Editing List of illustrators

Here is a '''list of illustrators''' of [[Dominion]] [[card|cards]] and box covers. See [[Gallery of illustrations]] for the original art, all on one page.

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!Illustrator!!Cards and box art
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|Alayna Danner||Box art: {{Set|Cornucopia}}<br>{{Card|Advisor}}, {{Card|Champion}}, {{Card|Dame Natalie}}, {{Card|Duchess}}, {{Card|Groundskeeper}}, {{Card|Harvest}}, {{Card|Hero}}, {{Card|Horn of Plenty}}, {{Card|Mystic}}, {{Card|Oasis}}, {{Card|Page}}, {{Card|Royal Blacksmith}}, {{Card|Soothsayer}}, {{Card|Spice Merchant}}, {{Card|Treasure Hunter}}, {{Card|Warrior}}
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|{{nowrap|Alejandro Gutiérrez Franco}}||{{Card|Ambassador}}<ref>The {{Card|Ambassador}} art was mistakenly credited to Alexander Jung.</ref>, {{Card|Lookout}}
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|Alexander Jung||{{Card|Swindler}}
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|Alex Drummond||{{Card|Familiar}}, {{Card|Procession}}, {{Card|Storeroom}}, {{Card|Survivors}}, {{Card|Vault}}
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|Brian Brinlee||{{Project|Academy}}, {{Event|Ball}}, {{Event|Banquet}}, {{Card|Blessed Village}}, {{Event|Bonfire}}, {{Project|Crop Rotation}}, {{Card|Cobbler}}, {{Event|Conquest}}, {{Event|Enclave}}, {{Event|Invest}}, {{Card|Leprechaun}}, {{Hex|Locusts}}, {{Card|Necropolis}}, {{Card|Quarry}}, {{Event|Ride}}, {{Project|Silos}}, {{Event|Stampede}}, {{Card|Tragic Hero}}, {{Event|Transport}}, {{Card|Tunnel}}
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|Christof Tisch||{{Card|Duke}}, {{Card|Minion}}, {{Card|Sea Hag}}, {{Card|Workshop}}
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|Claus Stephan<ref>Claus Stephan is sometimes credited as "Claus Stefan".</ref>||Box art: {{Set|Alchemy}}, {{Set|Empires}}<br>{{Card|Abandoned Mine}}, {{Card|Animal Fair}}, {{Landmark|Basilica}}, {{Card|Border Guard}}, {{Card|Camel Train}}, {{Card|Cardinal}}, {{Card|Cavalry}}, {{Card|Coppersmith}}, {{Card|Courtier}}, {{Card|Coven}}, {{NewCard|Curse}}, {{Card|Devil's Workshop}}, {{Card|Enchantress}}, {{Card|Falconer}}, {{Card|Fool}}, {{Card|Goat}}, {{Card|Goatherd}}, {{Hex|Greed}}, {{Card|Haggler}}, {{Card|Haven}}, {{Card|Hermit}}, {{Card|Hireling}}, {{Card|Horse}}, {{Card|Hunting Lodge}}, {{Card|Imp}}, {{Artifact|Key}}, {{State|Lost in the Woods}}, {{Artifact|Lantern}}, {{Card|Lucky Coin}}, {{Card|Madman}}, {{Card|Mine}}, {{Card|Mining Village}}, {{Card|Outpost}}, {{Card|Patron}}, {{Card|Pillage}}, {{Card|Pixie}}, {{NewCard|Potion}}, {{Card|Ranger}}, {{Card|Replace}}, {{Card|Sanctuary}}, {{Card|Sheepdog}}, {{Card|Snowy Village}}, {{Card|Storyteller}}, {{Card|Tormentor}}, {{Landmark|Tower}}, {{Card|Transmute}}, {{Card|Treasurer}}, {{Landmark|Triumphal Arch}}, {{Card|Village}}, {{Card|Worker's Village}}
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|Colin Throm||{{Card|Hoard}}
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|Dennis Lohausen||{{Card|Count}}, {{Card|Explorer}}, {{Card|Ironmonger}}, {{Card|King's Court}}, {{Card|Saboteur}}, {{Card|Stables}}
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|Donald Crank||{{Landmark|Aqueduct}}, {{Landmark|Colonnade}}, {{Landmark|Obelisk}}
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|Doris Matthäus||{{Card|Ruined Village}}, {{Card|Walled Village}}
