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Statement by WotC and Dan Frazier on the art for The One Ring (mtgzone.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/mtg@mtgzone.com
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Source: https://bsky.app/profile/magic.wizards.com/post/3mkvqoghxru24

Based on the similarities that Dan Frazier's The One Ring has to the borderless art by Marta Nael

IMO, this seems like letting Dan off way too easy. It's a pretty blatant copy of the art by Marta and a disappointing thing to see such a well-respected Magic artist do. Perhaps they're just not pressing the issue because of his age. But really how did the art directors not catch this before it got to print???

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago

This whole thing is just so bizarre to me. I posted Jesper Myfors' latest response and I think I'm just as dumbfounded as to how this even happened. These are all the very weird things:

  1. Why would Dan do this hack job at all?
  2. Why was Dan and his agent at odds with what happened at first?
  3. Where were ANY art directors at WoTC, because even I can immediately see this issue.

I just don't get any of it, it's so weird and so poorly done and so oddly handled.

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