News From the Liaison: WotC Looking for Artists

For immediate release. Charles Keith-Stanley Cyberspace Liaison Wizards of the Coast were...@wizards.com lia...@wizards.com ------------------------------------------------ DECKMASTER ARTIST GUIDELINES What We're Looking For Wizards of the Coast is looking for artists with a unique style that represents the world of Magic: The Gathering, Vampire and Netrunner. Skillful use of your chosen medium in combination with imaginative concepts is desired. The ability to skillfully render the human anatomy is also strongly desired. Submission Guidelines Submissions should consist of 6 to 10 finished full color pieces. These can be in the form of slides, photographs, tear sheets or samples. No original art work please. If you are submitting art work in the form of color copies, send high quality copies only. Also include a cover letter with a telephone number and a SASE. Including a resume is optional. Sending Submissions Magic and Vampire submissions should be sent to the attention of Sandra Everingham and Netrunner submissions to the attention of Christopher Rush at the following address: Wizards of the Coast PO Box 707 Renton, WA 98057 For questions, call Sandra Everingham or Chris Rush at (206) 226-6500.

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ARTIST'S UNWRITTEN GUIDLINE =============================== No Pentagrams, no burning stars, no demons, no ghosts, nothing that looks like a demon, no horns, no fangs, no teeth, no skin, no red eyes, no yellow eyes, no forked tongues, no tails, no goatees, no fire, no flames, no stars, no dark paintings, the color black or dark red or red is not allowed, no knives, sharp objects, or pointy objects, no wheels, no forks, no splits in the road, no measures of balances, no no no no no! -- #$%*#$*@ REAL: drk...@netcom.com + VIRTUAL: drk...@gnu.ai.mit.edu *@#$*@#$ *$%&%#$* The Dream Theater Archives: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/dr/drkhoe/dt &*@#$*@$ **%^$#$% WWW: "ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/dr/drkhoe/www/dthome.html" #$**@#*$ *$*$*$*# Reality Enhancement Software - Engineering Reality *$&#*#@$

In article <3oqn2n$b...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, aa...@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) wrote: >DECKMASTER ARTIST GUIDELINES > >What We're Looking For > >Wizards of the Coast is looking for artists with a unique style that >represents the world of Magic: The Gathering, Vampire and Netrunner. >Skillful use of your chosen medium in combination with imaginative >concepts is desired. The ability to skillfully render the human anatomy >is also strongly desired. > Please note that all submissions must be approved by a panel consisting of Jerry Falwell, Louis Farrakhan, David Duke, and Jesse Helms, to be sure that there is nothing depicted which could possibly offend any individual under any circumstances at any time. Originality, creativity, and appropriateness are considered secondary to the question of whether or not the illustration might make the ordering clerk at Wal-Mart upset. Evolution Doesn't Take Prisoners:Lizard All men have the right to dig their own graves, and I have the right to sell them the shovels.:Also Lizard Please Take Note:New Provider! New Address! Same Old Ranting!

Dr. Mosh (drk...@netcom.com) wrote: : ARTIST'S UNWRITTEN GUIDLINE : =============================== : No Pentagrams, Seems to be true. : no demons, no ghosts, nothing that looks like : a demon, no horns, no fangs, no teeth, no skin, no red eyes, no yellow eyes, : no forked tongues, no tails, no goatees, no fire, no flames, Charnas the Imp? Lord of the Pit? Any number of vampire cards? : no stars, : no dark paintings, the color black or dark red or red is not allowed, no : knives, sharp objects, or pointy objects, no wheels, no forks, no splits in : the road, no measures of balances, no no no no no! Sorry to belabor the obvious, but you are *really* exxagerating here. WotC has said that the Jyhad art won't be changing; and in the new magic, they buckled on a couple of cards (really, only Demonic Hordes and Unholy strength - I think the black Ante cards were doomed anyway) but also left in much that might be considered offensive. They've given an inch - so if you think that's bad, post about how it's a slippery slope, that soon anything cutting will be eliminated from the art...but there's no point in exxagerating what's been done recently - it's only 2 (or 4 depending on how you count it) cards out of a large set of cards. And Jyhad, uh, I mean, Vampire : the Eternal Struggle isn't being watered down art-wise, so they say. -- Jeremy (bea...@netcom.com, bea...@delphi.com)

: They've given an inch - so if you think that's bad, post about how it's : a slippery slope, that soon anything cutting will be eliminated from : the art...but there's no point in exxagerating what's been done : recently - it's only 2 (or 4 depending on how you count it) cards out : of a large set of cards. And Jyhad, uh, I mean, Vampire : the Eternal : Struggle isn't being watered down art-wise, so they say. So they say, but can anyone else remember them saying that only the crypt backs would change, and that the library backs would *definitely* stay the same? How can we depend on what they say anymore? -- | Greg Bush | Anar kaluva tielyanna | | gbu...@calvin.edu | Ar nai hiruvalye seere | | Calvin College | "The sun shall shine upon your path, | | Computer Center | "And may you find peace" | | http://www.calvin.edu/~gbush68/ | | PGP public key available upon request |