Song of Creation - Painting for Magic: The Gathering by Noah Bradley

[@ijskender]

One of my favorite MTG art of all time. I have been coming back to it and admiring it often, but this is the first time that I discovered this video. The workflow is amazing!!! Thank you for this and all your art, Noah!

[@lukebiles9782]

This is super useful to see your process and flow, as someone who wants to become an mtg illustrator I'm definitely keeping this one to heart! Thanks man!

[@TeamBradley]

That's awesome, thanks so much! Glad to hear it was helpful. :) - Noah

[@warlock4956]

This.Is.Lovely! I'm admire this abstract flowing shapes, something like shimmering 4th dimention magic!

[@emiach]

My favorite art from Ikoria. I love the mystery of it, a deified human in a world of monsters. The Creator? My wife is an aspiring artist and loved this video.

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks so so much! Really appreciate it. - Noah

[@kingrave305]

I would love to see more of this! Especially when you explain how you layer with acrylic! Thank you again for making this video!

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks, will try to do more! - Noah

[@anoblescope8179]

Absolutely stunning artwork Noah, keep it up !

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks, will do!

[@istrandar2777]

Thank you a lot for sharing this, as someone hoping to become an illustrator this is as precious as gold !

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks, glad it helped! - Noah

[@vantheman8050]

I absolutely love these videos

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks, I appreciate it! - Noah

[@onirud4869]

This is why you should marry an artist.You will remembered for centuries...

[@andyc.9751]

It's hard to commit to an absolute favorite, but I was hoping you had some social media because I was playing mtg arena and the thought hit me- I think this is my favorite card art in the game. Love it, I want a framed copy or maybe a wall mural in my music studio. I'm not a visual artist but this piece pulls at my heartstrings, great work

[@Rogue_Biologist]

Such a beautiful piece, and a prime example of why you are one of, if not my most favourite magic artist. Each piece you do has such a stunning quality to it :)

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks, I really appreciate it! :D - Noah

[@endlessorbaggins8223]

When i saw this spoilers I said to myself: Wow this is very beautiful artwork. I'm glad you have put this timelapse video. I like to wath these cause it gives a new perspective and a soul to the artwork. I appreciate this artwork even more now.

[@walkerlucchese9913]

Thank you so much for all the beautiful art you've contributed to Magic. Such an awesome peace, I love the scale of it! As an artist dreaming of mtg illustrations, it means a lot to have you explain your methods. Inspiring as always! Thanks.

[@jordanwthatcher]

I love it, it's very inspiring to watch you work. I've seen your work for years but I'm only barely beginning to understand how incredible your Art really is. Thanks for being Noah Bradley.

[@davidfields5375]

Splendid work

[@josephsoeller1071]

Cheers!

[@bookiemeow173]

It is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks for watching!

[@compacta_d]

Love the card. Love the art. Hope a new deck comes out with it that is good, but doesn't break Legacy.

[@ManOfTrades]

I cant get over how amazing it looks.

[@TheUnspokenKibbles]

Absolutely beautiful work, possibly my favorite you've done yet. Many thanks for putting together the time-lapse, I know that needs a lot of forethought, work, and editing to achieve such a seamless effect.

[@lucieth555]

This is just absolutely stunning Noah. I think it came out so well. Super inspirational and we're so lucky to live in an age where we can sit through the process in ten minutes.

[@ondrez5114]

Amazing.

[@Moms_Spaghetti]

Love the great explanation in the video and the art itself is amazing

[@Kyrbi0]

Fantastic

[@Kristallini]

What a beautiful gesture to keep the picture because your wife is the model for the woman in the center, so you can really say that this picture was created with love, maybe thats why its so overwhelmingly amazing

[@connerlajoie3142]

I love this! it is so useful to see how you work and how you explore the canvas. I also appreciate you mentioning the kinds of oils you use, I have not used liquin before, but will definitely be trying it now!

[@FireGoTee]

This has got to be my favorite card out of the new set. And the art is AMAZING on it as well.

[@israaalkatip9881]

Amazing!! What an amazing painting!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts during as well it's very helpful.

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks, glad you found it helpful! - Noah

[@joniaikio4344]

Absolute gem! The piece and the video. I started following. You and your wife are suberb artists and so amazing people.

[@CasualMTGDecks]

Cool !

[@coastaltownie708]

It is a beautiful piece

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks! - Noah

[@TheBranchan]

Noah Bradley the only type of dude that paints with gold leaf for his MTG commission. Beautiful painting, I totally love how you took the abstract and ethereal composition and Noah-fied it with that beautiful juicy swirly realistic rendering.

[@TeamBradley]

Thanks! Yeah it was fun playing with the metal leaf on this. Definitely wanna do more with it in the future. :) - Noah

[@tappytoeclaws2233]

This is beautiful my dude, so fantastic to hear your commentary as well. Naturally Rachel looks AMAZING too 😍

[@_fran0_]

The first time I saw this card I was immediately caught by it. This is really amazing work, and the wife detail makes it even better. Congratulations for a beautiful art piece! I would really love to know more about the story behind this in the context of the world of Ikoria though. Greetings from Chile!

