Part 4: The Completed Card
After a couple rounds of color tweaks, what you see below is the end result. I sent it off to Topps and New Line for approval. They gave it the thumbs-up, and that was that. So here it is -- my final card artwork for The Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces II trading card set. I had to give it a title, so I went with "Return of the Kings." Seemed appropriate, given the scene portrayed.
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This will be one of the common base set cards - it isn't a rare insert like the sketch cards are. If you buy a pack when they come out next month, I'd imagine there'll probably be about a one in ten chance you'll get one of these. I'm a little nervous, because I have no clue how good the image is going to look once it's shrunk down and printed on the actual 2.5"x3.5" cards (it's almost a guarantee that the printer will translate the colors a bit differently than they appear onscreen).. guess I'll find out soon enough. Either way, it was an honor to be able to produce a tiny bit of official LOTR artwork that will be seen for years to come. I hope you all like it. :)
In case you missed any of my previous posts about this picture, here are the links...
Part 1: Concept & Rough Sketch
Part 2: Pencil & Ink
Part 3: Photoshopping Gimli
5 comments:
Oh my Gosh GRANT! this is Beautiful Superb!! Magnifico! all good words!! haha
I cant wait to get one!!
It looks beeyooteeful. I love it.
C O R Y
Impressive. Most impressive. Keep up the great work.
I really love most things about this card,
all the little details and how you've made Aragorn looks rather dark.
One thing I'm not sure about are the ghosts.
Now they look sort of like a giant square jelly, which doesn't really help the composition, which contains allot of diagonals, a lot. The card might have looked better if they where arranged in a different manner.
Thanks allot for posting this, 't was great to be able to follow the whole development process.
I really love this scene, your artwork really makes it come alive. I love your effects on the Army of the dead, they look great. Thanks for sharing your process!
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