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Artist Spotlight: Liz Danforth & Stories Behind Sorcery’s Stunning Artwork

17 December, 2024

Every card in Sorcery: Contested Realm is a hand-painted masterpiece, brought to life through the vision and creativity of our extraordinary artists. Among them is Liz Danforth, whose stunning works, including Mirror Realm and the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, have made a lasting impact on the game’s artistic legacy.

With a background steeped in anthropology, an eye for storytelling, and a love of myth and legend, Liz’s work weaves together rich narratives and visual splendor drawing from her research and personal experiences traveling.

We had the privilege of catching up with Liz to delve into the stories behind a few of her favorite pieces. Here’s what she shared!

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Best of Youtube

Contested Cards

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In this episode of Contested Cards, I have the insane honor to reveal the “Seelie Court” card for Sorcery’s upcomng set Arthurian Legends. Big thanks to Erik’s Curiosa for the opportunity and Liz Danforth for all the insights!


SorceryCon

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Jeff Rosado was one of the people who interviewed me during SorceryCon, and the video is up on YouTube now. I think he included ALL the stories I had for him! My section is about 20 minutes starting 1:37:50 …


Igniting The Spark

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I chatted with the “Igniting the Spark” folks on Tuesday September 13th. My segment kicks in at about 3:28 minutes in.

IgnitingTheSparkMTG.com


Interview with MTG Artist Liz Danforth

Alper Markov, host of the MTG YouTube channel “Concepts & Legends”, talked with me for two hours. We had a lot of topics to discuss, that’s for sure.

Watch on YouTube



Patreon

A few free-to-read Patreon posts you might enjoy.

Introducing the Unseelie Court

October 6 2024

The lid is off Pandora’s box of Arthurian Legends! The Sorcery team is attending Essenspiel in Germany, the boxes of cards are going out, and I finally get to talk about my hands-down favorite painting that has not yet been seen.

You’ve heard and read plenty about The Seelie Court painting: the fairies called the Good Folk, the Good Neighbors, the Fae. While they might not cleave to the morays and behaviors of mortal humankind, they are typically not the stuff of nightmares.

Not so their malicious cousins in the Unseelie Court.


The Only Reason for Time

29 March 2024

Slumbering Giantess Up For Auction

This is one of the biggies! Supporter Mike Servati (perhaps better known to you as Collector Arthouse Mike) will be auctioning my alpha original painting of “The Slumbering Giantess.” He opened my package, live on camera, with this teaser.

The auction will be live, running from 8pm EST on Sunday August 25th, through 8pm EST on Friday the 30th of August.

There are exactly two places you can bid on this painting: the Facebook Community Group and in the Collector Arthouse Discord. If you need an invitation to that Discord, you can access it from this invitation: https://discord.gg/Rg6gVnXBwA.

Photo at the top of this post is courtesy of Arthouse Mike. Thank you!

Some Background Information

Mike promised I would tell you about the painting’s background and my process. I can do that…