[@salvatorefrancescobarone5962]

Great video, great artwork. You're such an inspiration, thank you

[@johanneskienbacher6007]

Awesome Painting! I find your art really inspiring, thanks for making these videos :)

[@jasonw3479]

This is my favorite piece of art from the entire set, I love it! Pretty cool that the card is exciting too, plan to try this somewhere in EDH. Very interested in seeing your process for this too. Thanks for sharing!

[@Pablito514]

Definitely one of your best pieces!

[@hoaaron6428]

That's insane amount of work!

[@jkcookie8841]

Thank you for sharing! Like other people said very helpful! Stay safe! :)

[@felixd7]

Amazing artwork! Awesome Card^^

[@nattinattson9562]

Wow so beautiful!

[@ValentinaFilic]

This is SO gorgeous! What a wonderful painting. Thank you for sharing this process, I always love watching you paint. Quick question: since you did work with different mediums, did you use anything to seal the various layers? Primarily the acrylic/ink layers before going in with oils?

[@TeamBradley]

Nah, the acrylics tend to stay pretty well put once they're down. So everything stayed alright when I started working with the oils. Thanks so much! :) - Noah

[@k3v1n96iy]

Stunning work!!

[@PeteDimitrov]

nice!

[@SonnyBurnett2008]

I want to see you preparing the canvas

[@kazenodino]

Miss you man

[@TeamBradley]

Here I am! :) - Noah

[@GarthLaidlaw]

Great work Noah. Really interesting process. I would never have thought to build it up the way you did. So you can actually paint with oils on illustration board? For some reason I've heard that when oils are able to soak into the surface (as would be the case with illus board) it may disintegrate over time? I'm not sure - would love to hear your thoughts on this. You've inspired me to try the acrylic underlay prior to working with oils on top. What a neat idea. I usually hate acrylics, so to be able to use it simply as a quick lay in is a great idea. Thanks for the video and keep up the good work. Enjoy hearing about your process.

[@miidysama9908]

Hey, a general question since I've just discovered you! Do you usually paint traditionally and only do a few touch-ups or do you also have a good amount of full-on digital paintings? Is it of use to have about the same amount of knowledge in both mediums, for example digital painting in photoshop but also acrylics/oils/gouache? What do you or most concept artists and illustrators in your area of work prefer? Thanks for your great work!!

[@vyzetta]

How do you go about perfectly photographing your art? It looks like a scan!

[@TheNotoriousJTS]

Paper Magic is temporarily dead and yet the borderless version of these things are still sold out everywhere

[@etiennelatour3435]

Are you using stock brushes, or a pen to work? I see your single strokes have multiple opacities, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how you do it!

[@dem7556]

Such a sublime piece! Is great to see the whole process, very educational. I don't know if it is a dumb question, but how do you make the transition from the physical canvas to digital?

[@Aneriana]

Great artwork, Noah. 👏 Can I ask how do you usually scan (or photograph?) your artwork to send as a digital? Do you do this before varnishing? I tend to take photos of my paintings but I'm struggling sometimes so I like to see how others do it.

[@stillyoung3997]

I’m sure this is a really stupid question but I’ve never really thought about it before, how do you get it onto the computer to do the digital touch ups? Absolutely amazing piece btw

[@SplasH74rul]

Well either with a really high quality camera, or scanning I assume

[@bruno73421]

this art was very beautiful! you did a great job and I thought it was really cool to have your wife on it

[@colinjones5379]

Do you think you will sell prints of this?

[@SonnyBurnett2008]

Which brushes and numbers did u used?

[@endlessorbaggins8223]

A question that I have for a while in my head. Sometimes I found that some artworks on MTG cards looks like almost sketchy or if they were made speedpainting and that it took less than 5 hours to make. And then there is these great artworks like yours, Magalie Villeneuve, Howard Lyon, Ryan Pancoast and so on, that you can see lot of work and talent was put into it. The question that is haunting me is: "Is WotC paying the same for a piece regardless of it it took 40 hours or 4 hours for the artist to paint it?"

[@TeamBradley]

Haha yep, same rate for everybody. - Noah

[@mdnghtppl0000]

amazing work man, thanks for sharing the process! can you point out when in the video you switch from acrylic to oil?

[@TeamBradley]

I'm... actually not 100% sure. Would take some looking to really figure it out. I think it's when you notice the edges of the piece get a lot darker and more of a rich blue. Think I started in oils by going in with some gentle glazes to bring out the contrast. - Noah

[@mdnghtppl0000]

@@TeamBradley alright, thanks!

[@Shinnjid]

Great piece. How do you get the painting from your canvas on your computer? Just take a picture of it with a camera or how does that work exactly? Always been wondering about this step, since I would probably be worried about some issues with the camera/painting being slightly angled or something like that. Thanks for the answer.

[@TeamBradley]

Sometimes I photograph the piece, but I believe for this one I scanned it in sections and then merged it in Photoshop. It varies, they all have their pros and cons. - Noah

[@Shinnjid]

@@TeamBradley I see, yeah. Thanks for the insight!

[@SkyMagicStore]

The art is absolutely amazing, could fit perfectly in my House XD Could it happen to find it for sale in the future?

[@Omegaroth666]

Dude, you should sell those wood pieces you used to keep your hand out of the paint. I would pay 3 to 5 bucks for one Lolz

[@TeamBradley]

Haha, someday I'm going to make a nice one. That one's so shitty. :) - Noah