Странная история произошла с репринтом карты The One Ring, напечатанной в выпуске The Hobbit. Несмотря на то, что иллюстрация репринта подписана одним из старейших художников Магии - Дэном Фрейзером (Dan Frazier), само кольцо является копией кольца с иллюстрации Maрты Наэл (Marta Nael). В связи с этим событием даже вышло совместное коммюнике от Дэна и от Визардов:
From Dan,
I made a mistake, and I feel awful. I especially feel for Marta, whose work I adore. In trying to create an iconic version of The One Ring, while looking at references online, I ended up using Marta’s Ring as a reference and painted over it to try to prove the item the fans hold dear in their hearts. In doing so, I didn’t make it my own. I’m reaching out to Marta privately, to apologize appear to artist. I love creating art for Magic, I’ve loved being a part of this artist community for more than 30 years, and I’m sorry I’ve let my fans down.
Sincerely, Dan Frazier
From Wizards of the Coast
Dan Frazier is a titan of the art industry and of Magic: The Gathering. He has created so many iconic pieces of art for the game that he will forever be a part of the game, and we value his contributions tremendously. With that i mind, we’re disappointed our review process didn’t catch the issue. Like Dan, we have already reached out to apologize to Marta Nael for not caching the use of her art in the piece.
None of this was intentional, but we’re going to make it as right as much as we can. On digital versions of the card, we will credit both Dan Frazier and Marta Nael. We will also make sure Marta is compensated for her work here.
This is a good moment to recognize that we are all humans who make mistakes. Dan made a mistake. We made mistakes in our process to not catch the error. We don’t condone or accept either, but we still value Dan and his contributions and are grateful for his place in the game.
Thank you to the Eagle-Eyed fans who noticed this, and for all of you for being strong advocates for amazing art and artists.
Sincerely, All of us at Wizards of the Coast.
Это признание, на мой взгляд, правда, мало что объясняет: Почему знаменитый художник пошел на такое пошлое копирование? Как вообще такое очевидное сходство пропустили в тираж? Почему никто из сотрудников Wizards, ответственных за художественное оформление карт, не обратил на это внимание?
