Topic: jamfamsam's art ranking by committee (Read 164633 times)

jamfamsam · « **Reply #625 on:** August 07, 2016, 05:22:04 pm »

#29 - Market Square

We like the effect of the long shadows.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #626 on:** August 07, 2016, 05:24:11 pm »

#28 - Hero

Hero tops the Page-line art. One of my daughters is still going ballistic over her going into combat with her hair down. It's a valid point, but certainly not worth getting the blood pressure up over.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #627 on:** August 07, 2016, 05:56:07 pm »

#27 - Silk Road

Nice lighting, soft lines, and a great feel make this easy on the eyes. One daughter said the oxen look like overstuffed pigs. Blah, blah.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #628 on:** August 07, 2016, 05:58:54 pm »

#26 - Annex

This is a serious shift in feel from Silk Road. The barbarian warrior on the left is rushing headlong into a spear in the face. This is a very compact battlefield, but how would we know about what battles were actually like back then?

jamfamsam · « **Reply #629 on:** August 07, 2016, 06:00:28 pm »

#25 - Bazaar

Not sure what the guy just off the foreground is dragging behind him. We might expect a little more of a crowd at the bazaar. Great art.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #630 on:** August 07, 2016, 07:14:53 pm »

#24 - Groundskeeper

As has been posted elsewhere, we thought her attire is out of the proper time period. The art is great. The gloves and shirt just don't seem to fit. Someone will now post a painting of some art back then showing someone dressed similarly, but that's what we think.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #631 on:** August 07, 2016, 07:16:17 pm »

#23 - Watchtower

The predominance of cool colors fits nicely with the blue border. We have some weird ghost fog emanating from the tower door.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #632 on:** August 07, 2016, 07:17:31 pm »

#22 - Pathfinding

We used the corrected art, not the original.

It's a little dark. Great capture of the feel of being out in the wild. One daughter said this reminded her of an ad for Assassin's Creed.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #633 on:** August 07, 2016, 07:19:30 pm »

#21 - Potion

Top billing for the new base card art. I love this art. My daughters were bothered that the potion is bluer at the top than the bottom and something about the bubbles on the table.

Tomorrow we'll start our top 20.

McGarnacle · « **Reply #634 on:** August 08, 2016, 06:47:57 am »

Quote from: jamfamsam on August 07, 2016, 05:20:15 pm

#30 - Overgrown Estate

The two dandelion flowers look like eyes.

Someone is getting paranoid.

Seprix · « **Reply #635 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:58:27 am »

Quote from: McGarnacle on August 08, 2016, 06:47:57 am

Quote from: jamfamsam on August 07, 2016, 05:20:15 pm
#30 - Overgrown Estate

The two dandelion flowers look like eyes.

Someone is getting paranoid.

We are witnessing the collapse of the human mind under the stress of the never finished ongoing series of ranking the Dominion card art.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #636 on:** August 08, 2016, 01:09:10 pm »

Quote from: McGarnacle on August 08, 2016, 06:47:57 am

Quote from: jamfamsam on August 07, 2016, 05:20:15 pm
#30 - Overgrown Estate

The two dandelion flowers look like eyes.

Someone is getting paranoid.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #637 on:** August 08, 2016, 01:09:46 pm »

Quote from: Seprix on August 08, 2016, 10:58:27 am

Quote from: McGarnacle on August 08, 2016, 06:47:57 am
Quote from: jamfamsam on August 07, 2016, 05:20:15 pm
#30 - Overgrown Estate

The two dandelion flowers look like eyes.

Someone is getting paranoid.

We are witnessing the collapse of the human mind under the stress of the ~~never~~ soon to be finished ongoing series of ranking the Dominion card art.

FTFY.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #638 on:** August 08, 2016, 01:11:21 pm »

#20 - Rebuild

I'd never paid any attention to Rebuild's art until now. It's very good. We love the detail including the giant broccoli stalks in the lower right corner.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #639 on:** August 08, 2016, 01:14:15 pm »

#19 - Pilgrimage

The predominance of brown works well here. The random white flower in the lower right is an interesting touch. My daughters want to know where all the gear is. I'm not sure it's a necessary inclusion.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #640 on:** August 08, 2016, 01:16:34 pm »

#18 - Summon

We love the elegance of the art. Why the butterfly, my daughters ask? I say, why not a butterfly? It fits beautifully.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #641 on:** August 08, 2016, 01:18:35 pm »

#17 - Inheritance

This could be a scene from Pride and Prejudice or name your other favorite Jane Austin-style chick flick. We all love it.

That is the end of group B.

Donald X. · « **Reply #642 on:** August 08, 2016, 04:05:59 pm »

Quote from: jamfamsam on August 08, 2016, 01:16:34 pm

Why the butterfly, my daughters ask?

http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=13659.msg523565#msg523565

jamfamsam · « **Reply #643 on:** August 08, 2016, 06:48:48 pm »

#16 - Beggar

This is the start of group A, 16 cards. These are the best Dominion has to offer, heavily weighted by female teenage opinion, of course.

A little dark and a lot of brown. Only a cold-hearted person could pass this guy by without dropping a little coinage in his cup.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #644 on:** August 08, 2016, 06:50:53 pm »

#15 - Cartographer

Absolutely love the way the lighting is portrayed in this picture. Excellent detail on the maps and tools. This is the guy you'd want to make your maps.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #645 on:** August 08, 2016, 06:53:40 pm »

#14 - Courtyard

Is it Snow White sitting by the well singing Someday My Prince Will Come? We love the placement and depiction, nice relaxing place.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #646 on:** August 09, 2016, 11:50:22 am »

#13 - Village

Here is the most iconic art in all of Dominiondom.

As we were looking at this card, one of my daughters said, "Oh, this looks exactly like the art on one of your game boxes!"

Yes, Dominion.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #647 on:** August 09, 2016, 11:52:05 am »

#12 - Opulent Castle

Reminiscent of the Disney Castle, only much more substantial. This is the castle people dream of living in.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #648 on:** August 09, 2016, 11:54:18 am »

#11 - Triumphal Arch

Frequently in art like this, the masses of people don't get much in the way of uniqueness. Not so here. Great capture of the mood of triumphal entry.

Down to the top 10 now.

jamfamsam · « **Reply #649 on:** August 09, 2016, 07:05:52 pm »

#10 - Madman

What's not to love about the eccentricity of Madman? The duck with the eye matching the madman (they say people and their pets start to look similar), the toad, the random skull are all awesome.

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