Dusk to Dawn - How I Create Art for Magic: The Gathering - by Noah Bradley

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[@brunohuppes789]

You made a awesome work in a 13" notebook with a $70 tablet. It's the proof that the tools really doesn't matter. You and your work are a huge inspiration to me (:

[@tante8074]

Noah Bradley i own a foil dusk to dawn and the first thing I noticed was the fantastic art. Definitely some of my favorite mtg art.

[@Roffskinz]

OMG! Noah Bradley has a KZbin channel! What a legend?! The King of making badass foil cards

[@xXSoralinkXx]

This is so incredible! You definitely know how to paint clouds! And very impressive that you made these on a small laptop. But that again proves, that as an artist you do not need the best equipment or coolest brushes. All you need is some mad skill. I am glad you shared this! :)

[@manuelcastanonguerrero3216]

Amazing video Noah! just wanted to let you know, since I dont know where else to contact you I was a student of your second artcamp when I was still pretty green in all this art thing, that and your lecture "the art of freelancing" were a huge influence on me and helped me make a living as an artist, along with a lot of your other tutorials and articles which shaped many of the ways I think about improvement, art and business. I mention this because soon I'll be doing art for magic, which has been my dream for a very long time, and you and the content you've made over the years played no small part of that development. So thanks for everything! you've been an inspiration and a great help to a lot of people like me All the best!

[@RacinZilla003]

I look forward to seeing your art!!

[@manuelcastanonguerrero3216]

thanks a lot! only 3 cards finished so far because I was busy with other client work, hope to be able to take on more in the future C:

[@highwizdaisuke]

which are they ? Congratulations :)

[@AshleyDotson]

I had one of my first big client calls today and this video really helped me get myself together and make sure I had a game plan from beginning to end. This was awesome help for knowing what to expect. Thanks Noah :)

[@jellymelon6834]

Absolutely gorgeous. Dusk to Dawn ended up being my favorite Aftermath card, but I feel like I really got a whole new appreciation for the art seeing the whole full-size thing as well as the process of making it. Great work!

[@sevenseasago6901]

I would love to see more content coming from the artists of Magic. They're the true storytellers of the game and I'd love more insight into their worlds.

[@tb8865]

Definitely can't wait for the slowed down version! I've just started doing digital environment paintings and run into the problem you mention about ruining a decent sketch. Glad to see new videos from you!

[@MandilorOrdo]

Beautiful pieces! I love how they go together so well and yet have such nice little differences like the suns being off center in opposing directions. Can't wait to see the slowed down videos!

[@DHWorlds]

I'm Both an artist and a Magic player, and this SURELY made my day. to see how the whole process is made is just inspirational. to see how you Sketch, paint and have your own "Artist habits". This is just pure awesome!!!!!

[@LionArtStudio]

Just stunning pieces... i feel like I can reach out & touch the clouds, I love dawn, I used to train horses & there's nothing like a beautiful morning, taking the first horse out onto the track & seeing their breath mixed with sun rays...You bring that atmosphere alive here. ......interesting to see the process, pretty similar to how I work when illustrating for publishing house I do work for.

[@steamhat8448]

this is magnificent, how do we tell wizards we'd love t o see more of these from artist's that are willing. Also I think you are the major proponent for my recent growing addiction to painting cloudscapes.

[@davidgoldstein4306]

You are one of the most beautiful landscapists in magic, thank you so much for doing it.

[@amosbirb2616]

AHHHHHH! I am fanboying so hard rn! You have been the inspiration for me for the past five years now! This is amazing!

[@GreenEyedMansChannel]

Thank you so much for this, it re-inspired me to work harder in a time where I felt very unhappy with my art. Just the boost I needed!

[@willlemay3068]

Amazing work, as usual!

[@davidsterling4327]

Thank you for doing magic art. You are one of my favorite artists inspiring me to progress in art myself!

