Up until now we have only looked at the artists behind board games. Today we are going to look forward at point at brilliant 4 artists we admire and think would bring something fresh and unique to boardgames if they where hired. Prior to our choice we did not know if these artist had worked on any games before – but we found out and will share it on the way! Here they are in no specific order.
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With his wild and sparking textures and characters that ooze of personality Brazilian artist Weberson Santiago creates board game art like no one else. His artistic skills and wide portfolio range of commissioned work shines through in his work on games like Bloody Inn published by Pearl Games. And also artist on the newly funded deluxe Coup Brazilian edition. We are honored to present this interview the an artist we admire greatly – Mr. Santiago, from Brazil.
Space Race: The Card game is a new strategic game from Boardcubator by designers Jan “Suki” Soukal and Marek Loskot.
Players try to lead a space agency in a race to the victory – by finding synergies in the card combos. As Rahdo say “a rock solid card combo chain extravaganza”.
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Get behind the art of Space Race: The card game
Following some of the development posts on BGG it was obvious that, regardless of the gameplay , this game was going to look stunning and we had to talk to the artist. We are happy to share this with you – so lets get behind the art of Space Race: The card game with the artist Dalibor Krch from the Czech Republic.
As an artist you probably love to sit and gape on the artwork in your games. One really neat thing about the new digital playing platforms is that it is a doorway to study all cards in high resolution, in all games, without buying them all. Actually looking at card illustrations in Tabletopia feels different than looking at a real print. Most artist color their art digitally today and seeing an artwork fullscreen on your monitor makes you almost sense the brushstrokes. Study game art this way is an absolute blast. This is why I did a little spring collection of top 4 games to explore on Tabletopia you should check out and / or play.
NR I : Santorini
This game is a demo of the overly popular and awaited KS game Santorini. With rules you can learn in 4 minutes – this is a game for everyone. There is not much illustration work in it but what it got – looks fantastic! Art is by Mr. Cuddington that we did and interview with earlier – which you can find here.