Andy Jauffrit: a painterly, poetic approach to fantasy card art
French illustrator Andy Jauffrit builds TCG-style cards with a painterly fantasy style. He aims for emotional impact through movement, inked linework, and special-effects experiments.
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Jauffrit focuses on TCG-style card projects and favors a painterly, fantasy-driven visual language.
He treats special effects as compositional elements—electricity in a mage piece began as a personal technical challenge.
His work is available on ArtStation and featured via ImagineFX and Creativebloq coverage.
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"Above all, I strive to make viewers feel something through my images," he says. Below, he shows us two examples of his work as part of our series of features on digital artists. If you need to build your own art setup, see our guides to the best drawing tablets or the best laptops for drawing.
How it works
- His work embraces a painterly style, with fantasy as a recurring theme.
- You can see more of Andy's work on his ArtStation profile.
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- Andy Jauffrit) "I wanted to create something poetic and elegant, with a sense of movement, as if a wave were breaking in the middle of the forest.
- Andy Jauffrit) "This piece began as a personal challenge: I wanted to draw special effects, particularly electricity.
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Spirit Flying Through the Forest (Image credit: I found it more compelling to involve a mage casting a spell. Print and digital subscriptions are available.
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