For the Strixhaven Commander set!
AD: Zack Stella
Oh man I am definitely a little disappointed with the crop they chose for the card, as so much detail is lost including the little easter egg in the runes (for those familiar with the game, they are the same runes as the ones on Muraganda Petroglyphs). Still, quite happy with this one and good to finally be given an anthro, and for a legendary card no less!
Prints available: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/cara.....ent-professor/
AD: Zack Stella
Oh man I am definitely a little disappointed with the crop they chose for the card, as so much detail is lost including the little easter egg in the runes (for those familiar with the game, they are the same runes as the ones on Muraganda Petroglyphs). Still, quite happy with this one and good to finally be given an anthro, and for a legendary card no less!
Prints available: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/cara.....ent-professor/
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1400 x 1051px
File Size 767.6 kB
Listed in Folders
Ohhh... that IS a really lousy crop! You can't see the runes OR the student! But yeah, I'm so glad your anthro art made it into the set! Seeing all the anthros populating the world, I was hoping at least one of them would be one of your works. On the topic of details, I love how this all looks. The books stacked on the small desk in front of the board, the student taking notes, and above all the outfit. It's gorgeous. I love the intricacies you put in it, especially with where the pants begin and the coat ends. The way it all blends together makes me a little jealous, like I wish my everyday clothes were that classy. I like how it veers away from being too stereotypically European and dives into its own style. You even did the glasses so that they would fit around his ears! Beautiful card art.
Also I love how bear cards historically have no abilities and Ruxa cares about cards with no abilities. I hope to see this card in the games I play!
Also I love how bear cards historically have no abilities and Ruxa cares about cards with no abilities. I hope to see this card in the games I play!
I have the bear in my bears and bees deck, if you want to know the deck contents let me know I can fire you off a list. Pure madness when you can summon a wackdoodle load of bears on the feild and they all get buffed by the murgandas and such :). 12/12 junk 2/2 bears make great dragon eaters.
Gaia bless
Pakesh_De
Snoofy old burr
Gaia bless
Pakesh_De
Snoofy old burr
Fantastic attention to the lighting coming through the window and the illumination of the magic from his claw. His clothing is beautiful and I love the posture, as well as expression. There is so much wonderful detail in this picture, the texture and pattern of the walls, the cobwebs over the paper plane, the crest on the benches the books, the dust particles been reflected in the light, also the cute doodle in the corner of the board. I dare say the student looks as if she's in her own little world rather than watching the teacher. The bear looks serious, yet magnificent. I love the texture of his fur, the way his paw is naturally open, with the light/shading variation in the sunlight. OUTSTANDING work on the details, the atmosphere and setting💖⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🙌👍
Again, your brushwork astounds me, I love the body that you really capture with each painting. It certainly gives me some aspirations to achieve. Beautiful work. I'll be signing up to your Patreon soon, I think those process videos are gonna teach me a lot, worth a sitdown and study.
Keep up the beautiful work!
Keep up the beautiful work!
There's definitely been some unfortunate crops in MtG history, did you ever see what they did to Treva's Ruins? I love this full version, lots of fun details throughout the piece!
So, I've always been curious, do they send you copies of the cards you do art for, or do you need to wait for the set release?
So, I've always been curious, do they send you copies of the cards you do art for, or do you need to wait for the set release?
Oh wow, that is an usual crop. I imagine the full art was just a bit too difficult to distinguish on card size, still you have to wonder if they really had to cut off almost 80% of the full art, lol.
We receive what are called artist proofs, limited edition, white-backed (not tournament legal) versions of the cards we’ve illustrated after the set releases. Most artists sell them, sometimes with the option of a little custom sketch on the back :).
We receive what are called artist proofs, limited edition, white-backed (not tournament legal) versions of the cards we’ve illustrated after the set releases. Most artists sell them, sometimes with the option of a little custom sketch on the back :).
Aw, they could've cropped it a little bit more to the left I think...but it looks like they wanted some negative space on the right :( idk, they could've even zoomed out a little bit to include everything else... but alas...
Love the folds on their robe and you've managed to put a lot of poise and grace in this bear.
We're so lucky you're sharing the full art though! So thank you for that!
Love the folds on their robe and you've managed to put a lot of poise and grace in this bear.
We're so lucky you're sharing the full art though! So thank you for that!
Thank you! It's inspired by the general style guide for the Quandrix college (one of the five colleges of Strixhaven). They all have similarly intricate outfits that reflect their magical interests, which mostly revolve around fractals (their college motto is "Math is Magic").
While the crop for the standard print of the card is unfortunate as you mention in the description, they do also have the borderless version of the card that shows the easter egg more clearly. ^^'
https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfa.....jpg?1618150702
They'll have an updated quality of the card at some point, unless one is floating out there right now already that isn't on Scryfall just yet.
https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfa.....jpg?1618150702
They'll have an updated quality of the card at some point, unless one is floating out there right now already that isn't on Scryfall just yet.
Love this art! If it's any consolation, the crop is a lot more generous on the extended art version.
Thoughts, roughly in order:
-Aw they look so cooooool, bear professor beaR PROFESSOR
-Geez, tenure is awesome and all, but having to wear the formal doctorate gown for courses has got to get super warm with all that fur.
-"Remember formulae and glyphs such as these the next time your advisors tell you that token summoning is novice work, or that an ideal summoning is complex. Most problems are not so complex that they cannot simply be overrun."
-Aw they look so cooooool, bear professor beaR PROFESSOR
-Geez, tenure is awesome and all, but having to wear the formal doctorate gown for courses has got to get super warm with all that fur.
-"Remember formulae and glyphs such as these the next time your advisors tell you that token summoning is novice work, or that an ideal summoning is complex. Most problems are not so complex that they cannot simply be overrun."
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