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September 20, 2014

Theros Hero Cards

Really wanted to show these at Illuxcon this year, alas the Gods of Theros thought it better I teach this semester. Thought I'd share here on Shadowcore though (while I yet again seethe with jealousy), as this Hero Card project painted for a series of Magic the Gathering Pre-release events, was simply one of the greatest opportunities that's been given me in this winding career.

A total of twenty two oil paintings depicting different faction heroes in the Theros world, and abstracted to read as scenes cut from stone in bas relief. Like I said in an interview; After this project, I'd be pretty good at the trompe-l'oeil interiors at your local Olive Garden.. =) In any case, here's a few of my favorites, I've not sold a couple of them, as I wanted to show them to students in terms of utilizing maquettes and tableau, but what a wild ride in learning more about my process and History in general.

©Wizards of the Coast 2013

Notice the honorary bust of Geoffrey Peterson from The Late Late
Show with TVs Craig Ferguson at her feet. ©Wizards of the Coast 2013

©Wizards of the Coast 2013

Like the first at the top of the thread- Vanquisher, I made
mini paper maquettes, shot them in a couple different
lighting scenarios, then sketched and painted
from that light.

April 23, 2014

Ravenous Leucrocota - Journey Into Nyx

YIKES! Where does the time go? Been too long since I shared anything here and I am woefully behind in posting my work. Need to remedy that.

Moving in that direction, here is my contribution to the newest expansion to Magic the Gathering, Journey into Nyx. I was asked to design and illustrate the most hungry of hungry monsters, the Ravenous Leucrocota. RAWR!

Here is how the final art, my toned drawing, and production card turned out...

"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Magic the Gathering - Journey Into Nyx

12 x 9

colored pencil on toned paper

Ravenous Leucrocota in handy card form... RAWR!

September 23, 2013

Theors - Magic the Gathering

Tyler has posted some of his work for Theros, the newest set for Magic the Gathering, so I figured it was about time I did the same. Theors is the first set of Magic that I have worked on and I got to create two cards for the set. The Catoblepas was based on design work for the set, but for the Hippocamp I got to design and illustrate it. Here is how they turned out...

"Loathsome Catoblepas" - Magic the Gathering - Theros

"Breaching Hippocamp" - Magic the Gathering - Theros

I was invited to my first Magic prerelease event over the weekend which allowed me to get my hands on my cards! After not playing Magic for 17 years it was great to reconnect with the players and the game. Here are how the cards turned out...

That is all for my current Magic work... but I have a lot more recent work to share with you very soon! RAWR!