Art Guide

Wide poster for a trading card game. A monumental heroic commander in a long greatcoat seen from a low angle on the right, holding a rolled map, behind her a fleet of airships, smoking factory chimneys and a diesel locomotive on a viaduct under a huge sunburst halo in Mucha style. The left third and the top center are calm, empty sky with gentle gradients so a large title can sit on top.

Note: Keep the left third and top center empty: the title sits there.

A heroic supply convoy: armored diesel trucks and a steam locomotive loaded with crates and fuel drums, workers and a pin-up style woman in overalls passing crates hand to hand, a recycling loop of crates returning to the end of the convoy, smokestacks behind.

A tactical battle on a grid battlefield: a vanguard line of armored infantry and a tank advancing, artillery crews in the rear line firing support over their heads, flanking soldiers in the adjacent column, an enemy sovereign on a balcony in the distance guarded by three card-shaped shields.

Four allied nations as four heroic standing figures side by side, exactly two men and two women. From left to right: a scarlet red Steel Sultanate industrial commander, a man in a fez and heavy greatcoat, with a steel cog banner; an imperial blue Sky Federation aviator aristocrat, a woman with flight goggles and a long scarf, with a fighter plane behind her; an ivory white Sacred Order guardian, a man in a fortified white cloak, with a cathedral fortress; a moss green Monsoon Dominion commander, an Indian woman in a pagri turban and olive greatcoat, beside a heavy armored machine and domed Indian palace architecture. In the background, neutral gray workers and a golden royal guard silhouette, half of them women.

Note: Two men and two women among the nations, women also half of the background crowd. Check the count in the result.

Portrait poster of the Steel Sultanate, scarlet red: a powerful industrial commander with a fez and heavy greatcoat beside a blazing steel foundry, smoking chimneys, a bayonet-charging infantry column behind, red and brass tones, Art Nouveau cog-shaped halo.

Portrait poster of the Sky Federation, imperial blue: an elegant aerial aristocrat pilot with flight goggles and a long scarf, a pin-up styled aviatrix leaning on a biplane wing, airships and clouds behind, navy and sky blue with gold ornament, Art Nouveau wing-shaped halo.

Portrait poster of the Domain of the Sacred Order, ivory white: a stern guardian in white ceremonial armor and cloak standing before a fortified cathedral with bastion walls and anti-air guns, ivory and gold tones, Art Nouveau stained-glass halo.

Portrait poster of the Monsoon Dominion, moss green, a dieselpunk nation of the Indian subcontinent: a dignified Indian general in a pagri turban and olive greatcoat with medals, beside an Indian woman engineer in a sari-inspired work uniform with a wrench, an armored elephant fitted with diesel machinery and a Rajput-Mughal palace with domes and chhatris in the background, lotus and marigold ornaments, moss green and saffron gold tones, Art Nouveau lotus halo. Respectful, heroic, authentic Indian features and clothing.

Note: Indian peoples, depicted with dignity: authentic clothing and features, never caricature or colonial gaze.

Portrait poster of the Royal Guard, gold: elite guardsmen in gilded ceremonial uniforms with plumed helmets standing in a rigid column before a golden throne hall, gold and black tones, Art Nouveau crown halo.

Portrait poster of the Neutral Workforce, gray: factory workers, militia and mechanics with wrenches and rifles, a pin-up styled female mechanic, gears and conveyor belts behind, steel gray and soot tones, Art Nouveau gear halo.

A sovereign in a long coat standing protected behind exactly three large upright card-shaped steel shields lined up in front of her, one shield cracked by an explosion with sparks, the others intact, a command bunker behind with a map table.

Note: Always exactly three card-shaped shields. Check the count in the result.

A stalled empty supply train at a dark station at dusk, empty crates and drained fuel barrels, weary workers and a pin-up styled dispatcher looking at an empty track, cold blue shadows with one warm lantern, a sense of logistical collapse.

Troops repositioning on a large tabletop-like grid battlefield seen from above at an angle: light infantry sprinting between lines, a heavy tank rolling slowly, a massive brute walker standing fixed, a commander pointing with a baton over a map grid.

Square app-icon emblem background: a circular art-deco medallion with radiating sunburst rays in brick red, brass gold and deep navy, Mucha-style ornamental ring, completely empty clean center area reserved for a logo, no figures.

Note: Center must stay empty: the logo is composited later by build-brand-assets.

