MtG D&D Art: Tyler Jacobson TIAMAT Auction

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UPDATE: We are at $3500.00. Auction time. Well this was an unexpected preview today. I am honored to offer the original sketch for Tiamat the legendary dragon god of the Forgotten Realms world that will appear in the upcoming DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS Magic the Gathering set. Picture of original painting is just for illustrative purposes and not part of the auction. It is graphite and prismacolor on an acrylic ground on 15 by 20 inch illustrations board . Starting the auction now and it ends at 11:30pm Eastern New York time on Tuesday May 11th. We are looking for a $1000 opening bid. Please bid in $50 minimum increases. Any bid made within the last 10 minutes of the end will cause the auction to extend 10 minutes from that bid time until there are no bids for a full 10 minutes. If I do not know you and you have no reference in the art market, you will be required to make a fully refundable 10% deposit (if you loose) on Pay Pal. This is for the safety of all bidders. Payment will be made directly to Tyler by bank transfer, or Pay Pal friends or family, or Pay Pal purchase adding 4%. If international, payment must be made by bank wire transfer. Shipping will be by UPS or Fed Ex and price will depend on final price and where you are located on this planet. Pm me, Mark Aronowitz. Thanks, Mark and Tyler Jacobson. PS. Tyler and I are taking offers on the original painting at the moment. It will be sold by offer at this point.

There are nine Jewels of Neverwinter as well as nine bodyguards to previous Lords of the city, coincidence?

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there are nine Jewels of Neverwinter as well as nine bodyguards to previous Lords of the city (the Neverwinter Nine). Is this coincidence or does the number nine hold greater significance in the City of Skilled Hands? It holds greater significance beyond those. As well as being a friendly hello to my friend Roger Zelazny, of Nine Black Doves and Nine Princes In Amber fame.
I'll check my NDAs to see what more I can tell you…(may take a few days)…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 2, 2021

What is highest level at which you’ve started a multi-session D&D campaign?

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What is highest level at which you’ve started a multi-session #DnD campaign? #TTRPG

— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) January 19, 2021

My favorite thing to do as a DM is to make wildly creative choices for an NPCs voice and…

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My favorite thing to do as a DM is to make wildly creative choices for an NPCs voice and then 👏NEVER 👏REMEMBER 👏WHAT👏IT👏WAS👏AGAIN

— Gay Warl©k | 5etrash.com (@5etrash) May 3, 2021

“Xanathar Key Art” from the brief to the fantastic final illustration!

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“Xanathar Key Art” for #MTGDND
AD Mari Hall

The only piece I illustrated for the D&D crossover, this was a difficult but very rewarding packaging piece, and I was more than happy to paint my boy Xanathar again! It might be the only, but I feel I made it count. Thread ->Might not be the best idea to share the exact briefs, so here's my short version. Was also approached to paint an actual Xani card but… last summer was tough. I did good work for Strix but fam and work stuff burned me out. Needed time away. It's a bit of a shame because -> pic.twitter.com/XDe05KzDhx

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

D&D is much closer to my heart than MTG, actually have experience paying it/ttrpgs. but like I said, this was a large image that speaks to the heart of rpg adventuring, so no regrets. I needed that time to rest. Here’s my very rough pencil sketches: The brief initially called for the party to be mostly on the left, with Xanathar on the right. I sent in a couple options, with one that featured Xani a bit closer to the middle. Would be hard to show the party essentially from behind, but I felt a central comp might be better pic.twitter.com/AOVScjeIpe

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

The first revision I sent addressed the issue of priority. the beholder needed to be the star. One option is to make him bigger, the other is to make him more central. I sent both these options inThis 3rd revision focused on pulling the viewer more into the scene. I loved painting the cover for Xanathar's guide to everything, and it was a treat to try to add more world-building to his lair. pic.twitter.com/tWuQog2qpA

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

Last one. Fish under Xani for centrality, snaking ice magic. Bard’s in the BG as she’s featured prominently in other art I was given as ref. If she was closer I would 100% asked @christinabindon to model for her, as from what I’ve seen I think they look really similar XD Since he's the star, figured I may as well make a clay model of Xanathar. started with a stick + tin foil ball core around it as a base for mounting, then sculpted and painted a basic Xani adding clear nail polish for the wet bits. no teeth or stalks, too fiddly + didnt need them pic.twitter.com/tTnUvqp3mm

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

And ice! Transparent reflective objects like ice, glass gems etc don’t behave like opaque items in terms of lighting. So I got some fake ice chunks from the craft store and lit them below (for the magic) and warmly from the tops and sides for the fire. I wanted this to be a more high-detailed piece so I took my time with my figure reference too (except for the paladin, I don't have plate armor :P) I used a couple apps to help with lighting and skin tones for the mage. A free-to-use 3d model helped with the bg pic.twitter.com/plmDugZ4Nk

