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Post Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:54 pm 
 

Hey, so... a funny thing happened while trying to track artists. There's this piece, it's one of a set of nine cards.
https://italiankarsus.github.io/SPELLFI ... CS/301.jpg

I googled Noble Knight for "Spellfire card proofs", and came up with this.
Spellfire 4th Edition #305 "Amber Princess" - 8" x 11" Original Painting - Original Art - Doug Shuler - Noble Knight Games

This piece was claimed as Doug Shuler's. I haven't been able to identify the artist for those pieces, I was in seventh heaven when I finally thought I had proof it was Douglas Shuler. However, when I e-mailed him as a follow-up to see if he may have known anything else, he told me he's a watercolors guy, not a penciler, and the piece's obviously done with pencil, plus he's never done any Spellfire art.
I contacted Noble Knight, imagining maybe the OG seller may have known something I didn't. They can't help me, because that was back in '07, they don't keep records that long.

Anyway, another one of my misadventures tracking down the artwork of Spellfire and the TCGs. I was wondering, does anyone know a way I can find the original seller of the piece, and maybe figure out how they came to believe it was a Doug Shuler? This one's really rustling my jimmies.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:39 pm 
 

This one might be Dan Frazier's work.

It looks a lot like the way Dan draws to me, plus the style of the color.

btw, probably hidden under the matte of the original art, there would be initials "DF", if it were done by Dan.

here's an example of one of Dan's Spellfire ccg art
https://shop.cardgamegeek.com/shop/prod ... talbrittle

  


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Post Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 8:47 pm 
 

Nevermind... it was Steve Bryant. Thanks for trying to help.

  

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Post Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 8:53 pm 
 

Italian Karsus wrote in Can a particular piece be tracked?:Nevermind... it was Steve Bryant. Thanks for trying to help.


Ok, great, glad you were able to figure that out.

  
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