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|Elisa Cella||{{Card|Bard}}, {{Card|Dismantle}}, {{Card|Engineer}}, {{Card|Groom}}, {{Card|Hostelry}}, {{Card|Kiln}}, {{Card|Legionary}}, {{Card|Night Watchman}}, {{Card|Overlord}}, {{Card|Paddock}}, {{Card|Scholar}}, {{Card|Silk Merchant}}, {{Card|Spices}}, {{Card|Skulk}}
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|Eric J Carter||{{Card|Barge}}, {{Card|Farmland}}, {{Card|Forager}}, {{Card|Ghost}}, {{Card|Guide}}, {{Card|Haunted Mirror}}, {{Card|Highway}}, {{Card|Hovel}}, {{Card|Merchant Guild}}, {{Card|Prince}}, {{Card|Ratcatcher}}, {{Card|Scrap}}, {{Card|Sentry}}, {{Card|Talisman}}, {{Card|Wine Merchant}}
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|Franz Vohwinkel||Box art: {{Set|Seaside|Seaside (First Edition)}}<br>{{Card|Black Market}}, {{Card|Bounty Hunter}}, {{Hex|Delusion}}/{{State|Deluded}}, {{Hex|Fear}}, {{Card|Golem}}, {{Card|Island}}, {{Card|Marauder}}, {{Card|Masquerade}}, {{Card|Mastermind}}, {{Card|Native Village}}, {{Card|Pawn}}, {{Card|Pirate Ship}}, {{Card|Scavenger}}, {{Card|Torturer}}, {{Card|Village Green}}
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|Garret DeChellis<ref>Garret DeChellis was mistakenly credited as "Garrett" for {{Set|Dark Ages}}.</ref>||Box art: {{Set|Nocturne}}<br>{{Landmark|Battlefield}}, {{Card|Beggar}}, {{Card|Destrier}}, {{Card|Emporium}}, {{Project|Fair}}, {{Card|Farming Village}}, {{Card|Gatekeeper}}, {{Card|Livery}}, {{Landmark|Mountain Pass}}, {{Card|Nomad Camp}}, {{Event|Pathfinding}}, {{Card|Patrician}}, {{Event|Pilgrimage}}, {{Card|Sir Vander}}, {{Card|Wayfarer}}
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|Grant Hansen||Box art: {{Set|Renaissance}}<br>{{Card|Cargo Ship}}, {{Card|Druid}}, {{Artifact|Flag}}, {{Card|Flag Bearer}}, {{Card|Lackeys}}, {{Project|Star Chart}}, {{Card|Stockpile}}, {{Card|Supplies}}, {{Way|Way of the Chameleon}}, {{Way|Way of the Rat}}, {{Way|Way of the Worm}}, {{Card|Werewolf}}
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|Guillaume Ducos||{{Card|Wandering Minstrel}}
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|Hans Krill||{{Event|Alliance}}, {{Project|Guildhall}}, {{Event|Populate}}, {{Event|Seize the Day}}, {{Project|Sinister Plot}}, {{Event|Toil}}, {{Way|Way of the Sheep}}
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|Harald Lieske||Box art: {{Set|Prosperity}}<br>{{Card|Artisan}}, {{Event|Banish}}, {{Event|Bargain}}, {{Card|Bridge}}, {{Project|Citadel}}, {{Project|City Gate}}, {{Card|Courtyard}}, {{Card|Cursed Gold}}, {{Event|Demand}}, {{Card|Disciple}}, {{Card|Embargo}}, {{Card|Fishing Village}}, {{Card|Fugitive}}, {{Card|Governor}}, {{Card|Herbalist}}, {{Artifact|Horn}}, {{Card|Library}}, {{Card|Monastery}}, {{Card|Mountain Village}}, {{Card|Patrol}}, {{Card|Peasant}}, {{Card|Pooka}}, {{Event|Reap}}, {{Card|Ruined Library}}, {{Card|Sage}}, {{Card|Soldier}}, {{Card|Squire}}, {{Card|Teacher}}, {{Card|Temple}}, {{Card|Throne Room}}, {{Card|Trade Route}}, {{Card|Villa}}, {{Way|Way of the Otter}}, {{Card|Wild Hunt}}
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|Ian Kirkpatrick||{{Card|Rats}}
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|Jacob Corn||{{Card|Philosopher's Stone}}
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|Jason Slavin||{{Hex|Bad Omens}}, {{Card|Changeling}}, {{Card|Cultist}}, {{Hex|Envy}}/{{State|Envious}}, {{Card|Experiment}}, {{Card|Ill-Gotten Gains}}, {{Card|Royal Seal}}, {{Card|Villain}}
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|Jason Snair||{{Card|Bank}}
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|Jeff Himmelman||{{Card|Horse Traders}}, {{Card|Jester}}
