Tree Man

Art history is a major inspiration. I like researching the technical and aesthetic reasons artists of the past made work the way they did. However I also am influenced by more naturalistic, cinematic illustrations and how those formal choices came to be and are now somewhat entrenched in the medium. Also ever since I started drawing, I have been influenced by MTG cards. For this project I took the imagery and subject matter from Hieronymus Bosch, specifically for this piece The Tree Man (scroll to see the original).  And used it as the designs for a card art illustration set in a surreal late 15th century landscape. For the decisions I made in the process I tried to think about what an MTG art director would want. Hopefully this is a good first piece for a series of pieces that can be a portfolio to show WoTC