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"Nivea, Beloved Battlemage" - from Mystery Booster ©Wizards of the Coast, AD Kez Laczin.

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A muscular female pit-fighter mage with dark purple hair walks through a garden, carrying a battle staff, the flowering trees behind her hinting at the shape of angel wings.

#acrylicpainting #fantasyart #illustration #magictgecathering #mtgart

7 comments — live from bluesky

Charismatic Megafauna · 2 · 20h ago

I totally missed the wings, that's so so good

VHS_Shark · 1 · 1d ago

This is my favorite I love her design so much

Orcish Librarian · 2 · 14h ago

I'm so glad you illustrated Nivea!

Elhyana🏳️‍🌈 -Commissions open 2/3- · 1 · 18h ago

Beautiful piece! I love her so much!! *^*

Lady Jessica · 1 · 13h ago

Oh wow this art is amazing! I love her hair is more purple too.

Pauper Hive · 1 · 13h ago

She looks like the girl next door

Winona Nelson · 1 · 12h ago

That's so sweet, I was really aiming to make her feel like the kind of badass girl who'd stand up for her friends, beat boys at sports, drive an old truck, maybe run an animal rescue...

Pauper Hive · 1 · 12h ago

Maybe it's because it's a concept from a language that isn't my native language, but I think that's exactly the definition of "girl next door," isn't it?

Winona Nelson · 1 · 12h ago

That's how I took it, yes 😄

Winona Nelson · 7 · 12h ago

There's an auction going on now for the original! www.facebook.com/share/p/19AX...