is truly good stuff. 

[SirPeebles]

http://play.goko.com/Dominion/CardBuilder/img/illustration/cheeseMaker.jpg

[eHalcyon]

http://play.goko.com/Dominion/CardBuilder/img/illustration/cheeseMaker.jpg

Put it in image tags.



Looks more like a cheese vendor to me.

[Kirian]

     

I had never noticed that on Scrying Pool or on Pillage.  Wow!

[SirPeebles]

That sure looks like one strange siege weapon.

That's a fortress from two different perspectives.

[SirPeebles]

(Young Witch)

I'd never noticed that was a familiar on her shoulder.

[ragingduckd]

From the artist's website:

[SirPeebles]

[Archetype]

Still not my style.

[markusin]

That sure looks like one strange siege weapon.

That's a fortress from two different perspectives.

Whoops. That's embarrassing for me since I have actually taken a Mechanical Drawing course. So I guess remodeling an Estate into a Fortress would be very thematic.

I always noticed the Village on Pillage, but never on Scrying Pool.

[Awaclus]

   

Pillage the Village!

[GwinnR]

Why does Walled Village have a different format?

Why is Ruined Village the Walled Village and not Village?
Why is Ruined Market the Grand Market and not Market?
And WHY don't the links work for me, if I change them???

[SCSN]

[ragingduckd]

If "Abandoned Mine" is abandoned, then why is there still at least two guys in it?

[SirPeebles]

If "Abandoned Mine" is abandoned, then why is there still at least two guys in it?

I think it's just one person.  The man in the background is holding a lantern slightly behind himself, and the shadow in the foreground appears to be his shadow.  You can tell from the shadows along the wooden supports that the lightsource is from the back, rather than from the foreground.

[GwinnR]

If "Abandoned Mine" is abandoned, then why is there still at least two guys in it?

I think it's just one person.  The man in the background is holding a lantern slightly behind himself, and the shadow in the foreground appears to be his shadow.  You can tell from the shadows along the wooden supports that the lightsource is from the back, rather than from the foreground.

For me it doesn't seem, that he holds the lantern behind himself. His arm is in front of him. But even if, it makes no sense, that we see his arm, which holds the lantern, in another position as the real man does; and if so, there had to be a shadow for the real man, to the shadow in the foreground. I think this is just the shadow of the man who takes the picture.

And there are two guys in, because they are discovering it right now after hundreds of years. You know, people like visiting Ruins ;-)

[Stealth Tomato]

   

While most or all of the Ruined versions appear to be redrawn, Pillage clearly draws over the Village art--nothing in the background has changed except the clouds on the left, the new characters in the foreground conveniently cover the former ones, and even the cloud on the right is exactly the same.

[Watno]

Doesn't quite fit

[sudgy]

Doesn't quite fit

If you quote it and preview it, you see that it doesn't even fit with each other...

[sudgy]

Wait, zoom out!  That works!

But they still don't fit with each other...

[eHalcyon]

You can see from the coastline on the left that Pirate Ship should overlap Island, and the rocks of Native Village mean that it should be positioned lower relative to PS (which looks like it overlaps NV as well). 

[zporiri]

When you hold the 3 mats (native village, pirate ship, island) together, they form one continuous picture. maybe the pictures aren't aligning correctly here, or maybe the pictures on the cards are cropped a little.

[eHalcyon]

When you hold the 3 mats (native village, pirate ship, island) together, they form one continuous picture. maybe the pictures aren't aligning correctly here, or maybe the pictures on the cards are cropped a little.

Looking at [scans of] the actual cards shows the same thing.  Pirate Ship has to overlap the two others, and NV has to be positioned lower.

[sudgy]

I'm pretty sure that was made like that just to make the cards look good, I know they're supposed to line up.

[eHalcyon]

I'm pretty sure that was made like that just to make the cards look good, I know they're supposed to line up.

