Friday, March 24, 2017
Point of Vision Women in Fantasy Art
Point of Vision Women in Fantasy Art
I want to share another project with you guys, one Im really thrilled about. Irene Gallo of Tor and I have co-curated an exhibit at the Society of Illustrators, and the opening is this friday. If youre in the NYC area, you should totally come out!
The exhibit is the first retrospective of Women Artists in Fantasy and Science Fiction. And what an amazing group of artists it is! We not only have the industry legends like Kinuko Craft, Julie Bell, and Rebecca Guay, we also have the newer generation of women artists, like Rovina Cai, Karla Ortiz, Cynthia Sheppard, Tara McPherson, and more.
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I was honored to get to write the press release for the show, and it explains why we picked the title "Point of Vision" — because women artists have a very different point of view when asked to translate the common themes in fantasy and science fiction, and its absolutely amazing to see all that work together for the first time. The exhibit takes up the entire first and second floor galleries of the Society and its just awe-inspiring.
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| Yoshii Chie |
Heres the press release:
Point of Vision: Celebrating Women Artists in Fantasy and Science Fiction
We have chosen to exhibit these women artists together to propose that although both men and women have always created art in the worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy, women inherently have a slightly different point of view, a unique way of internalizing the themes and stories and then creating visuals imbued with their perspective. However it would be a mistake to say that art created by women is automatically “feminine” — in this exhibit the viewer will see that there are as many different definitions of “woman artist” as there are women creating art.
This generation of Science Fiction and Fantasy fans have made a mission of greater inclusion in the genre, in books, comics, films, and gaming. There are more women fans than ever before, and they are seeking out and highlighting the women creators that have always been involved, but perhaps slightly outside the spotlight. At the Society of Illustrators we are proud to be exhibiting not only the established icons of the genre, but also showcasing the new generation of women artists working with fantasy themes. As you’ll see from the exhibit, many of these women enjoy playing with the genre standards that their forebears defined, and take a fluid approach to not only the genre, but the crossover between illustration and fine art.
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| Zelda Devon |
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| Sara K. Diesel |
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| Winona Nelson |
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| Kristina Carroll |
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| Kristine Poole |
I also want to thank Cathy Fenner, and point out her book Women of Wonder — she has created such an amazing collection of Women Fantasy Artists and their work and you should absolutely order the book whether you care about women artists or just want a book full of amazing fantasy art. I was honored to write the introduction a few years ago, and it got me originally thinking about many of the recurring themes that many of the women in both the book and the show wrestle with in their art. I have been very fortunate to be involved with so many amazing projects with the Women Artists of this community, and they are such an inspiration to me. I cant wait to celebrate all of you at the opening friday!
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Sunday, March 19, 2017
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Friday, October 7, 2016
Recent Magic the Gathering Art
Recent Magic the Gathering Art
I am catching up on posting some of the recent work I have done for Magic: the Gathering!
Starting with the most recent card to release - Enlightened Tutor done for the Eternal Masters set.
I submitted a couple sketches for this image. Note the cover of the book. The tree felt a little too LotR for the card, but I think I ended up with a better solution on the final anyways.
The cover ended up with a couple doves with gold threads in their mouths as golden inlay. The reason this worked out well was WotC (Cynthia Shepherd was my wonderful AD for this card) gave me the green light to give a nod to a previous card I had done, all the way back in 2007. It was the 6th card I had done for Magic, and was titled Idyllic Tutor so I felt it would make a nice Easter egg on Enlightened Tutor, tying the two together.
Next up is Stoic Builder, released as part of the Shadows Over Innistrad set. AD was the most excellent Dawn Murin for this card and the next two as well.
The rough sketch
The final. I really enjoyed painting this card. I stylized the figure and face a little more than I normally do and it is always fun to get in and paint the buckles and leather. I wanted to give him that face you see on those who work in the sun all day with a hat, but when they take it off you get this great transition from fair skin to sun worn cheeks and nose.
A gif to show the progression of the painting. I didnt save out as many steps as I normally do... so his head kind of pops in finished, but hopefully it is still interesting.
Flameblade Angel done for Shadows Over Innistrad. I dont have any progressions for this one. I did use some 3D in this piece for the cathedral, rendering out a greyscale image in Blender and then painting over it in the background.
Below is the rough sketch for Clip Wings also in the Shadows Over Innistrad set.
The final
and a progression from sketch to final.
You might recognize that the redheaded angel is the same in the two paintings above. I have also used the same character in a couple previous cards for MtG, Angel of Flight Alabaster and Angel of Finality. It is not canon for MtG, but it was fun to imagine a narrative behind the character, progressing from the upper left, upper right, lower left and bottom right.
Thank you for taking a look! I love doing work for MtG. Wonderful art directors there (Jeremy Jarvis, the Senior Art Director is up for a Chesley Award this year, and Magic artists swept the Gaming category!)
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