Description
Hey all! Super excited to be able to finally share this painting for Estrid, the Masked. She's my first Planeswalker and I was stoked to not only get to paint her, but also her accompanying spells and aura, and, most importantly, completely design her from scratch.
Being an enbantress, I wanted the overall design motifs to reflect both her ability to change things, and her color identity, which led me to the butterfly/rorschach motifs. I also wanted a female personality, rather than another iteration of the hot action girl that's too often the "strong" female character in mainstream entertainment - so she's a bit older, barefeet, pretty short haired and hopefully wise and enigmatic without "sexy" enigmatic (which I thought didn't really fit here). Mark Winters and Kelly Digges were a huge help with their art direction.
The environment was a change for me - I usually make no distinction between the figures I paint and the scenery they're in, and try to make it feel as immersive as possible, but here I wanted the surroundings to feel otherworldly and perhaps a bit disconnected - a bit more like an illusion that she builds, rather than a candid shot of her in a real world.
If you're interested in prints of this, or any of my other paintings (yes, even Gift of Orzhova), I just launched a Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/a…
Comments: 16
ltm8seb [2023-03-17 06:53:02 +0000 UTC]
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mariofernandes [2018-10-21 17:03:09 +0000 UTC]
Great painting, cool to know a bit of the thought process as well. I did spot a disconnect with the background specially regarding the lighting!what a cleaver strategy to convey that it is an illusion congrats
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Aerozopher [2018-08-07 07:25:31 +0000 UTC]
love these pieces. love the design and the execution. very inspiring
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aegis-of-justice [2018-08-05 23:22:00 +0000 UTC]
I love her mysterious monk aesthetic! Definitely hit that enigmatic characterization!
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ADE-doodles [2018-08-05 16:20:35 +0000 UTC]
niice...
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lhumungus [2018-08-05 14:48:23 +0000 UTC]
Very very cool
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Harkale-Linai [2018-08-05 13:54:52 +0000 UTC]
Very nice picture! It's great to read your thoughts on her design, too.
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putridCheese [2018-08-05 12:03:22 +0000 UTC]
Amazing!
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MagnusMagnum [2018-08-05 06:39:42 +0000 UTC]
I love your art!
Is it just me or she look like the Ancient One from Doctor Strange?
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urzapw2000 [2018-08-05 03:18:33 +0000 UTC]
that looks utterly amazing!!!
wonderful picture!!
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fabianfucci [2018-08-04 23:01:18 +0000 UTC]
The sense of depth is astounding.
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salyssong [2018-08-04 21:51:48 +0000 UTC]
Why does the mask token look differently to the masks she uses here?
I bothered me since I saw it leaked.
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Koko--Yu [2018-08-04 18:53:23 +0000 UTC]
Its amazing! Face is so well detailed that i feel like im looking at the piece from some movie, really. And masks, im just... out of words. They are wonderful, i wouldnt mind having something like this in real life.
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Atlya [2018-08-04 18:40:43 +0000 UTC]
Very well done!
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RainbowPitch [2018-08-04 18:10:48 +0000 UTC]
This is beautiful! The desired effects you were aiming for I can totally get from this painting-- Estrid gives of a calm, wise and somewhat mysterious vibe that leaves me intrigued, and the bright blue of the masks contrasts wondderfully against the rest of the painting. I think this one is my favorite, absolutely beautiful and thought invoking. Well done!!
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