[@edsfoxart]

One of the things I love to work on.. clouds.. Beautiful work Noah! I believe in you bro

[@nielskjresbensen9650]

by far one og the most beautiful cards to come in amonkhet.. thanks you for that piece og eye candy

[@aoiken5321]

You legit inspired me to paint landscapes omg ur work is gorgeous

[@o8red8o]

There is a way to make the recording ignore the flipping. Unfortunately I can’t tell you how. Maybe look into it if you’re interested. Stunning work 👍🏻

[@InPursuitOfArt]

Thanks very much Noah, that was awesome.

[@ShinobiWan1]

So majestic!

[@ArtofTYZR]

both of them look amazing.

[@shelbykerberg8176]

Thank you for showing this lol :) I have an issue working long enough to get to the finishing process. This is amazing work. I love art and I love magic soo. Ya. Lol my favorite cards are usually plains lol :P.

[@lukebrehm1986]

This was awesome! Thank u so much for making it.

[@Renderbrant]

Gorgeous paintings, fantastic work, and finish. Thank you so much for sharing these Noah, love your work.

[@MartinBrunswick]

Really really really awesome and educational. As an aspiring freelance artist this stuff is super useful and inspiring

[@topofthestackmtg1976]

Nice work, this is great.

[@Gophersaurus]

Thanks so much for sharing, Noah! Beautiful work!

[@TheMidnightdemon]

What the hell is this? What level of mastery do you have to achieve, to make creating something so beautiful look so easy and effortless? And the worst is, you did all of that on this tiny notebook! I can´t believe it! :D

[@fodassenaosei]

I sent my portfolio for magic , I just hope one day I can work for them. Huge dream. Thumbs up for this video!

[@Duskstone89]

Just when I thought I couldn't appreciate the artwork any more than I already did...

[@alan2here]

I kinda like some of the mid way times as much as how it looked by the end, both are great, I wish there were more full art lands. It certainly looked different and different times as it iterated into its final state.

[@MikeCampo]

These are fantastic. Great work, Noah. Now I wanna paint some clouds instead of reading my math textbook.

[@bizushere2922]

Very, very, very good. Congratulations. I learn so much with your videos.

[@jumpanama]

I love your artwork. I exclusively use your lands in my EDH decks. Keep up the good work!

[@pauljaydee8694]

You're the best Noah, really appreciate the video, a true inspiration. Keep doing what you're doing man!

[@ardiandestroyer]

Noah, you are one of favorite magic artists! Your work is truly amazing. Thanks for giving us a peek at your process and mindset. I actually really liked the ruins you put in briefly, but I get why you didn't want them to detract from the focus. I just felt like these pieces evoke such grandness that something like the ruins help the viewers anchor themselves so we can be more interactive with the scene. But the end result is just stunning nonetheless! Great work and hope to see more great things from you. PS.- You are very charming and your voice is rather soothing. PPS- How much do you think about how the artwork looks on the card itself? Like in relation to size, scale, and surrounding colors?

[@Smarucify]

a nice way to show of the card! and i love your art!

[@FantasticSpam]

Great to see what you've been up to. You're always an inspiration, thank you!

[@lovetownsend]

it's crazy to think that old school animation did basically this (to a lesser degree) in EVERY frame. Now that translates over to CGI. Reading the other day about Avatar 1 out of it's like 60fps took HOURS. It's very woah lol check out Redline (just google image it) took 7 years to draw, it's an anime.

[@Archteuthida]

These are amazing! I like Dawn especially, lovely clouds. You mention on the website you use Kyle's brushes mostly now, I have the megapack and it can be a bit overwhelming figuring out which ones to use so thanks for pointing out that "oil canvas 2" brush. Are there other megapack brushes you used here or use very often?

[@aaronhooker7588]

this is awesome! could you show half the video at half the speed. it makes my optic nerves scream in pain. seriously amazing.

[@jcodylambert]

Beautiful work, Noah! Thanks for sharing. Also, your photoshop brush indicator actually looks exactly the way it does in Photoshop. Every time I record or stream myself painting in PS, the indicator looks like a giant, pixalated bastardization of its former self (to the viewers).

[@paul_gilbert]

Great work as always Noah! .. I'd love to see a sample of an actual brief set from Magic, perhaps they don't allow you to share that?

[@deathtyrantart]

Awesome stuff man.

