Who better to illustrate a magic card than a professional, degree- accredited, full-time illustrator who has been in love with the game and its art for ten years? I've recently won some awards for fantasy artwork and I just wanted to check in and say I'd be honored to work with Wizards of the Coast as a freelance illustrator for card art or any of their many fantastic games or books.

If you have a moment to consider my work, I would be grateful.

I have an extended portfolio here:

http://www.ryandurney.com

 614-985-6596
 ryandurney@hotmail.com
or OnDrawnWings@excite.com
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"The Beating of Many Wings" won an international art competition hosted by ibooks, Inc. and 3D World magazine. It also took first place at "2005 Digital Salon" at The Highroads Gallery, Columbus Ohio.



"The Legend of the Kraken" spread for the book, "Sea Monsters" published by Lerner Books,.



The Kraken's ugly mug. "Slimey" was one of the only clues they gave me for illustrating it. Note the sailors demise here.



I wanted to make the creature luminescent, as if from depths unimaginable, only surfacing during violent thunderstorms.



For a series of female figure abstractions.



For a series of work on giant prehistoric insects.



This is the infamous Tyrant King, Rex of the Cretaceous. His appearance is based on recent research. This, like much of my work, is a mixture of watercolor and 3-D rendering.



For a series of fairies based on the seasons as if they were wildlife.



"Simara, the hidden city." Pearl Publications, Inc.



"Sea Skag." Valhalla Productions, LLC.



"Razor-Pin Fly."



For the past two years, I have been illustrating the science fiction short stories for ODYSSEY Magazine, a monthly publication for highschools. This story was about a genetically-engineered unicorn on another colonized planet.



I was a featured illustrator in "Dark Realms Magazine," issue 5.

Thank you for your time,

-Ryan Durney, illustrator