Yay, my first spoiled card from Rise of the Eldrazi. I am sure most people are aware of this, but usually my “new” cards aren’t new at all. This illustration was completed 7 months ago. I think that is probably the typical turnaround time for the release of an illustration (for MTG anyway). Being able to publicly show my “new” art has always been a love/hate relationship. On one hand I get to finally show my work, but on the other hand the work is so old that I always end up not liking it anymore (not that I particularly liked it in the first place). I always find so many problems that I wish I could have fixed or I wish that I could have spent a little more time on the illustration. The lighting is blah, his anatomy is messed up (his arms are kinda whacky), composition errors (his hands are cut off at the wrists), there isn’t enough refinement in his costume design, the flags are ridiculously loose, there isn’t enough value/color change in the creatures…bah.