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

Particularly fun was attempting a minimal representation of the various items on Xanathar’s desk as per the cover I illustrated previouslySketch time – start with simple shapes and gesture, and bit by bit resketch the whole scene. I'm trying to capture the gestures and energy of my reference without sticking too closely. My energy and body type might not be perfect for the scene as is pic.twitter.com/s5gBj1PCGr

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

A gif of the sketch progress. You’ll notice i used some weird perspective lines for a moment there. What I’m trying to do is to make sure all of the figures when placed in perspective are the correct relative sizes ->It's not that hard to achieve, if you take a look at this old eggy tutorial 🙂 pic.twitter.com/JVOwZrVrSq

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

Second gif, it's tough to show gif progress for this one as I regularly merged and re-saved things. it's a large file, and I was worried of crashes. I was so happy with my maquette I essentially dropped it in and painted over it. pic.twitter.com/Ah4W7ztffK

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

Details! I loved the idea of Xanathar's goldfish being ready to fight. "let me at them!", as it presses it's head menacingly against the side of his bowl. pic.twitter.com/EhQoTE3Eyh

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

This thread and the feedback is getting out of hand! Just letting you know that while I might not be able to keep up with the comments, I really appreciate all the kind words 🙂

— Jason Rainville (@rhineville) May 7, 2021

Kara-tur: Any new development on it?

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I’m very interested to hear your thoughts about Kara-tur. I have been working on an east asian based setting but I realized you had one. Any new development on it? Kara-Tur isn't "mine." It was developed by TSR staff designers and grafted onto the Realms. On my own, I would never have included ANY so-close-to-real-world analogues into the Realms. Thay was as close as I went to any "flavour" of eastern warm environments.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 22, 2021

So what you’re saying is in your version of Thay, there’s samurai and ninja? (or equivalents to them at least) No, that's NOT what I'm saying. Samurai and ninjas are real-world historical, though Hollywood has messed with them a lot.
I was speaking of NOT doing real-world analogues.
Thay has assassins working for the government, nobles, and anyone wealthy enough to hire them.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 23, 2021

Well, your personal Faerun has Celtic influence, for example. Is there no region in the original Realms that has influence of other cultures myths? Also, if Toril has a tie to Earth, why wouldn’t there be some analogous parts? Many places in the Realms have been influenced by real-Earth historical cultures, thanks to all the gates/portals between Earth and the Realms, now disused (hence the "Forgotten" part of the name).
But that's a very far cry from direct real-world analogues.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 1, 2021

In the Eye of the Beholder game, the original Xanathar’s lair was below a drow colony… How much would you consider canonical?

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@TheEdVerse Hey Ed! Hope you're doing well. In the Eye of the Beholder game, the original Xanathar's lair was below a drow colony, a thri-kreen hive, a lost dwarf kingdom and much more. How much would you consider canonical? And which dwarf clan was Prince Kiergar part of?

— Xorinite Wisp (@XoriniteWisp) February 11, 2021

1)
It was all canonical—for that lair.
By 1459 DR, the thri-keen are long gone, and the relatively few surviving drow relocated to Skullport and lower levels of Undermountain. The lost dwarf kingdom is similarly abandoned, though… 2)
…some of the passages and chambers remain (others were collapsed, leading to these particular dwarves departing Undermountain for “safer” Underdark areas near Secomber).
Prince Kiergar is of Clan Hallowstone, a clan cobbled…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 13, 2021

3)
…together by his father Kruen and uncles (all dead by the time of the EYE game) from outcasts and wandering clanless dwarves. They claimed to be descendants of Clan Melairkyn, who delved out most of Undermountain (as their… 4)
…home, Melairbode), but this was a fabrication.
(And I’m doing okay. Just busybusybusy, as usual. Twelve projects on the go at once. Some of them Realms-related, yes.)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 13, 2021

Keirgar’s father was Teirgoh. He features in the game alongside his son.

Where did you get this information from? It contradicts that given in the game. Cheers! I got it from the designers of the game, back when it was being made, and they (through TSR) sent a walkthrough and storyline to me for my approval.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 14, 2021

The second best way to learn an RPG is to watch a stream

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In my experience…

The second best way to learn an RPG is to watch a stream.

The best way to learn an RPG is to have someone who knows it play a game with you.

The third best way is to read a rulebook, but it's a long way behind the first two. #TTRPG

Just IME…

— M.T. Black (@MTBlack2567) February 3, 2021

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MtG D&D Art: Tyler Jacobson TIAMAT Auction

There are nine Jewels of Neverwinter as well as nine bodyguards to previous Lords of the city, coincidence?

What is highest level at which you’ve started a multi-session D&D campaign?

My favorite thing to do as a DM is to make wildly creative choices for an NPCs voice and…

“Xanathar Key Art” from the brief to the fantastic final illustration!

Kara-tur: Any new development on it?

In the Eye of the Beholder game, the original Xanathar’s lair was below a drow colony… How much would you consider canonical?

The second best way to learn an RPG is to watch a stream

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