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|Jesse Mead||{{Event|Quest}}, {{Event|Raid}}, {{Card|Rogue}}, {{Event|Training}}
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|Jessi J<ref>Prior to {{Set|Empires}}, Jessi J was credited as "Jessica Cox".</ref>||{{Card|Bustling Village}}, {{Card|Dame Sylvia}}, {{Event|Delay}}, {{Card|Encampment}}, {{Card|Fairgrounds}}, {{Hex|Haunting}}, {{Card|Herald}}, {{Event|March}}, {{Hex|Misery}}/{{State|Miserable}}/{{State|Twice Miserable}}, {{Card|Old Witch}}, {{Card|Oracle}}, {{Event|Plan}}, {{Card|Plunder}}, {{Card|Poor House}}, {{Hex|Poverty}}, {{Event|Save}}, {{Card|Sculptor}}, {{Card|Settlers}}, {{Card|Swamp Hag}}, {{Card|Taxman}}, {{Way|Way of the Horse}}, {{Way|Way of the Mole}}, {{Card|Young Witch}}
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|Joshua Stewart||Box art: {{Set|Intrigue|ed=2}} (first printing)<br>{{Event|Annex}}, {{Project|Canal}}, {{Project|Cathedral}}, {{Card|Conclave}}, {{Card|Cursed Village}}, {{Card|Exorcist}}, {{Event|Expedition}}, {{Landmark|Keep}}, {{Event|Lost Arts}}, {{Card|Margrave}}, {{Card|Merchant}}, {{Card|Noble Brigand}}, {{Card|Peddler}}<ref>The {{Card|Peddler}} art was mistakenly credited to Joshua Balvin on the first edition of the card.</ref>, {{Card|Poacher}}, {{Event|Ritual}}, {{Card|Sacrifice}}, {{Event|Scouting Party}}, {{Card|Seer}}, {{Card|Sir Bailey}}, {{Card|Swashbuckler}}, {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}}, {{Event|Triumph}}, {{Card|Vagrant}}, {{Landmark|Wall}}, {{Event|Wedding}}, {{Event|Windfall}}
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|Julien Delval||Box art: {{Set|Dominion|ed=2}}, {{Set|Intrigue|ed=2}} (reprint), {{Set|Seaside|ed=2}}<br>{{Card|Acting Troupe}}, {{Card|Bandit}}, {{Landmark|Bandit Fort}}, {{Card|Church}}, {{Card|Captain}}, {{Card|Caravan Guard}}, {{Card|Crumbling Castle}}, {{Card|Grand Castle}}, {{Card|Graverobber}}, {{Card|Great Hall}}, {{Card|Haunted Castle}}, {{Card|Hideout}}, {{Card|Humble Castle}}, {{Card|Inventor}}, {{Card|King's Castle}}, {{Card|Laboratory}}, {{Landmark|Labyrinth}}, {{Card|Lost City}}, {{Card|Monument}}, {{Landmark|Museum}}, {{Card|Opulent Castle}}, {{Hex|Plague}}, {{Card|Priest}}, {{Card|Recruiter}}, {{Card|Research}}, {{Card|Scheme}}, {{Event|Seaway}}, {{Card|Sir Martin}}, {{Card|Small Castle}}, {{Card|Sprawling Castle}}, {{Boon|The Earth's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Field's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Flame's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Forest's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Moon's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Mountain's Gift}}, {{Boon|The River's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Sea's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Sky's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Sun's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Swamp's Gift}}, {{Boon|The Wind's Gift}}, {{Card|Thief}}, {{Event|Travelling Fair}}, {{Card|Vassal}}, {{Card|Vineyard}}, {{Hex|War}}, {{Card|Warehouse}}, {{Card|Will-o'-Wisp}}
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|Kelli Stakenas||{{Card|Candlestick Maker}}, {{Card|Fortune}}, {{Card|Gladiator}}, {{Card|Masterpiece}}, {{Card|Royal Carriage}}
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|Kendra Dodsworth||{{Landmark|Wolf Den}}
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|Kieron O'Gorman||{{Card|Jack of all Trades}}, {{Card|Mountebank}}, {{Card|Possession}}
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|Kim Feigenbaum||{{Card|Mint}}
