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I’ve not been working as a tattooer since mid-March and been taking care of my Ma in my home on my own throughout this pandemic. My Mother suffers from MS and has become quadriplegic from the disease. Well this last year has been very, very difficult for my family.
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Plus I love a lady in a rose.Īnd finally, were there any challenges or triumphs along the way you’d like to share? It was the last card I illustrated and I felt like I was getting a bit more concise and polished with each illustration. But I would have to say that Eternal Witness is overall my personal favorite. I’m happy with the way they all came out as individual pieces. They’re each their own animal in a way and I like different things about each one. I love that these are contemporary but steeped in history.
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When doing anything related to traditional tattoos, I try to reference back to something in our tattoo history, a tip of the hat to those who came before as well as an anchor to tradition. The skull and dagger, rose of no man’s land, and the artist with pallet are all traditional designs in American tattooing. Most of the images are related to traditional tattoo designs. I always loved the illustrations in those books, especially Shadowrun, just super creative and imaginative stuff and it always helped place me in the world I was gaming.ĭid you draw inspiration for your versions of these from anywhere in particular? I played AD&D Ed 1 & 2, Shadowrun, GURPs, Vampire, Werewolf, Cyber-Punk, and Cyber-Gen. I was in high school in the mid to late 90s and avidly gaming. I never got in to playing Magic though, as I was introduced to it towards the end of my role playing days and at the beginning of my days as a psychedelic warlord. Seeing my work on a magic card makes me think about the first time I was introduced to MTG. The collectors, role players and those anonymous nerds sitting behind you in math class are my people. I know I was heavily influenced by fantasy illustrators when I was coming up, couldn’t soak up enough of that stuff!Įveryone in the community has been super kind and helpful with the creative process I loved working with the art directors, super cool people. I’m no Bernie Wrightson, but maybe I’ll get to influence some young artist out there. I love the idea that people are gathering around playing these cards, collecting them, trading them, seeing the art every time they play the card. I have to say it was super satisfying and fun creating images that I knew would be seen by a large group of people. Seeing as they wanted something with a traditional tattoo look/feel, I agreed to the job post haste.
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I had never done any legit illustration work before, just local band stuff or things for friends, but I have painted a ton of tattoo flash over my 15+ years of tattin’. Well, this was a new opportunity to me that came from a super cool lady I tattoo who happens to work for the almighty MTG. What’s it like seeing your art on a Magic card? Was this something you’d always wanted to do, or a new opportunity? Josh, thanks so much for chatting with me. I was able to catch up with Josh for a few questions to take a closer look at these incredibly cool pieces of art, now a part of Magic: The Gathering history: So far we have only seen one sell, that for Eternal Witness, which sold for $500 late on Sunday June 7.
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Eternal Witness (Sketch) by Josh Howard, pencil on watercolor paper, 6.5” x 8.5”Įach work also has an associated pencil sketch to be offered in an upcoming auction at a later date.
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