They line up for the mats, which are cropped differently:

[ipofanes]

Can't help thinking of fascist propaganda posters.

[Asper]

Can't help thinking of fascist propaganda posters.

Here you go:



Edit:Poster text is english.

[Asper]

If "Abandoned Mine" is abandoned, then why is there still at least two guys in it?

I think it's just one person.  The man in the background is holding a lantern slightly behind himself, and the shadow in the foreground appears to be his shadow.  You can tell from the shadows along the wooden supports that the lightsource is from the back, rather than from the foreground.

Then why does the shadow have two visible hands, when one of them would have to be behind him/invisible and one above his hand, with a latern's shadow? It also doesn't seem to work out for the light to go that way, and the pile and beam in the middle have no shadow in that direction, either. Nosferatu creeping in the mines is much more plausible

[SirPeebles]

I only see one hand.

[ragingduckd]

Can't help thinking of fascist propaganda posters.

Here you go:



Edit:Poster text is english.

This deserves way more upvotes. I'm just gonna upvote Asper's other posts at random.

[eHalcyon]

This deserves way more upvotes. I'm just gonna upvote Asper's other posts at random.

Exout jokes get all the upvotes.

[Kirian]

If "Abandoned Mine" is abandoned, then why is there still at least two guys in it?

I think it's just one person.  The man in the background is holding a lantern slightly behind himself, and the shadow in the foreground appears to be his shadow.  You can tell from the shadows along the wooden supports that the lightsource is from the back, rather than from the foreground.

Then why does the shadow have two visible hands, when one of them would have to be behind him/invisible and one above his hand, with a latern's shadow? It also doesn't seem to work out for the light to go that way, and the pile and beam in the middle have no shadow in that direction, either. Nosferatu creeping in the mines is much more plausible

There are twelve people in this picture.  Eleven of them are time-shifted by a second or two in either direction, and one of those people in casting the "extra" shadow.

[ConMan]

Edit:Poster text is english.

But transliterated into Greek, presumably using the Symbol font. So a bit jarring for anyone who can recognise the difference between Greek and Cyrillic letters, and were expecting the latter.

[ipofanes]

Edit:Poster text is english.

Nobodsp likes Schout?

Do you have inserted Χρυσή Αυγή symbolism?

Very nice, but the fortress you deleted was part of the experience to me.

[Kirian]

I think it's just one person.  The man in the background is holding a lantern slightly behind himself, and the shadow in the foreground appears to be his shadow.  You can tell from the shadows along the wooden supports that the lightsource is from the back, rather than from the foreground.

Then why does the shadow have two visible hands, when one of them would have to be behind him/invisible and one above his hand, with a latern's shadow? It also doesn't seem to work out for the light to go that way, and the pile and beam in the middle have no shadow in that direction, either. Nosferatu creeping in the mines is much more plausible

There are twelve people in this picture.  Eleven of them are time-shifted by a second or two in either direction, and one of those people in casting the "extra" shadow.

Seriously, though.  Vashta Narada.  In the shadows.  Stay out of the damned shadows or you're gonna have a bad time.

[Asper]

I think it's just one person.  The man in the background is holding a lantern slightly behind himself, and the shadow in the foreground appears to be his shadow.  You can tell from the shadows along the wooden supports that the lightsource is from the back, rather than from the foreground.

Then why does the shadow have two visible hands, when one of them would have to be behind him/invisible and one above his hand, with a latern's shadow? It also doesn't seem to work out for the light to go that way, and the pile and beam in the middle have no shadow in that direction, either. Nosferatu creeping in the mines is much more plausible

There are twelve people in this picture.  Eleven of them are time-shifted by a second or two in either direction, and one of those people in casting the "extra" shadow.

Seriously, though.  Vashta Narada.  In the shadows.  Stay out of the damned shadows or you're gonna have a bad time.

Another theory: The shadow below his chest is in fact not a hand, but an alien bursting from his stomach!

