But without a doubt, my least favorite is Ekundu Cyclops. I just hate everything about it. The muscle and fat distribution on the cyclops is just so unnatural. Those skinny arms paired with that massive body. The front-butt. And I haven't even brought up the phallic imagery.
Robert Bliss has to be one of my least favorite artists ever, regardless of genre or format [doesn't top my hatred for Rothko though] for all the reasons you list as each trope seemed to be required in all of his work. How do the legs of his figures not
snap under the weight of those big bellies?
Withering Boon is one I particularly dislike, even for Bliss' work. At least the art for the cyclops has a decent composition, even if the figures are unpleasant to look at.
As for favorites, wow, I don't know that I could narrow it down to a top 25. The list could change each day depending on what pool of cards I'd been looking through at the time as MTG has had no shortage of amazing art, especially since Jeremy Jarvis took over art direction.
Kulrath Knight is the only one that prompted me to actually buy a playmat.
But, there is a certain stable of artists whose work always seems to rise to the top for me: Magali Villeneuve, Wayne Reynolds, Karla Ortiz, Nils Hamm, Daarken, Terese Nielsen, landscapes by both John Avon and Rob Alexander, I like a lot of Steve Belledin's stuff [and am a fan of the original Gravecrawler art], Drew Baker and more that just aren't leaping to mind right this second.
@WizardSpartan, I'd never seen
Dragon Whisperer before [wasn't buying much during Khans], I may have to move Rallis onto my list as that pic kicks some serious ass.
And how do you get the larger images to imbed?