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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL

@joeslucher.bsky.social

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Freelance Fantasy and sci-fi artist. Most recently creating art for Magic the Gathering and MCDM's Draw Steel rpg. No nfts. No ai. All my links can be found at bio.site/joeslucherart

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #portfolioday ! My name is Joe and I'm a fantasy illustrator whose worked in RPGs and on Magic the Gathering. Currently available for work and can be contacted at: [email protected] .

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AlbaBG 👽 @albabbgg.bsky.social · 3d

🌞🌷🖤

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 2d

It may not be a good glue! Saw where someone recommended sealing gold leaf after. Do you do that and if so what do you use?

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 2d

Gold leafing a print. I may have figured out what I did wrong before with not waiting long enough for the glue to get tacky.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 3d

Anybody have some gold leafing tutorials/materials they recommend? Haven't been happy with my results.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 8d

Can't say because of NDAs but checked off the last of the sensible dream properties to work on from when I was younger! Now there's just the stuff that doesn't really make sense anymore; Hellblazer, 100 Bullets, Ronin Warriors, and Might and Magic.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 8d

No worries! Hope you had a good time

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 8d

MCAtlanta was great! Thank you to everyone who stopped by. It was nice to see some old friends(Julio!) and see some new ones irl for the first time. I always feel lucky as hell to get into any of these events and even moreso MagicCon. Like always I forgot to take any pics... except of some new dice

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 15d

I'm at MagicCon Atlanta along the back wall of Art of Magic. Brought Stuffed Bear and Kumonosu originals.

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 17d

#timelapse

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JayMFernandes 🗣 MIGW / GCAP @jaymfernandes.bsky.social · 19d

I'm a veteran release expert in games who specializes in consoles, porting, audio, QA/UX + many other things through www.plasticfernstudios.com

If you want help from people who care deeply about games (and the health of their teams!) please reach out so we can help you! Check out some of our work

A collection of game title card images showcasing multiple games Plastic Fern Studios has worked on including Dispatch, Blippo+, Crossy Road Castle, Playdate, Goodbye Volcano High, Star Stuff, Dawnfolk, Sacre Bleu, Stray Gods, Ridiculous Fishing, Oxenfree, Oxenfree II, Escape Academy, Descenders, Nour, Virtual Virtual Reality 2, Salt and Sanctuary, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, The Red Lantern, and Patrick's Parabox

Recent client statements from people Plastic Fern Studios have worked with. The first reads "Plastic Fern helped us successfully navigate the complex world of console development for Crossy Road Castle, a cross platform multiplayer game across Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox. Their staff were extremely professional, experienced, personable, and worked with us as though they were part of our team. No hesitation to strongly recommend their services.

Robert Walkley, CTO
Hipster Whale"

the next reads " A big part of Playdate’s success is the games — and there are a lot of games! Plastic Fern was critical and instrumental in making sure Playdate shipped with solid, playable, enjoyable games, both in Season One, and beyond!

Cabel Sasser, Co-founder
Panic, inc."

The last one reads: "Plastic Fern has been an incredible team to work with for porting and maintaining Escape Academy, and gave us compliant and performant ports that were well received by our players. Extremely communicative, considerate, and schedule-conscious, with a deep knowledge of the technical intricacies of each platform. we'd strongly recommend them.

Amanda White, Co-Owner
iam8bit"

A screenshot of an article from Game Developer that reads "Deep Dive: Creating the touch controls for Descenders on mobile. The team behind the iOS and Android port of downhill freerider Descenders break down how they created the title's touch controls."

A visual flowchart showing a life cycle of a plant as a metaphor for the console development cycle. It shows different stages like planning, budgeting, integration, testing, ratings and other things leading up to (and after) a game's release.

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 23d

Great piece Claudio!

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 23d

Next week I'll be at MagicCon Atlanta! Please come by. I'll be offering all the signing options and will have artist proofs, playmats, prints, and paintings.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · Jul 31

Table 42 at GenCon Art Show!

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 26d

I do think the lightened building helps differentiate the building from the sky so I do think it's better. If a collector wanted the building in the original lightened, it wouldn't be a problem.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 26d

It's probably a combination of things. The photo with me backlit is probably making it all look a little darker, the original photographing and stitching may have been lighter than reality when trying to adjust them to match, but I may have lightened the entire metal building for WotC.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 29d

Returned to oils after a couple months break and HOT DAMN I forgot how much more I love them over acrylics. Acrylics felt so cold and calculating and oils just feels so sexy comparatively.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 29d

I would have to check but I believe it's like any cards for Arena. No artist proofs provided but prints and playmats (through Ultra pro) allowed.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · 29d

The sketch for Kumonosu for Through the Omenpaths. Acrylics 6.25"x9.25". © And TM Wizards of the Coast. Shared with permission from WOTC.

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Ryan Pancoast - Illustrator/Artist @rpancoast.bsky.social · Sep 11

My newest AP painting :)

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'll have the original at MCAtlanta and am hearing offers at the moment. Hopefully I'll get permission to show the sketch soon and that will be posted to my website.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · Sep 9

Kumonosu the Watchful for Through the Omenpaths. Art direction by Deborah Garcia. Copyright and trademark Wizards of the Coast. I REALLY wanted to do a piece 100% in acrylics but ended up having to do the glowy bits in oils. 18x24 on board.

Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Commander Sealed @cmdrsealed.bsky.social · Sep 7

Auction has less than 4 hours left. Help us get over $70,000 for @Trevor and @translifeline.org

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MountainMage, Signature Wizard ➡️ #Illuxcon ⛰️🧙‍♂️✍️ @mountainmagesigs.com · Sep 5

I'm here at @cmdrsealed.bsky.social, and they JUST added another amazing item to the charity auction! Mystic Skull, an original painting by @joeslucher.bsky.social, is now up for bids. The two amazing organizations being supported are the @trevorproject.bsky.social and @translifeline.org!

#MTG

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Joe Slucher 🔜 NRG Elmhurst IL @joeslucher.bsky.social · Sep 2

Getting to make some fun stops on my way to Commander Sealed. Kind of an anniversary and bday trip.

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Commander Sealed @cmdrsealed.bsky.social · Sep 2

Somewhere amongst these packages is your next commander deck! You only have four more days until you find out what you've opened and Who You're Building. If you want one of the last few kits available sign up at Commandersealed.com

sets of booster packs for Commander sealed this September 5th through the 7th

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