Edit:Poster text is english.

But transliterated into Greek, presumably using the Symbol font. So a bit jarring for anyone who can recognise the difference between Greek and Cyrillic letters, and were expecting the latter.

Edit:Poster text is english.

Nobodsp likes Schout?

Do you have inserted Χρυσή Αυγή symbolism?

Very nice, but the fortress you deleted was part of the experience to me.

I didn't seem to have a cyrillic font and know neither cyrillic nor greek letters too well. The poster wasn't aimed at anything specific, though. More like a mashup of images and colors left from history class to give a certain impression.

And sorry about the Fortress comrade, but trashing it was a necessary step to get it in our great leader's hands...

Edit: And yes, ipofanes, that's what the text wants to say.

[SirPeebles]

I assumed it was a commentary on Greek fascism.  I associate Cyrillic most strongly with Russian, which in turn has a stronger historical association with communism.

[pst]

Nice!

The base cards aren't there, neither the traditional nor those from Base Cards (at least not with names I could guess). There is a picture platinum.jpg, but that one is empty, and a province.jpg, but that is actually Gardens again!

But otherwise all cards are there, and also this for Knights:


(Is that a signature in the grass on the right?)

[Watno]

That's the knights randomizer

[Kirian]

Nice!

The base cards aren't there, neither the traditional nor those from Base Cards (at least not with names I could guess). There is a picture platinum.jpg, but that one is empty, and a province.jpg, but that is actually Gardens again!

But otherwise all cards are there, and also this for Knights:

(Is that a signature in the grass on the right?)

Signed grass was common in the late middle ages and early Renaissance, mainly in Italy and France. </Cliff Clavin>

[Asper]

Just noticed the flags at the left look like the usual dominion symbol in green instead of blue. Good to distract from the ugly spectators below them

I assumed it was a commentary on Greek fascism.  I associate Cyrillic most strongly with Russian, which in turn has a stronger historical association with communism.

I guess i'll not explain it in detail - at the end it'll just make me feel i've put way too little effort in it... 

[PSGarak]

Just noticed the flags at the left look like the usual dominion symbol in green instead of blue. Good to distract from the ugly spectators below them

I assumed it was a commentary on Greek fascism.  I associate Cyrillic most strongly with Russian, which in turn has a stronger historical association with communism.

I guess i'll not explain it in detail - at the end it'll just make me feel i've put way too little effort in it... 

Well if you want to continue putting a little effort into it, here's some quick & dirty real cyrillic letters, using Unicode, not fonts:

Phonetic approximation: Нобьди лейкс Скаут
Character-based transliteration: Нободу ликес Скоут

[ragingduckd]

I assumed it was a commentary on Greek fascism.  I associate Cyrillic most strongly with Russian, which in turn has a stronger historical association with communism.

I guess i'll not explain it in detail - at the end it'll just make me feel i've put way too little effort in it... 

Well if you want to continue putting a little effort into it, here's some quick & dirty real cyrillic letters, using Unicode, not fonts:

Phonetic approximation: Нобьди лейкс Скаут
Character-based transliteration: Нободу ликес Скоут

It's all Greek to me.

[Asper]

Just noticed the flags at the left look like the usual dominion symbol in green instead of blue. Good to distract from the ugly spectators below them

I assumed it was a commentary on Greek fascism.  I associate Cyrillic most strongly with Russian, which in turn has a stronger historical association with communism.

I guess i'll not explain it in detail - at the end it'll just make me feel i've put way too little effort in it... 

Well if you want to continue putting a little effort into it, here's some quick & dirty real cyrillic letters, using Unicode, not fonts:

Phonetic approximation: Нобьди лейкс Скаут
Character-based transliteration: Нободу ликес Скоут

I don't know. I feel it's like ragingduckd implied, the sentence is easier to recognize in "greek".

