MTG: Giant Mantis (1996)
Pet portrait
An Artist Proof card of this image is available for purchase here.
In 1996, I had a pet praying mantis. I don’t think it lasted even the whole year in the little terrarium I made, but I enjoyed having it in the studio. It turns out that I then painted mantids twice in 1996, once by assignment, once by choice though it was related. This was the former.
I no longer have record of the crude Sharpie fax drawing for this one, but I do have the full-sized pencil drawing I made, which I transferred down to the board to paint.
