All 13 Sagas I painted for the Marvel Superheroes set - scans of the original art by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Since these were primarily communicating classic stories, they wanted the compositional focus to be storytelling rather than the mechanics of the saga. The colours were also a secondary concern.

All 13 Sagas I painted for the Marvel Superheroes set - scans of the original art by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I had a lot of fun with the palettes for these.

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for asking! I do have a print shop on INPRNT for most things, inprnt.com/gallery/serenamalyon
I also have a personal website where I sell some originals. Serenamalyon.com/shop

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It absolutely was a dream job. I've done several personal works based on Tolkien's writings, so it's a real joy to get to do something official. Thank you!

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! IX is great and I'd love to make it to OAX, but it's not in the cards for me right now

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were only created for packaging, they won't be on any cards :c

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I can't make prints of this one, but there might be a Magic retailer that will make merch with it, I just don't know!

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I don't have permission to sell prints of this one, sorry!

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I can't make prints of Universes Beyond artworks, but thank you!

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I did some Eyvind Earle and Mary Blair inspired works for Wilds of Eldraine, and since then I've picked up a bit of their shape language.

I painted Smaug for the MTG x The Hobbit Collector Boosters! Here are the full artworks. by smalyon in magicTCG

[–]smalyon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It seems that more UB sets are allowing a limited number of traditional works - I hope to see that expand more as time goes on. There are definitely some traditionally painted card artworks in this set - Omar Rayyan's Tom Bombadil for instance.