Consistency of art

[Aegis N]

Another thread mentioned that some SE art seems inconsistent with itself and with SE lore. Glancing at the card list, I agree. The Yari are an example. One card depicts a Yari in a desert, armed and equipped like an Aiel. Another shows a Yari in a snowy region.

I don't know what Yari lore, if any, exists. Possible explanations for the variance could include:

• Yari is not a nationality, but a title or some other designation.
• The Yari are a diasporic nation.

I haven't noticed any flavor text implying either of these, but there are many cards I haven't read.

Do others think more consistency in art and lore is appropriate?

[Bobbypim]

Yes more consistency would be nice!

[ipoop245]

That's what you get when you go on a DA trip to purchase random artwork for your TCG

They say that Yari are the warriors for hire , so it kinda make sense for them to be everywhere from snowy mountains to dry dessert .

[Preybird]

Yes the Yari are mercenaries from Lyth (If I recall correctly) so they will operate in all fields of war.

[Daemon Rayge]

Yes the Yari are mercenaries from Lyth (If I recall correctly) so they will operate in all fields of war.

^This.

[Kip thorp]

Consistancy in the art would be very tough, and expensive.
While I think it would be great, you need to have one art director getting your artists to adjust thier style to be "consistent "
Which ,can be very hard to do. That or you need one artist working on all cards to be consistent.

Either way it's a tough job. Most companies , run with separate artists for each expansion, so the expansion might have a different flavor but it makes each expansion stand out on it's own within the whole of the game.

[Preybird]

It can be done however. Take for example Applibot (Legend of the Cryptids). They contract dozens of artists from DA, yet all the art is of the same styling (even though the artists themselves have different natural styling). Suitable artistic direction can achieve this, but it is more expensive as everything is full rights.

[kelelawar]

Another example is Chromancer TCG. Just like Wulven, the company behind it is not a big one. IMO overall their arts have same styling, although created by different artists. And their arts are great.

[ipoop245]

Shadow Era having different style of art doesn't bug me as much as the fact that there's hardly any connection between the cards . We only have Ythan and PotM , which i don't believe that it's intended at all , the second is Cutlass and Serena . The lack of character references in the cards artworks make me feel that we are just playing a card game with pretty artworks and that's it .

I'd love if SE heroes and allies appear in the artwork of ability or item cards more often , like other TCG :

[the_MUKe]

Certainly it is helpful to have a master plan for artwork, lore, etc. but I think this is really hard to achieve for a small company. And primarily it is more important to make the game popular.

To keep the high level of artwork in SE, Wulven cannot simply take some low quality artwork. So Wulven is already restricted when selecting artwork. And not sure how many pieces are actually contracted work, i.e. especially drawn for Shadow Era.

Does Wulven have some permanently employed artists in their team? Of course, Wizards do have their artists for MtG. But look at some early artwork of MtG. All the lore did not really exist in the beginnings and the artwork quality varied wildely.

Still it's a pity that Wulven is slow with releasing new cards and even slower with the artwork.