MTGinktober dazzles Day 7, "Enchanted," starring Slippery Bogle and Angelic Destiny!
Once I determined this piece's core idea was to pants up Jesper Ejsing's fantastic version of everyone's favorite Simic hybrid untouchable, I had a bunch of ideas for auras I wanted to sneak in. The only competing idea was maybe a group shot of Bogles (the deck)'s creatures, since there's only about three of them, but keeping it simple and focused on one souped-up figure seemed to make more sense.
It was also a treat to study the background from Angelic Destiny, and look at all the areas of high detail and relaxed brush strokes that went into the real piece, but that we had to take care to spell out since we're working strictly with lines. Also, I loved the idea of making such a graceful, lovely composition into something kinda goofy, with this considerably frumpier character taking center stage in yet a stylish pose.
Fun Facts: Invariably, we have some Algenpfan art in our MTGinktober run, and this piece seals this year's first entry into the growing category.
Easter Eggs: With all Voss-based pieces, we traditionally hide that wacky, "swooshy B" (ß) dealio, this time in the flower in the foreground overlapping Mr. Bogle's flowing cape thing. The beams atop his head are from the OG (ironically, not Hannes's version) Daybreak Coronet. And X marks the spot for this guy's Curious Obsession.
Not normal,
Reuxben
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