Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Seven-tail Mentor from Neo Kamigawa.

I want to return to this specific plein air spot. It had an absolutely excellent natural composition!

I’m really happy to announce that I’ll be part of Illuxcon’s main show next year! I attended via a student scholarship all the way back in 2014 and that visit has shaped my career ever since, so it’s all coming full circle now!

Inspiring bars from MtGs Forgotten Realms set.

Big parade painting from the MtG Lotr set.

Delightfully insane Mesa Enchantress from MtG Duskmourn. AD Sam Padilla

I finally started making stickers! Can you guess which one was the most popular?

Formation breaker for MtG. Oil on Masonite. AD Ovidio Cartagena

Self-portrait progression of Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck. Always found this very creepy yet profound. Along with everything else, art like this is why real art by real artists will always triumph over AI facsimiles.

I can finally show one of my favourite paintings from last year! This was a commission for @illumicrate.bsky.social which was printed on a blanket included in a recent Afterlight box. Auroras are my favourite natural phenomena and i'd love to see them some day, so i'm very glad I got to paint one!

Monke.

Halana and Alena for MTG! AD Zack Stella. “Hearts on Fire”

We out here!

Making contact.

Bird from Bloomburrow. AD Zack Stella

Weird bird painting.

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Odd deer.

I just became aware of this incredibly relatable drawing by John Singer Sargent.

ENORMOUS NEWS! Primal Encounters has funded on Kickstarter! 🎉 Jump in now - the campaign for this new, beast-filled book runs through December 4. Kickstarter.com/projects/aaronbmiller/primal-encounters-5e/posts

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen. Nightwish Sonata Arctica Ludovico Einaudi Iron Maiden A bunch of string quartets I mostly oscillate between metal and random classical stuff, but also some neofolk. Top things I’d like to see: Tenhi Moonsorrow Vasks Agalloch Turmion Kätilöt

Some more gouache plein air from BC.

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I’m actually really close to wrapping up 2 large scale personal paintings! I’m really excited because it’s been years since I finished new paintings for my project. They’re also both done in oil! In the meanwhile here’s a weird drawing of a summer baby.

In retrospect this painting is almost too Disney haha. “Summer is coming”

Aside from this I really recommend cloud services. I’ve got google drive set up to automatically upload everything from my drive, even when I just save when working. Only downside is that you need a good internet connection for it.

A big thank you to everyone who came by at F2F Calgary! It was an amazing event!

“First Day of Spring” Another painting for my weird finno-ugric project!

It’s a Cryogen Relic apocalypse here at F2F Calgary tour weekend!

I did 4 pieces for Tarkir. This soldier token is my favourite! Oil on Board, 20x16 AD Forrest Schehl

Come see me and other MtG artists at Calgary F2F to weekend!

Really excited to be in Calgary doing F2F tour weekend! Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Some overcast gouache plein air of local mountains.

I did some design practice recently. These two are Louhi and Väinämöinen from the Finnish epic, Kalevala. I tried to design them as if they were going to be added to MTG (psst, WOTC, get me to do Kalevala secret lair??) which was a really fun challenge.

When I can’t think of anything else to draw, I just draw fairies.

Here's an extended version I did for playmats! Link below. Feel free to grab this one as a wallpaper, I think the resolution should be good enough!

Knight on a field.

As someone who started drawing/painting at 16 and had to fight for every inch of my skill I wholeheartedly agree to a point. I do think that some people like Sargent or Frazetta were naturally gifted the same way ppl are gifted in math etc. Their level is unreachable by just training alone. Howeve..

Last warm autumn day.

Boink.

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I’ll be at F2F Calgary weekend next week! Looking forward to it!

Cryogen Relic! One of those happy common-that-is-good surprises!

If you see this, post your bird art. Hmm.

I’m very fond of this painting. It feels like there could be an interesting expanded story behind it.

My online store has been updated and restocked with prints and hand-foiled playmats! Some of them have been marked down just in time for the holidays. These have only been available at conventions in the past so make sure to check them out! 🧙‍♂️ www.markomanev.com/shop

Faerie seer for MTG. 20x16 oil on board. I hope I’ll get a chance to paint more faeries for MTG someday! They’re a lot of fun.

The Gate and the Wall of Gestures #comic #watercolor

Ancestors.