Making Art For Language Land Card Game | Legendary Interviews [Ep. 7 - Caitlin Rain]

Today I sit down with a true titan of artistry, Caitlin Rain, to discuss her work on two characters in the forthcoming language learning card game, Heading Into Language Land: Kirgak and the Wordsmith. Caitlin has been so kind to take us behind the scenes and show us how she approaches her designs and illustrations. Not only the finished pieces, but her process, will amaze you! Take a look!

CAITLIN‘S SITE:
https://www.illustratedspellbook.com/

CAITLIN ON ETSY:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/IllustratedSpellbook

CAITLIN ON FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/illustratedspellbook/

CAITLIN ON TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/ISpellbook

CAITLIN ON INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/illustratedspellbook/

00:00 Caitlin’s experiences with foreign languages
02:28 How Caitlin got into art
06:49 How Caitlin got into digital art, tech she uses
10:15 Showing game cards Caitlin worked on
10:50 How Caitlin felt about working on the game
12:15 Caitlin’s time lapse video of her process on Kirgak
22:10 Where to find Caitlin online, The Illustrated Spellbook
23:14 Caitlin’s sketches and process for the Wordsmith
29:30 Finding references and doing research
30:30 On the collaboration between artist and customer
37:20 Caitlin’s best advice for beginning artists

LEGENDARY QUOTES FROM CAITLIN

"I always use references, do a little tracing, a little Frankensteining...I think that comes from my background as a costume designer."

"Sometimes your first sketches end up giving you a vibe that you chase for the rest of the process."

"When you have just this one image that you're trying to communicate so much with, I do think you throw as much at it as you can and hope that at least some combination of the elements you put in there communicates what you need people to understand."

"Research is honestly one of my favorite parts of the process [...] but if something is for and from your imagination, it doesn't need to be historically accurate, but that can help to ground things."

"There will be people who are better than you are. There always are. But that's no reason not to give [art] a go, especially if you're trying something new. The skills of observation and imagination are muscles that can be exercised into good use. You just gotta put in the hours. I think that's true for beginning artists no matter where they're coming from."
Heading Into Language Land is a card based board game for language lovers scheduled for release in early 2022. Subscribe on the homepage of https://LegendaryLanguageLearner.com/ to receive a notification when it is ready.

Legendary Interviews is an ongoing series of talks that I have with friends and collaborators of Legendary Language Learner. To see all the episodes click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKj8MX40txc&list=PLdddsM1tHEe9oEpVlZvIxAvUGLq-kJCY0
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