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|Klemens Franz||{{Card|Scrying Pool}}
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|Kurt Miller||{{Card|Border Village}}, {{Card|Bridge Troll}}, {{Card|Chariot Race}}, {{Landmark|Defiled Shrine}}, {{Card|Hamlet}}, {{Card|Haunted Woods}}, {{Card|Hunting Party}}, {{Card|Journeyman}}, {{Card|Junk Dealer}}, {{Card|Rebuild}}
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|Lee Smith||{{Card|Venture}}
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|Lorraine Schleter||Box art: {{Set|Adventures}}, {{Set|Allies}}<br>{{Card|Dame Anna}}, {{Card|Diplomat}}, {{Card|Doctor}}, {{Card|Followers}}, {{Card|Market Square}}, {{Card|Stonemason}}, {{Card|Trader}}
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|Lynell Ingram||{{Card|Artificer}}, {{Card|Baker}}, {{Landmark|Baths}}, {{Event|Borrow}}, {{Card|Butcher}}, {{Card|Crypt}}, {{Card|Dame Josephine}}, {{Card|Dame Molly}}, {{Card|Faithful Hound}}, {{Landmark|Fountain}}, {{Card|Mandarin}}, {{Landmark|Orchard}}, {{Card|Princess}}
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|{{nowrap|Marcel-André Casasola Merkle<ref>Since the Second Editions of {{Set|Dominion|Dominion|ed=2}} and {{Set|Intrigue|Intrigue|ed=2}} and prior to {{Set|Nocturne}}, Marcel-André Casasola Merkle's last name is mistakenly hyphenated.</ref>}}||Box art: {{Set|Menagerie}}<br>{{Card|Armory}}, {{Card|Caravan}}, {{Card|Catacombs}}, {{Card|Cemetery}}, {{Card|Displace}}, {{Project|Exploration}}<ref>The {{Project|Exploration}} art was mistakenly credited to Eric J Carter.</ref>, {{Card|Festival}}, {{Card|Fisherman}}, {{Card|Ghost Town}}, {{Card|Grand Market}}, {{Card|Inn}}, {{Card|Lighthouse}}, {{Card|Mill}}, {{Card|Nobles}}, {{Card|Ruined Market}}, {{Card|Secret Chamber}}, {{Card|Secret Passage}}, {{Card|Sleigh}}, {{Card|University}}, {{Card|Wish}}
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|Marco Morte||{{Card|Archive}}, {{Card|Black Cat}}, {{Card|Capital}}, {{Card|Charm}}, {{Card|City}}, {{Card|Crown}}, {{Card|Death Cart}}, {{Card|Develop}}, {{Card|Ducat}}, {{Card|Embassy}}, {{Card|Fortress}}, {{Card|Gear}}, {{Card|Giant}}, {{Card|Improve}}, {{Card|Magpie}}, {{Card|Miser}}, {{Card|Necromancer}}, {{Card|Scepter}}, {{Card|Sir Destry}}, {{Card|Sir Michael}}, {{Event|Summon}}, {{Event|Trade}}, {{Card|Transmogrify}}, {{Card|Treasure Trove}}, {{Way|Way of the Butterfly}}, {{Way|Way of the Frog}}, {{Way|Way of the Goat}}, {{Way|Way of the Monkey}}, {{Way|Way of the Mouse}}, {{Way|Way of the Mule}}, {{Way|Way of the Owl}}, {{Way|Way of the Pig}}, {{Way|Way of the Seal}}, {{Way|Way of the Squirrel}}, {{Way|Way of the Turtle}}, {{Card|Zombie Apprentice}}, {{Card|Zombie Mason}}, {{Card|Zombie Spy}}
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|Mark Poole||{{Card|Cartographer}}, {{Event|Delve}}, {{Card|Den of Sin}}, {{Event|Ferry}}, {{Event|Inheritance}}, {{Landmark|Palace}}, {{Card|Port}}, {{Card|Raider}}, {{Card|Remake}}, {{Card|Trusty Steed}}
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|Martin Hoffmann||Box art: {{Set|Empires}}<br>{{Event|Advance}}, {{Card|Apprentice}}, {{Landmark|Arena}}, {{Project|Barracks}}, {{Card|Bat}}, {{Card|Bazaar}}, {{Project|Capitalism}}, {{NewCard|Colony}}, {{Event|Commerce}}, {{Card|Cutpurse}}, {{Event|Desperation}}, {{Event|Dominate}}, {{Event|Donate}}, {{NewCard|Duchy}}, {{Card|Dungeon}}, {{Event|Enhance}}, {{NewCard|Estate}}, {{Hex|Famine}}, {{Project|Fleet}}, {{Card|Forge}}, {{Event|Gamble}}, {{Card|Guardian}}, {{Card|Harbinger}}, {{Card|Ironworks}}, {{Card|Lurker}}, {{Card|Mercenary}}, {{Card|Messenger}}, {{Event|Mission}}, {{Card|Overgrown Estate}}, {{Project|Piazza}}, {{Card|Pouch}}, {{NewCard|Province}}, {{Event|Pursue}}, {{Card|Sacred Grove}}, {{Card|Silk Road}}, {{Card|Stash}}, {{Card|Tactician}}, {{Landmark|Tomb}}, {{Card|Tracker}}, {{Card|Trading Post}}, {{Card|Urchin}}, {{Card|Vampire}}
