Sorcery: Artists
The Artists
Andrea Modesti
Freelance Illustrator & Author
Specializes in historical artworks, illustrations of Nature, Wildlife and Landscapes. Alps and mountains, lakes and forests, moors and animals, castles and ancient villages.
Michal Nagypal
"European painter"
Specializes in oil painting but also produces water-colour and sculpture. His figurative work depicts a variety of subjects ranging from portrait to landscape, from still-life in the style of the old masters to mystical or contemporary experimental themes.
Drew Tucker
Freelance Illustrator, Painter, Teacher
Visual communicator, illustrator, painter, storyteller, and teacher.
Known for non-traditional approach to illustration.
"I am not always interested in presenting the viewer with a complete image. I want to people to finish the story that has started."
Melissa A Benson
Illustrator, Fine Artist
Specializes in believable anthropomorphic creatures and people in natural and historic settings. Best known for several iconic character designs for MTG, including Nightmare, Shivan Dragon, and Lord of Atlantis.
Anson Maddocks
Freelance Illustrator
Best known for his career with Wizards of the Coast from 1993 - 2008, as an in-house illustrator and WotC's Art Director. Produced more than 120 original artworks for MTG with 30 Alpha Set cards (10% of the set!).
Fun Fact: Anson met fellow MTG legend, Mark Tedin, in 2nd grade!
Francesca Baerald
Freelance Artist & Cartographer
Specializes in watercolour, ink, acrylic and oil. Francesca loves to bring worlds to life through detailed maps and lively paintings.
Severine Pineaux
French Illustrator, Painter, Designer
Severine's talent for oil painting and illustration have been combined with her passion for mythology and Celtic culture resulting in stunning works of art.
Vasiliy Ermolaev
Freelance Illustrator
An artist of immense talent, but small social media presence...
Jeff Menges
Freelance Illustrator
Jeff has been illustrating professionally for more than three decades, drawing the monsters that got him in trouble in Jr. high, and painting landscapes he visits in his dreams.
These days Jeff’s home studio is located in southern Vermont, where nearly every view can be part of the next painting.
Vincent Pompetti
Painter, Scriptwriter
Vincent plays on violent contrast between light and shadow, and pastel colors, to return at the same time the strength of life and also his contemplative side.
Dan Seagrave
Painter, Mural Designer
Daniel Seagrave is a British artist, who created many record covers for death metal bands especially in the early 1990s. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Seagrave is a self-taught painter. He also works on mural designs and sells his art as posters.
Gadu Duaso
Visual Artist, Painter
Specializes in designing Characters and Creatures in the form of Fantasy/Surrealism art for book cover, book illustration, card-game illustration, games and film.
Lindsey Crummett
Concept Artist, Digital Sculptor
Starting with Weta Workshop from 2007 - 2018, Lindsey began in props making, migrated to sculpting, and eventually digital sculpting for collectibles and concept design from 2011.
Brian Smith
Visual Artist, Painter
Brian has an unmistakable haunting style. Check out the links. The art speaks for itself!
Ossi Hiekkala
Illustrator
Special interest and expertise in characters, food, history, and storytelling. Ossie does illustrations for advertisements, packaging, board games, editorials and books, etc.
Matt Tames
Multidisciplinary Designer
Multidisciplinary designer producing renderings, display, and flavor inclusion 3d models. Illustrated card game art, storyboards, and visual development art for film.
Raffaela Cech
Traditional Artist
100% traditional artist, painting with oil and acrylic on stretch canvas, canvas board or wood.
Elwira Pawlikowska
Concept Artist
Trained as an architect at Warsaw Faculty of Architecture. Experience includes book and game illustrations, environment concepts and product graphic designs with traditional media and digital techniques.
Doug Kovacs
Artist, Illustrator
Works vario projects including interior mural painting, collectible trading card illustration, RPG illustration, concept art, T-shirt design, etc.
Liz Danforth
Artist, Writer, Game Advocate
Decades of experience working in the tabletop games industry, illustrating role-playing game books and painting images for CCGs.
Tony Szczudlo
Visual Artist
Artist known for his work in Magic The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and the Greyhawk books.
Elvira Shakirova
Artist, Illustrator
Illustrator working in traditional techniques, oils, acrylics and mixed media. Studied book illustration at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts.
Jeff Easley
Freelance Artist
During more than two decades at TSR/Wizards of the Coast, Jeff painted many rulebook, boxed set, and module covers. Jeff parted WOTC in 2003 and produces art for various companies and individuals.
Rodney Matthews
Illustrator, Conceptual Designer, Musician
Matthews has produce art for several mediums, including posters, greetings cards, calendars, snowboards, pages of fantasy novels, and record covers. He is also a drummer, having performed with Cream, Deep Purple, and other legends.
Alan Pollack
Visual Artist
Alan started his career with T.S.R Inc., and has sinced worked for many industry gaming companies, including WoTC and Blizzard Entertainment. He has also produced cover art for many book publishers.
Truitt Parrish
Freelance Illustrator
Senior in the BFA program at university of Colorado Boulder. Works in oil paints, digital painting, graphite drawings, gouache, watercolor, acrylic, pen, and mixed media.
Mattias Frisk
Artist, Illustrator
Foremost experience illustrating album covers for a number of international clients. Works in traditional oil on canvas, gouache, pen on paper, collage and photos to digital media.
Ian Miller
Fantasy Illustrator
Ian is an artist, illustrator and writer based in the U.K. He lives and works in Brighton, England.
Santiago Caruso
Artist, Teacher
A multi-talented artist, Santiago has made book covers, album covers, and performed live pictorial improvisations interacting with music and recited prose and poetry.
Jussi Pylkas
Graphic Designer
Jussi is a visual designer based in Finland, and targeted for Sorcery for his 'line work' ability; a style reminiscent of the late great MTG artist Quinton Hoover.
Margaret Organ-Kean
Artist
Starting her career at an insurance company, Margaret started going to science fiction conventions and convention art shows. As fate would have it, this would lead her to see WoTC at the San Francisco WorldCon and becoming an early MTG artist.
Adam Burke
Illustrator
Adam is largely self-taught in works with oils and acrylics. He has done illustration work for poster and album art as well as other commissions.
