Last time we met the first half of the artists so here's part 2 where we look at the other half.
Ben Bliss
Ben is a guy who does spooky pictures most of the time so he was asked to do the spooky ghost types. You may recognise his Staraphim illustration for when that card starts doing 7 damage to everyone every turn but I've picked out his Cremectre illustration. It's one of the few that's got a 'real world' background and some actual crime! Cremectre is one of the genuinely evil critters. Fun fact: All of the critters Ben has drawn are on the same page of the binder!
Hayden King
Hayden has drawn a lot of bug pokemon in the past so we asked if he wanted to draw some bugs and he was totally down. He's drawn the dynamic Trilodril illustration and this beautiful Lepivice too. The front page of the binder is green nature cards with green nature critters so the pink blossom really stands out.
Kevin Fagaragan
You may recognise this name and if not you've probably seen his work. He's done a ton of art for indie games and lots of youtube thumbnails (antdude/jaiden)! Kevin did illustrate the Wallablaze who is both used for the tutorial and one of Dina's starter critters but I wanted to spotlight this excellent Boxour piece. A strong atmosphere as it pelts down rain whilst it's fighting with its water-boxing gloves. Along with Wallablaze and Boxour, Ursignal was drawn by Kevin.
Stripedpants
Stripedpants was one of the first illustrators recommended to me and once I saw they'd drawn some maplestory fanart, I was instantly sold. Definitely someone who drew in a cuter style and best suited for the more basic critters. Their first one was Starrite who I've described as a critter who can use the diamond on their face as a search light. They followed up with Baaroola and Volsnip.
Nancy Peart
Nancy is someone who I worked with and draw an illustration of a game character I'd made. Her art style was very cool, like those retro illustrations of fairies. As she seemed good at feminine characters I asked if she could help design Prinleaf. Prinleaf had a basic design but was quite rubbish, so this iteration is thanks to Nancy. Nancy has also illustrated Pombust and Glacerunt.
ScribblesArt
Fun fact: ScribblesArt is just me once again in a different style! There's a lot of cards for this game, so I wanted to do a looser style but push myself to do more exciting poses and interesting lighting. After doing like 250 cards, I'd like to think I've become a better illustrator.
crittaPIX
Funner fact: crittaPIX is also me but doing pixel art! I'd dabbled in pixel art but only a few illustrations. It was fun to work in a small resolution and a limited colour palette. As no one else has done a similar thing, these cards really stand out. But I can't lie, lots of the crittaPIX cards look good because they're symmetrical!
That's all the artists so I hope you enjoy how the binder looks in game with everyones work collected together. Whilst there's a FUZZ character in game, perhaps you want to make teams out of cards from the artists you like?
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