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|Matthew Tames||{{Card|Menagerie}}
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|Matthias Catrein||Box art: {{Set|Base Cards}}, {{Set|Dominion|ed=1}}, {{Set|Guilds}}, {{Set|Intrigue|ed=1}}<br>{{Event|Alms}}, {{Card|Altar}}, {{Card|Amulet}}, {{Card|Bureaucrat}}, {{Card|Catapult}}, {{Card|Cellar}}, {{Card|Chancellor}}, {{Card|Chapel}}, {{Card|City Quarter}}, {{Card|Conspirator}}, {{Card|Council Room}}, {{Card|Counting House}}, {{Card|Crossroads}}, {{Card|Distant Lands}}, {{Card|Envoy}}, {{Card|Feast}}, {{Card|Feodum}}, {{Card|Gardens}}, {{Card|Ghost Ship}}, {{Card|Knights}} Randomizer, {{Card|Market}}, {{Card|Militia}}, {{Card|Moat}}, {{Card|Moneylender}}, {{Card|Pasture}}, {{Card|Potion}}, {{Card|Remodel}}, {{Project|Road Network}}, {{Card|Rocks}}, {{Card|Scout}}, {{Project|Sewers}}, {{Card|Shepherd}}, {{Card|Smithy}}, {{Card|Steward}}, {{Card|Treasure Map}}, {{Card|Tribute}}, {{Card|Upgrade}}, {{Way|Way of the Camel}}, {{Way|Way of the Ox}}, {{Card|Witch}}, {{Card|Woodcutter}}
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|Maura Kalusky||{{Card|Harem}}, {{Card|Navigator}}, {{Card|Pearl Diver}}, {{Card|Shanty Town}}
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|Michael Menzel||{{Card|Spy}}
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|Ossi Hiekkala||{{Card|Avanto}}, {{Card|Sauna}}
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|Raina Kuptz||{{Event|Salt the Earth}}, {{Event|Tax}}
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|Raven Mimura||Box art: {{Set|Dark Ages}}<br>{{Card|Fortune Teller}}
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|RC Torres||{{Card|Band of Misfits}}, {{Card|Bandit Camp}}, {{Card|Cache}}, {{Card|Contraband}}, {{Card|Rabble}}, {{Card|Raze}}, {{Card|Salvager}}, {{Card|Smugglers}}
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|Rick Hershey||{{Card|Watchtower}}
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|Rom||{{Card|Bishop}}
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|Ryan Laukat||Box art: {{Set|Hinterlands}}<br>{{Card|Adventurer}}, {{Card|Apothecary}}, {{Card|Bag of Gold}}, {{Card|Baron}}, {{Card|Coin of the Realm}}, {{NewCard|Copper}}, {{Card|Counterfeit}}, {{Card|Diadem}}, {{Card|Duplicate}}, {{Card|Expand}}, {{Card|Farmers' Market}}, {{Card|Fool's Gold}}, {{Card|Forum}}, {{NewCard|Gold}}, {{Card|Idol}}, {{Project|Innovation}}, {{Card|Magic Lamp}}, {{Card|Merchant Ship}}, {{Project|Pageant}}, {{NewCard|Platinum}}, {{Card|Plaza}}, {{Card|Relic}}, {{Card|Secret Cave}}, {{NewCard|Silver}}, {{Card|Spoils}}, {{Card|Treasury}}, {{Card|Wishing Well}}
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|Simon Jannerland<ref>Prior to {{Set|Alchemy}}, Simon Jannerland was credited as Simon Samuelsson.</ref>||{{Card|Alchemist}}, {{Card|Hunting Grounds}}, {{Card|Loan}}, {{Card|Wharf}}
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|Taylor Bennett||{{Card|Tournament}}
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|Tu Pei-Shu||{{Card|Goons}}
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==Trivia==
===Art descriptions===
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Originally there was just the name, and maybe like "it's a medieval game or something."

