Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

New Planeswalker! Tamiyo, the Moon Sage taking down multiple inquisitive notes at one time. Tamiyo had to feel both like a noble scholar and an explorer. I edited her garb a few times to let a bit more of the explorer in. Originally, she had more of a restrictive wrap. I will get together some of the concept art I created for her in one of my next posts.

Duel Decks - Venser

Here is the other half of Venser vs. Koth. I hadn't posted his finished art yet. Underneath the finished art is a link to a video following the artwork from start to finish. The environment and most of his pose were laid out pretty quickly in this one. What took me a while was figuring out how to get his arms and magic effect to work within the constraints of Planeswalker art. Since these characters get cut out of their background pretty often, it made an all encompassing magic effect awkward. I toyed around with having his hood up as well.

Follow the link below for hi-res start to finish video of Venser:

Venser, the Sojourner -Duel Decks-

Ral Zarek

This is Ral Zarek, a new Magic the Gathering character I was given the pleasure to design. I had fun attempting to give him a young and cocky swagger.

Duel Decks - Venser vs. Koth

Here is an unused sketch of Venser the Sojourner. The idea was that he was zipping in from a teleportation.

Trouille-La-Mort: Le coeur de la momie

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Scream Street: Heart of the Mummy

Here is the 3rd cover of the french translated young adult book series I have been working on. Mummies, huge spiders, werewolves and vampires all on one cover :)

Dack Fayden

Not too long ago I was given the opportunity to paint the cover for the very first issue of IDW's Magic the Gathering comic. I love comics and I love Magic so I was pretty excited. In addition to the cover I was also tasked to design the visual look for the hero/planeswalker Dack Fayden. The character was to be a charming thief who could talk his way out of just about anything, but wouldn't shy away from a fight if it came down to it. For the cover I was asked to show Dack embracing a noble woman while at the same time snatching her necklace.

Withengar Unbound / Elbrus, the Binding Blade

Here is the initial sketch for Withengar Unbound painted for MTG's Dark Ascension. It is a double sided card. The other side being "Elbrus, the Binding Blade." Notice the demon's missing finger on the original sketch. I intended for the blade on the reverse side of the card that summons the demon to be carved out of that missing claw. In the end the demon had to be redrawn to be as a large as a building so that gag had to be thrown out.

Here is the finished art for both sides of the card: