November 11, 2011

Crosis, the Purger


Before discussing our cuddly friend here, I wanted to mention that I just got back from my first IlluXcon convention in Altoona, PA. It was totally incredible to get a chance to meet so many of my art-heroes like Donato Giancola, Dan Dos Santos, Eric Fortune and Mark Zug just to name a few. It was also great to finally meet in person the four other Shadowcore artists in attendance. I'd highly recommend IlluXcon to anyone interested in imaginative art, it's totally worth the trek.

Alright, this piece was done as updated art for an older Magic card called Crosis, the Purger, here's the previous incarnation:


The Art Director wanted me to keep the key elements of the original design while hopefully making it more intense and realistic. I wound up looking at a lot of reference of beetles and scorpions for wing and carapace ideas.

Crosis, the Purger - 14 x 18 in. oil on masonite

9 comments:

  1. Intense and realistic was delivered to the art director in f***ing spades. Good lord that's a nice piece! I love the elegant (and creepy) simplicity of that awesome thing exploding out of the storm. Hats off man, wish I could afford the original.

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  2. Yeah. God damn. This rules so hard. What a bad ass remake!

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  3. Totally awesome! :D What a gorgious piece!

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  4. Damn, that's hot! Well done, Chris =)

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  5. great job. when I saw the card previewed, I was very impressed!
    that image is great!

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  6. Much more dynamic and energetic - The changes you've made and improvements all make for an awesome piece - congrats :)

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  7. Craig stole my thoughts on this one. elegant simplicity, exploding out of the storm. limited palette, but with really nice variation in color and handling that makes it pop just where it's supposed to. dramatic, without being overdone and losing all subtlety.

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