Sketch Gallery
Pacifism and Anachronism
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It’s nice to theme these if I can. Recently I discussed my classic Magic illustration, Pacifism, in a public post. So here are some related sketches!
On these artist proof cards, I was asked to draw Urza in his armor. I always find it funny in recent years to do these one-take sketches that look better than the original illustration. The joys of improving.
It’s entirely possible, but I don’t remember, that the drawing on the right was done on another card, not Pacifism. Those old cards allowed very dark pencil marks (like at left) whereas newer ones are coated differently and tend to not allow such dark marks without preparing the surface. Which makes me think it was drawn on the back of something else, but by request still.
But I’ve painted Urza twice, more recently on the card Urza’s Incubator in which he appears many years later. And I’ve certainly been asked to draw or paint on those as well.
I don’t take card alter commissions often, though I posted some last couple of months. But in light of my Anachronism posts this week, here’s one where I was given a playing card and was asked to paint over border aspects and extend the art.