Sovereign portrait of Marshal Zahir of the Steel Sultanate, scarlet red: a commanding man with dark-brown skin, a trimmed black beard, a fez and a heavy red greatcoat with brass epaulettes, standing before a blazing steel foundry with smokestacks, red and brass tones, Art Nouveau cog-shaped halo. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Sovereign portrait of Minister Olivia of the Sky Federation, imperial blue: an elegant woman with fair freckled skin and auburn hair under a navy peaked cap and flight scarf, confident and in command, a biplane wing and airships in the clouds behind, navy and sky blue with gold ornament, Art Nouveau wing-shaped halo. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Sovereign portrait of General Viktor of the Domain of the Sacred Order, ivory white: a stern man with light tan skin and a silver-grey mustache in white ceremonial armor and cloak, before a fortified cathedral with bastion walls, ivory and gold tones, Art Nouveau stained-glass halo. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Sovereign portrait of Senaapati Endra of the Monsoon Dominion, moss green, inspired by the Indian subcontinent: a dignified Indian woman general with deep-brown skin in a pagri turban and olive greatcoat with medals, an armored diesel elephant and a Rajput-Mughal palace with chhatris behind, lotus and marigold ornaments, moss green and saffron gold tones, Art Nouveau lotus halo. Respectful, heroic, authentic Indian features and clothing. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a young woman conscript with medium-brown skin and a braided black ponytail in a worn red greatcoat, a rifle with a fixed bayonet on her shoulder, a foundry furnace glowing behind her, scarlet red and brass tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a stern man colonel with olive skin and a thick mustache in a tall red kalpak hat and decorated red greatcoat, raising a saber toward a charging infantry column, steam and smoke behind, scarlet red and brass tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a young man cadet aviator with deep-brown skin, leather flight cap and goggles pushed up on his forehead, sitting in the open cockpit of a small blue biplane against clouds, navy and sky blue with gold trim. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a confident woman squadron commander with fair freckled skin and a navy peaked cap and long scarf, pointing at the sky, three biplanes in formation behind her, navy and sky blue with gold trim. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a man militiaman with tan skin in a white tabard over a patched ivory coat holding a rifle and a round shield, a stone chapel with a bell tower behind, ivory and gold tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a woman commander with dark-brown skin in white ceremonial armor and a gold-trimmed cloak, holding a staff with a sunburst, a cathedral bastion wall and anti-air guns behind, ivory and gold tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a young Indian woman levy with warm-brown skin in a simple olive tunic and a headscarf holding an old rifle, rice paddies and a river with a diesel barge behind, moss green and saffron gold tones. Respectful, authentic Indian features and clothing. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a dignified Indian man commander with deep-brown skin in a pagri turban and olive greatcoat with medals riding on an armored diesel elephant, a Rajput-Mughal palace with domes behind, moss green and saffron gold tones. Respectful, heroic, authentic Indian features and clothing. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a woman captain of the Royal Guard with light-brown skin and a black bob haircut in a gilded ceremonial uniform with a plumed helmet and white gloves, a golden throne hall column behind, gold and black tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Unit card art: a squat gray armored diesel cargo truck piled with crates and fuel drums, a smiling man teamster with medium-brown skin leaning on the cab in a gray flat cap and overalls, factory yard and conveyor belts behind, steel gray and soot tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four recruits queuing at a recruitment table in a foundry yard, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, red greatcoats and caps, furnaces glowing behind, scarlet red and brass tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four levy soldiers with fezzes marching in step, two women and two men with olive, tan and dark-brown skin, rifles on shoulders, steel gates behind, scarlet red and brass tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a massive riveted coal hopper pouring black coal into a steam locomotive tender, a woman stoker and a man stoker with soot-streaked faces and shovels, red and brass tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a long red fuel train of tank cars and a locomotive crossing an industrial bridge, one woman and one man railway workers waving lanterns, smoke rising, scarlet red and brass tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four cadet pilots in leather caps and goggles standing by a biplane at a grass airfield, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, navy and sky blue with gold trim. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: a mixed group of four reserve airmen in navy uniforms boarding a transport airship by a gangway, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, clouds behind, navy and sky blue with gold trim. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: stacked blue aviation fuel drums on a hangar loading dock, a woman ground-crew mechanic and a man ground-crew mechanic checking a clipboard and valves, biplane tail behind, navy and sky blue tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a small supply tender boat docked to a large airship mooring mast with crates lifted on a crane, a woman crane operator and a man dock hand, clouds behind, navy and sky blue with gold trim. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four pilgrim volunteers in white hooded cloaks gathered before a cathedral gate to enlist, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, ivory and gold tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: a column of four levy soldiers in white tabards with long rifles, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, bastion walls and a bell tower behind, ivory and gold tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a stone chapel granary with sacks of grain being stacked, a woman steward and a man steward with ledgers and keys, stained-glass window light, ivory and gold tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: white armored supply wagons with gold sunburst emblems in a procession through a cathedral square, a woman driver and a man driver at the reins of a diesel tractor, ivory and gold tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four Indian village volunteers in olive uniforms and turbans or saris gathering on a river bank, two women and two men with warm-brown to deep-brown skin, marigold garlands, rice paddies behind, moss green and saffron gold tones. Respectful, authentic Indian features and clothing. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four Indian levy soldiers walking along a paddy embankment with rifles, two women and two men with warm-brown skin, a distant palace with chhatris behind, moss green and saffron gold tones. Respectful, authentic Indian features and clothing. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: flat river barges loaded with rice sacks pushed by a small diesel tug, an Indian woman boat captain and an Indian man deckhand in turban, monsoon clouds behind, moss green and saffron gold tones. Respectful, authentic Indian features and clothing. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a supply train of an armored diesel elephant with wooden crates and a small cart, an Indian woman driver and an Indian man guard, monsoon rain on a muddy road, moss green and saffron gold tones. Respectful, authentic Indian features and clothing. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four palace retainers in gilded livery lined up in a throne hall, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, polished marble floors, gold and black tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four guardsmen in plumed helmets and white gloves standing at attention in a palace corridor, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, gold and black tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a gilded armored treasury wagon with a heavy strongbox door, a woman paymaster and a man guard with a ledger and a key chain, palace gate behind, gold and black tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a gilded underground vault of polished fuel barrels with crown-shaped valves, a woman quartermaster and a man quartermaster inspecting gauges, gold and black tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: four day laborers waiting at a factory gate with tools on their shoulders, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, caps and work overalls, steel gray and soot tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Personnel: a union work gang of four workers with raised wrenches and a banner pole without markings, two women and two men with diverse skin tones, gears and conveyor belts behind, steel gray and soot tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a mountain of rusty scrap metal, gears and pipes in a salvage yard, a woman scrapper and a man scrapper sorting parts with magnets, steel gray and soot tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.

Resource card art, Supplies: a gray freight train of boxcars rolling out of a factory depot, a woman signalwoman and a man brakeman on the platform, steel gray and soot tones. Square card illustration, strong centered subject with the key details inside the middle band so a wide rounded frame crop keeps them, calm clear space around.