"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Magic the Gathering - Journey Into Nyx
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The Leucrocota was not part of the Theros style guide which meant I got to design and illustrate another new monster. Since the Leucrocota is an existing mythological creature I needed to give it a unique Theros spin with a generous helping of my own monster tendencies. The art order listed the physical characteristic they wanted to see - head of a badger, haunches
"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Concepts
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While these may seem similar, to me they are very different. Both designs were approved by production so in the end I did a mix of the two designs and played up elements I really liked. I also worked up several color concepts to give a range of options. All of the animals of Theros have patterning on them, which allows for lots of fun when designing. Here are how my color concepts turned out...
"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Color concepts
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Again, all options were approved and I could pick my favorite. I liked them all, but I really wanted to do the
"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Thumbnails
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At the time I wanted to give them a lot of action and movement and I was just in love with "C" ... of
"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Drawing
12 x 9
colored pencil on paper
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"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Toned drawing
12 x 9
colored pencil on toned paper
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"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Process steps
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Here is an animated gif of the steps for the Ravenous Leucrocota so you can see what changes a little more easily.
"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Animated process
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Again, here is how the final Ravenous Leucrocota turned out as well as how the card appears in its intended home, as a card...
"Ravenous Leucrocota" - Magic the Gathering - Journey Into Nyx
© 2014 Wizards of the Coast
"Ravenous Leucrocota" in handy card form
At some point between the release of the Journey into Nyx and
Original quote and corrected quote :P
That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...
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