3 is pretty nifty

3 is spot on for a playmat; though I dare not dissuade you from the incredible art that is all four of them. <3

I reaaaaally adore #3. I'd love that one as a Magic playmat <3

Number four is lovely

Oh my gosh 2 and 4 are striking. I am not a TCG player but most of my friends are... Assuming I started while I like 2/4, I think 3 has the best composition for it. I'd feel bad covering up the elf/dragon in the other two! I'd be the person to scoot my cards to the side so I could still see them hahah XD

I think as far as sales go, 2 is probably the most likely to sell. Has a super strong sense of contrast already, and that contrast creates a lot of depth. Plus the pose is flashy and very 'high fantasy'ish, it's exactly what I would expect to see on a mat. Fills up the space in an interesting way, has a dragon on it... Boom xD Perfect. 4 is great, but I almost want it as a desktop background, not a card mat.

I'd say 2

Love one and twos composition so much. Always love your work Centra!

3
good scene with no strong central focus. Perfect for a playmat.

I love #3 for a playmat since it has a lot of open space but #1, as an over-all
illustration, would be very dynamic and interesting!

I love, love, LOVE the action of the first and second, and they would make fantastic illustrations.
A playmat though? I'd honestly go for something like the third one, the card spots, and other playmat info won't cover up many of the details :>

I want 2 D: though depending on color scheme 4 would also be lovely <3 I want all your artwork. I'm still kicking myself for not catching you at AC :<

4 always love the peace scenes to underscore how brutal the game gets (on paper XD)

they are all great potential illustrations but I cant stop staring at 1 & 2, they just look the best out of the bunch for me! (especially 1, really fun composition and perspective there)

From the type of art I usually see on playmats, 2 seems the most fitting. I think art with stronger foreground elements tend to look better on mats than more scenery oriented pieces.

#2 is my favourite i think, because skeletal dragon things are just plain awesome - but i think #3 is the most suitable for a mat. I really like the grand scale of it, with only a small figure in the foreground. Are those huge sea creatures back there? I don't know what's going on, but it's interesting.
Is there a theme for this mat you're trying to illustrate, or is it just whatever?

really dig 1 and 2

#3 looks nice, shall be an awesome ilustration... ..#2 might work better as playmat..

and #1 reminds me of Avatar (the 3d cameron one).. that red bird.... (I sure would grab one if it was such)

#2, definitely.

They're all lovely, but I think 2 is my favorite!

3 or 4 seem better for a playmat.

I like the first one. Looks like a Tropeognathus. :3

bottom left~!

I'm faving 4.

I personally love 2. uvu///

2 and 3 are amazing. [ps. thankz so much for the advice at ac]

#3 is nice. Always up for flying sharks, manta rays, and narwhals. As someone else said, it also has a decentralized focus, so the image will stand on its own, no matter what is covered by cards and the like. :) If you're after a definite single-subject kind of image, #2 is probably the way to go, or possibly #1. They're all great. :)

I just want to see #2 finished. Not sure about playmats since I don't play CCGs.

I like all four of them, but 1 and 3 are my picks. Or maybe 2? 4 is also a possibility.
...I can't actually decide better go with the crowd and say #3.

These are all really amazing. I'd love to see all of them done really, but my eye keeps going back to #2. Maybe it's the contrast + action scene? 1 would be my second choice I think. 3 is really great as well, and I like 4 too...ahhhh. Good luck deciding.

Number four is my favorite, despite it's utter and blatant lack of dragons c:

2!

I never used playmats, but I'm guessing having open space is good on a playmat, so I would say 3 or 4.

Personally, I like 2 the most but I'm not sure if it would work as a playmat :c

I think all of them are interesting! But if I had to choose only one, I'd take number 3 for how you will use of it.

3 or 2 ... or all of them ?? XD

For a regular illustration, without a doubt #1. For a playmat though, with functionality in mind, probably #3 :).

Echoing some of the above that #3 would look visually cool as a playmat. And since it's mostly a landscape, it shouldn't detract from play too much? (Also, I'm a sucker for small people in big landscapes, so I admit my bias!)

... Though if #1 was eventually worked into an illustration... Oh man. That would be the coolest too.

Number 2 with blue tones would probably be pretty boss.

2

I think 2 and 3 might be you best bets. I think all of them all stand to be great (though for some reason something about 1 currently is a bit iffy for me- maybe i just find that one harder to read).

I feel that 2 has the potential to be the best seller given its more "generic appeal" - it's very action-y, high visual contrast grabs attention, sports a BA dragon, and is more classical fantasy. The other 3 mats feature subjects that I'm sure you could make AMAZING, but likely would have smaller audiences interested in their actual subject matter and as result may be a harder sell.

On the other hand, while I don't have much of any experience with playing mats, I feel that 3 might have the best design for that purpose. I imagine the colors on that would be amazing and there are enough little things going on that it doesn't feel like you're entirely obscuring the subject of the mat. It has more of a "background" feeling rather than character illustration which I think I'd probably enjoy more as a surface to place my cards.

3 looks most fitting for a playmat as it's really calm!
But people will most likely love 2 most!

I personally like 2 because it has an interesting composition, but 4's atmosphere also draws me in because it looks very calming

love love love 2 and 3

1 and 3 are the best/most interesting
3 is nice and scenic which is GREAT, but I think 1 could be just as great with maybe more contrasting values

I lean on 2 and 3. but they all have a nice charm to it.

These are impressively metal.