Some [[Intrigue]] cards showed the wrong things. The original art for {{Card|Pawn}} for example ended up on Goons. {{Card|Steward}} showed a guy with a serving tray. So, after that, I typed up terse descriptions of what the card flavor was - a little for them to go on.

Guilds has mostly art by female artists. It still has mostly male characters though. For [[Adventures]] I started also specifying male/female on appropriate cards. For [[Empires]] I went further because I knew that "a crowd of people" would easily become "a crowd of only men." In fact there's an example in Empires of "a crowd of people including both men and women" drawn with all men anyway.

{{Card|Wild Hunt}} is a European folklore thing - not so Roman but in the set anyway. I didn't go into that in the artist notes though.

{{Card|Wild Hunt}}: A group of ghostly hunters, on horses and with hounds, in the sky, chasing prey.

The longest one for [[Empires]] is {{Card|Enchantress}}.

{{Card|Enchantress}}: A character like Circe in Homer's Odyssey; an enchantress who has apparently turned someone into a pig (but not shown doing magic).

And a few are very short.

{{Event|Conquest}}: Visigoths attacking Rome.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg664890#msg664890 Interview with Donald X.]
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I don't think those are so interesting either. In general I leave as much as possible up to the artist. The whole point to the notes is just that some early cards had the wrong thing illustrated. The image on {{Card|Goons}} was submitted for {{Card|Pawn}}; {{Card|Steward}} showed a guy with a serving dish. Not everyone was going to know the terms and sometimes they're ambiguous. Not everyone was going to feel like doing any research. So I started typing up notes.

Treasures often say "no people" because some of the [[Prosperity]] ones showed people and I didn't like that as much. A few times I've pointed out things not to do like "no New World crops" or "no gore." Sometimes I've noted the frame color or that something is an attack; I stopped doing that eventually but probably should have kept it up. In rare cases there has been something special to communicate, like the [[Ruins]] being ruined versions of things, or the {{Card|Hermit}}/{{Card|Madman}} connection.

There is an opening paragraph that probably they all get, that notes that the game is medieval, and says the expansion theme. It says that buildings can be shown from inside or outside, that people can be non-European. I used to say could be male or female, then I added, we don't get many females and would like more. Even female artists mostly drew men. For [[Adventures]] I just specified male or female on all of the cards that were a person. There will be some women in this art.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg471062#msg471062 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
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|Text= 
At first they just drew stuff from the name. These days they get a terse description, trying not to limit what they do much, but covering some issues: making it clear what the card name means; getting us women on cards; avoiding certain cases I have singled out, like there are two people and you don't know which one is the one that card is referring to (yes it still comes up), or the card is a treasure but you see some stuff happening. For [[Nocturne]] of course all the notes specified day/night.

At first it just all happened and I saw the results. These days I get to see a lot of sketches though not all of them. I can say, "that isn't what I meant." Sometimes you can miss stuff from the sketch, and be sad later. Some artists are generous and will offer up more than one sketch to let you pick from. There is a chance to ask for changes in a final piece, but it's harder, especially if the change you want is "something completely different please."

