Magic, the Gathering issue #2 samples

Professional work done for IDW. These are a few of the sample pages I help paint. I assisted the  main colorist, J. Edwin Stevens for IDW's Magic, The Gathering comic. It was interesting working for IDW with this project. The story is interesting. The line art is gorgeous and so breathe taking! The colors J. Edwin Stevens did are well thought out and help guide the story from panel to panel. Stunning. 

It is a visual work any Magic fan or fantasy lover should check out, and not because I worked on it. Sincerely! Truly! I really think its that visually fun and the thoughts the line artist and colorist put into this series beautiful. If you loved Disney's Tangled character, Flynn, you'll like Dack. He is a swashbuckling thief with a heart of gold who constantly gets into trouble. He's also happens to be the main hero in the comic and a new plains walker.



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                          Copyright of Magic, The Gathering belongs to IDW and Wizards of                             the Coast©.
                           © IDW/WoTC
                           Linework by Martin Coccolo©
                          Coloring by J. Edwin Stevens/level20artist©
                          Color assistant by J.S. Choi©

Media: Painter & Photoshop collab

Character Sketch 9: Character Design of the Day

This was a sketch influenced by modern fashion, Ancient Rome, and RPG video game character designs. Nothing more than a drawing of the day.


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Media: Graphite, Ink, & Markers

Character Sketch 8: Sad Songstress

Inspired by the women of Alphonse Mucha, I designed the songstress based on them and opera. Other influences were cages and birds, thus the chains and wing like sashes connected to her arms. It has some mistakes I wish to fix, but it's a just a sketch-of-the-day so I suppose it is fine. I may re-draw her one day. She seemed like a fun and fluid design. 


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Media: Graphite

Character Sketch 7 : Girl and her cat

When I drew this, it was a quick-sketch-of-the-day kind of thing. I think I was kind of inspired by Harry Potter's Hermione Granger, but I didn't really give it deep thought. I'm not sure. Maybe a rich girl with spiral drill curls? Hmm. It's been a while. I do recall imagining the character walking on a beach side. How did she convince the cat to follow? Who knows!


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Media: Graphite

Character Sketch 6: Girl and her pups

Here's a random girl loving some puppies. Nothing more.  Just cuteness. A drawing for the day.

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Media: Graphite

Character Sketch 5: Troubled Thief

I just wanted to draw a fantasy inspired thief. I find most thieves hilarious for some reason, even if some are kind of charming. However, the charm is in their flaws and acts of stupidity. It is never because they are suave. They try to be charismatic like swash bucklers, but only get into trouble as they try to become renown 'treasure hunters' (I.E: Bruce Campbell as Autolycus from Xena: The Warrior Princess. I love Autolycus!).


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                                                                                      Media: Graphite

Character Sketch 4: Yuki Onna

Demon Definition:  Yuki Onna- Snow woman is the literal translation. In Japanese myth, a yuki onna is a beautiful, female demon made of winter itself.  She appears to be a proper Japanese maiden. She can become the freezing wind and fog. She can turn to snow. She is from my understanding similar to Jack Frost in European myth. She is not the symbol of winter itself like Jack Frost, but she controls similar powers to him. She can take solid form usually in white and/or blue kimono. She said to never leave a trail behind in snow. She has pure alabaster skin and raven dark hair. It is not uncommon of her to freeze wayward travelers, especially those that offend her. In nature, she is a malevolent
                                                                          creature who takes joy in those that
                                                                          die in her blizzards.

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Artist Note:  This is my interpretation for the Yuki Onna as I pondered her habitat, life style and physical mechanics as a demon.



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Media: Graphite