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How To: Find the artist of a piece of art (With Images)
In my Cardsmithing past, I used to go on bing/google images to get my artwork. As it turns out, a lot of the art you find there has no artist given. While you can make cards without crediting the art, it's highly frowned upon and deprives the artist of credit, plus it makes it harder, if not impossible, for others to find the art when it's not credited properly. That's why I started getting my artwork through mediums like DeviantArt and ArtStation, since the artist is always provided. However, you don't have to dedicate yourself to a platform just to find an artist, because there's an easy way to find the artist if it's not directly given to you.
TinEye is a life saver. It has worked cardsmithing wonders for me, whether I'm remaking old cards and want to credit the art, or trying to find the artist of a card with uncredited art. Take this card of mine from 2016.
Nice art, amiright? But there's just one problem; the artist isn't credited! I figured this would be the perfect example to use.
Step 1: Save the image you want to find the artist of, cropping if needed
Obviously in a case like this, I had to crop the image down so that the card frame is no longer visible. This is critical. Alterations to or problems with the image could cause TinEye to not work. Your photo viewer should have an option to crop, and you can search the web for ways to crop it, or even do it online. In my case (iPad) I just saved the card image, went to Photos, brought up the image, and clicked Edit. Then, it was simple to crop the image.
Step 2: Go to https://tineye.com/ and upload your image.
TinEye allows you to perform a Reverse Image Search, which can find everywhere an image has appeared, including the source! You'll want to click/tap the arrow, then upload your cropped image. Once that's done, you'll get a results screen.
Note: If you don't get any results, try making sure the art is unaltered, and that you didn't accidentally leave in any card border if you cropped it.
Woah! That's a lot of results! Whether you get 200 results or 20, we won't be getting results that matter from a batch like this.
Step 3: Filter your search
The first thing you should certainly try is clicking the Collections box. Chances are, the art was made by someone on a site like DeviantArt, and they would really appreciate if you credited them.
Now comes the nitty gritty. Chances are, this image appears on multiple pages for several reasons. Thankfully, the file name almost never lies, and we have our work cut out for us.
I scrolled down a little bit, and sure enough, I found the artist, and the source of the image.
Once I clicked the link, it took me straight to DeviantArt, and the page where the original image came from. With their username visible, you can now credit them properly!
TinEye is a life saver. It has worked cardsmithing wonders for me, whether I'm remaking old cards and want to credit the art, or trying to find the artist of a card with uncredited art. Take this card of mine from 2016.
Nice art, amiright? But there's just one problem; the artist isn't credited! I figured this would be the perfect example to use.
Step 1: Save the image you want to find the artist of, cropping if needed
Obviously in a case like this, I had to crop the image down so that the card frame is no longer visible. This is critical. Alterations to or problems with the image could cause TinEye to not work. Your photo viewer should have an option to crop, and you can search the web for ways to crop it, or even do it online. In my case (iPad) I just saved the card image, went to Photos, brought up the image, and clicked Edit. Then, it was simple to crop the image.
Step 2: Go to https://tineye.com/ and upload your image.
TinEye allows you to perform a Reverse Image Search, which can find everywhere an image has appeared, including the source! You'll want to click/tap the arrow, then upload your cropped image. Once that's done, you'll get a results screen.
Note: If you don't get any results, try making sure the art is unaltered, and that you didn't accidentally leave in any card border if you cropped it.
Woah! That's a lot of results! Whether you get 200 results or 20, we won't be getting results that matter from a batch like this.
Step 3: Filter your search
The first thing you should certainly try is clicking the Collections box. Chances are, the art was made by someone on a site like DeviantArt, and they would really appreciate if you credited them.
Now comes the nitty gritty. Chances are, this image appears on multiple pages for several reasons. Thankfully, the file name almost never lies, and we have our work cut out for us.
I scrolled down a little bit, and sure enough, I found the artist, and the source of the image.
Once I clicked the link, it took me straight to DeviantArt, and the page where the original image came from. With their username visible, you can now credit them properly!
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Comments
(The link leads to the most embarrassing screw-up I've done, an ironic one at that.)
(Told you it was my most embarrassing screw-up in my history on Cardsmith! Not only did I reuse artwork from an official MTG card, but I used it on a card that did almost the exact same thing LMAO)
(I get your point.)