[@alexdromero13]

Very awesome seeing a video from you :)

[@raptorsovietico]

You are my idol Noah! Thank you so much for this!!!

[@Bigforesttree]

Thank you so much for sharing this' really inspiring and fantastic. its great to now this info that you have so kindly shared with us. I look forward to your next videos :).

[@Snakerfriends]

Great! It looks like explosions in the sky.

[@barnard8139]

awesome video

[@Kittenbombs1]

Thanks for sharing. I'd really appreciate a slowed down, narrated version (if possible).

[@karamou_]

thanks for sharing,love your work man

[@PoPo-id4my]

:0! He's back!

[@rolandkrauth6662]

Are you kidding me ..... this looks sooo awsome ... I want to be able to Pait/draw that goood ..... maaan that sucks I am so bad on drawing :( dont even know where I could learn that ... or how its called so I could try to paint like it ...

[@kerstinadelee]

wonderful! I'd love to see the slower versions :)

[@TYPHONart]

You are beauiful artist Noah, thanks a lot for this video!XD

[@laforezr]

You're such a pro. Amazing! I learned a lot!! Any tips for mixed traditional/digital artists beginning in environmental illustration?

[@IacoccaKhen]

Lovely! Thank you very much!

[@martinpaint]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[@jondow865]

Great video m8.

[@Lucan-io6ie]

I have a question : would it not be better to have splitted cards framed with only one artwork but emphazing two effects ? Kinda like if _Geist Blast_ would have a _Aftermath_ mechanic. Like that, we could have a bigger artwork, and in this case of _Dusk / Dawn_ , something emphazing the Dusk > Night > Dawn cycle (kinda like _Temporal Extorsion_ ). Anyway, you definitely make great artworks here, don't get me wrong ;) ! But after many splitted, even flipped cards, I kinda think that a good artwork emphazing two effects would be more "powerfull" for players than 2 separated artworks so smaller. But I may be totally wrong, I dunno...

[@gabiballetje]

Damn... I have no idea how to do this :P I also absolytely cannot work on one ofthose non-screen tablets. I really need to work on the thing itself like touchscreen or Wacom Cintiq etc. If only i could get a 24 inch one, or even a 16. Not that i can afford those, but i have tried them. I also wouldn't do them justice. I should really somehow find the time and mostly the cash to do a good course for something like this. I am very much stuck in the paper era and just for myself, for fun, i completely lack any education or technique. That said, i am now doing some A4 sized cars and logos with alcohol markers. Selling them for just a bit extra, nothing major at all, in fact, if you looke at the time they take to do i'm undercharging really, let alone that i am already having to replace 2 markers. Ah well, gotta do something when you're out of a job and have zero usable education because medical issues killed those.

[@TimKaminski]

Keep up the good work!

[@caseyshaunthomas]

Amazing work and information! I'm curious to know if you use layers, and if so, what do you typically create layers for?

[@daniel_druziki]

Love this video oO

[@elnoare]

I can't wait to take Art Camp this fall/next summer! While I'm waiting to be able to finally involve myself in it, how would you suggest I practice/prep/ect for it? Just doing a lot of master studies?

[@rasmussendi]

Noah, thanks dude. Great inspiring work. Are you familiar Stephan Baumann' work?

[@ABARTSPRODUCTIONS]

I don't play Magic but I must admit the art is well done

[@GyariSan1]

lol those thumbnails are awesome XD And I notice you have a Surface Book but not using the Surface Pen lol. I would assume the Pen isn't good enough yet for professional work?

[@ImmortalNostro]

Great Video Noah, thanks for the insight ! Curious why you use the tablet when you have a Surface Book though. Just preference ? Thanks again for sharing your experience.

[@jessewski]

Amazing work as always, Noah! Also, I *need* to know the name of the song you use at the end of the video.

[@kenbarker9296]

Am I the only one who didn't realize these were painted with PS? Do artists now learn to paint with graphics tools in parallel with IRL paint and brushes or is it something you pick up later? Are all the artists for MTG cards digital artists?