Also as i said it was never intended to be aimed at a certain original, it was more of a collage of impressions. I allready figured that maybe i should have made the sun white and the "D" pure black to strengthen the german element... I like that kind of what's-from-where puzzle, but there's no accounting for taste, i guess...
Anyhow, nothing's perfect, so i guess i'll just leave it be and be content with it. Thanks for the translation, though

[NoMoreFun]

Red sash and dagger

[eHalcyon]

Rogue's not related though.

[GwinnR]

Did you know this is Province?:

[pst]

Did you know this is Province?:

Yes, I mentioned that before it was cool!

[mail-mi]

Anybody else ever notice that the head in the Secret Chamber looks a lot like the one in Harry Potter?

[yuma]

Anybody else ever notice that the head in the Secret Chamber looks a lot like the one in Harry Potter?

Totally!

[eHalcyon]

Intentional reference? 

[werothegreat]

I still contend there's a bearded lady in the Market Square artwork, though I'm too lazy to prove it to you all right now.

[Kirian]

Intentional reference? 

Can't possibly not be intentional.  Though I don't think we're going to get Word of God confirmation.

[SirPeebles]

Intentional reference? 

Can't possibly not be intentional.  Though I don't think we're going to get Word of God confirmation.

Possibly they are each referencing some other common source?

[pst]

It seems like an obvious association for inspiration: Secret Chamber → Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

[Grujah]

Anybody else ever notice that the head in the Secret Chamber looks a lot like the one in Harry Potter?

omg there is a pair of evil-looking eyes lurking int that shelf!

[yuma]

I still contend there's a bearded lady in the Market Square artwork, though I'm too lazy to prove it to you all right now.

Definitely is a lady. Either a beard or some funky shadowing. I am willing to accept bearded.

[heron]

It's just a shadow. Zoom in.

[SirPeebles]

It's just a shadow. Zoom in.

5 o' clock shadow? 

[Grujah]

Other shadows are 10-11 o clock..

[Wrclass]

I still contend there's a bearded lady in the Market Square artwork, though I'm too lazy to prove it to you all right now.

Definitely is a lady. Either a beard or some funky shadowing. I am willing to accept bearded.

Beard.

[Kirian]

Other shadows are 10-11 o clock..

In other news, English idioms don't translate well to other languages.

"Five o'clock shadow" refers to beard stubble.  The idea being that on a thickly bearded man, he'll have stubble by the end of the workday after shaving in the morning

[Asper]

Other shadows are 10-11 o clock..

In other news, English idioms don't translate well to other languages.

"Five o'clock shadow" refers to beard stubble.  The idea being that on a thickly bearded man, he'll have stubble by the end of the workday after shaving in the morning

I learned something today.

[Kirian]

Other shadows are 10-11 o clock..

In other news, English idioms don't translate well to other languages.

"Five o'clock shadow" refers to beard stubble.  The idea being that on a thickly bearded man, he'll have stubble by the end of the workday after shaving in the morning

I learned something today.

My work here is complete!

[mail-mi]

the link doesn't work anymore/.

[michaeljb]

the link doesn't work anymore/.

s/.goko/dominion

That is, replace "play.goko.com" with "playdominion.com" and it will work.

[yed]

Fixed first post:

Goko has some pretty hi-res versions of the card artwork. Much better than from scanned cards anyway.

They're all at URLs like this: http://playdominion.com/Dominion/CardBuilder/img/illustration/kingsCourt.jpg

[KingZog3]

Does Goko have the names of the artists anywhere? I have never seen them online but if I were one of the artists I would want my name on the inline version. It's fairly rude of them not to put them up.

[michaeljb]

Back in January, I did a little shell scripting and got (I believe) all the art downloaded. Guess I need to go get Guilds now, and maybe use all those images for...something.

I've received multiple requests for the images I mentioned here. I think all the images I have are on the wiki, but here's this: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1qTpXqWjW9sTk5NbkxiUUpjOVU