For most sets Jay assigned art to whatever artists. For [[Nocturne]] I got to do initial assignments of art to artists (then if they couldn't do it, Jay reassigned the art, to whoever was extra available). I cut a few artists I didn't like, and tried to pair up artists with pieces I thought they'd do well on. I brought up a few artists who hadn't worked for us in a while, and a couple of them were available. Jay brought in a few new people to try them out.

Overall it did not work out perfectly, but uh, not for lack of trying.

|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=17797.msg729682#msg729682 Bonus Preview #5: Necromancer]
}}
===Race===
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|Text= The setting does pretend to strive for historical accuracy, when it isn't fantasy; it is just constantly thwarted by artists showing castles with tons of brightly lit windows, or modern gardening outfits, or fields of corn though I said "no New World crops" as if that would be clear.

The artist notes usually make no mention of race. Four expansions have themes that push race and so some cards specify. [[Empires]] is Roman and a lot of cards specify Romans, a few Gauls or Celts (e.g. {{Event|Dominate}}); [[Nocturne]] has a Celtic mythology theme, so {{Card|Druid}} and {{Card|Exorcist}} are specified Celtic; Renaissance has some specific Italian things, e.g. {{Card|Patron}} says to show Lorenzo de' Medici, {{Card|Priest}} says Roman Catholic, {{Card|Recruiter}} says condottieri (Italian mercenaries); [[Hinterlands]] specifically has non-European places, so the titles imply race for a few cards - {{Card|Mandarin}}, {{Card|Nomad Camp}} - though the artist notes don't specify. And then, a few cards illustrate specific real-life people connected to Dominion somehow, and so are that race - 10 people I know for the [[Knights]], Dale Yu on {{Card|Navigator}}, Valerie Putman on {{Card|Harem}}, Wei-Hwa Huang on {{Card|Pearl Diver}}, RTT on {{Card|Captain}}. Beyond that I think there's only one card where I specified race: for {{Card|Diplomat}}, I specified Spanish, trying to think of what would be most plausible for a female medieval diplomat.

That was a bunch really but still for most cards there is no specification, it's just whatever the artist drew.

I've floated the idea of doing a medieval Japan expansion. And someone immediately said, oh but you have to get a Japanese person to make sure that everything is respectful. And then other people chimed in to say, yes absolutely, so important. I can't stop the artist from turning in the art for {{Card|Mandarin}} though. The only way to make sure there's no horrendously offensive Japanese stuff is to not do Japan. I've also floated the idea of a Vikings expansion; there is no such issue there. That's the sad way of the world. Which hasn't just ruled out Japan, but you know. Last time out I went with animals; maximally inoffensive. No-one minds which breed of dog it is.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=20436.msg847199#msg847199 White and POC cards]
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===Artwork inspiring cards===
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|Text= 
The art for {{Card|Goons}} was submitted for {{Card|Pawn}}; one of the things that resulted in me typing up artist notes for each set after that (also the {{Card|Steward}} image was a guy with a serving dish). I came up with a name for the art and then abilities for the name (then tried other things until I had a card that worked, which did not end up as {{Card|Goons}}-like but what can you do).

The art for {{Card|Storeroom}} was submitted for {{Card|Vault}}. I think there the artist offered multiple directions. The art sat around for a while, waiting for a card.

The art for {{Card|Bazaar}} was submitted for {{Card|Market}}; there there were just accidentally two people doing the art. I had a card called {{Card|Bazaar}} in Seaside and said, we can use that art there.

{{Card|City}} was called Boomtown until art was being made. I said "make sure it's not Wild-West-y" and Jay was all, uh maybe we should change that name. Then he used the same art for {{Card|City}} and for a Carcassonne product.

Names for [[Alchemy]] were locked in before the cards were done. {{Card|Alchemist}} and {{Card|Golem}} were new cards trying to fit the names of outtakes; then {{Card|Scrying Pool}} got an attack because it was the most attack-like sounding name other than {{Card|Golem}} which I didn't want to change when that time came.

{{Card|Governor}} has cropped art from an edition of Puerto Rico, and was designed to relate to Puerto Rico.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg609558#msg609558 Interview with Donald X]
}}

== Errata ==
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