[@vantheman8050]

What do you do with the old thumbnails? They really neat, just to see how you think it out.

[@Bryan-T]

Is there a reason you use such a small screen instead of something like a 40 inch 4k display?

[@fabiopineda322]

I wish I could have that talent :(

[@QwaC]

I know im reeeeally late tonthe party, but hiw sid you land your jib, I hope one day to work at Wotc and I would love any advice or tips

[@gardenoir6176]

These pieces in particular are so gorgeous. How do you feel about them being printed on such small surfaces? Especially the "Aftermath" smaller surface? Can you ask to have full art versions of these? Could we?

[@ThirdWiggin]

Garde Noir I doubt he will comment on that, but I'd imagine that from an artists perspective, magic cards of any type are too small to truly capture their work.

[@gardenoir6176]

Thanks for the reply ThirdWiggin. I didn't expect an answer, but you never know if you don't ask.

[@cesarandrade1987]

As an artist myself (of course of a lower caliber, but working my way up) I can tell you that there is something we call the 3 to 30 feet "rule", which is more of a guiding principle than a steadfast rule, as with anything in art. It's the reason he does those thumbnails. It basically means your work has to be readable from 3 feet and 30 feet away, which means it should work even when seen in a small scale as well as in all of it's up close glory. Though of course details are lost from afar or at small scales, most of us strive to nail the general broad concepts and communication, specially on illustration, and let the details be the icing on the cake. If it doesn't work in a general way, it doesn't work period. Personally, seeing my work printed *anywhere* is already a huge win, but I speak for myself, and Noah might have a very different outlook than myself.

[@Aziz00747]

Damn! these painting are so hot. Stop teasing us showing with this speed. Wanna see it slow. haha. Love these. :)

[@vanessarezende4618]

What happened to the Surface pro you liked so much?

[@fagneralves3460]

Show cara!!!

[@Playproof]

Do you usually only work on the Book display? I can't believe you're still using it. How is it holding up? I'm about to build a PC. This is a really good time to get into the market

[@Playproof]

Noah Bradley of course. you wound up swapping it out a few times right?

[@johannpohland2826]

Are you one of the dudes who made garbage art 4 battlebond (dusk/dawn looks great tho) EDIT: So I looked up your name and literally every card you did is awesome, especially your lands are soooo beautiful

[@gohsart3116]

11:37 what is that brush please ?

[@MegaDobrich]

But what is that tool. Is that in Photoshop? The compass-needle kinda looking thing, whats its purpose? And how do you do that "emboss" strokes :O

[@Peteru69]

Yeah, it's photoshop. The compass is the rotation tool (short cut "R" by default).

[@MegaDobrich]

Thank you very much xD

[@patipati1423]

9:04 What's brush are you using?

[@sarahjohnson9541]

What software do you work with and what tablet do you work with?

[@RhondaSuhrie]

Do you ever use photographic reference?

[@purpleboye_]

If it ain't broke... fix it anyway? That is the impression I get watching these time lapses.

[@BabeTheAstrologer]

Leo?

[@Asheffc]

HOW? !

[@johannpohland2826]

Whats sad is that most artists now work with photoshop... MTG art looked so much better when they were drawn by any hand made technique like in original Innistrad or the water painting elves. They are soooo beautiful. Compare them to friggin sylva brightspear or pir and toothy. I know thats harder and way more time-consuming but thePC generated art really toom away quite a bit of the "magic" from magic

[@Isaac020586]

I feel like "Dusk" could have been better portrayed with a huge sun descending into the horizon. This is a destruction spell, it should feel like it's sweeping the land with it's sheer presence and then in "Dawn" the same ball of fire becomes a bringer of life, a beacon, a god. Not your fault, I just feel art direction could have been better on dusk. Still, beautiful work on both.

[@MorkSD]

That's a beautiful piece! Too bad it was reeeeeeally too little on the card

[@olimueller]

ok. have to go to paint clouds...

[@youropinionistrash666]

Thumbnail to sketch is such a small jump...LOL ;)

[@EbonyJarret]

I'm just a little disappointed on the art's size. It'd even more awesome if they had normal-sized art