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Wood had only been at Harvard for a year when he first heard of [[Wizards of the Coast]] in the summer of 1994. "My dentist's sister-in-law was the head of HR at the time, if you can believe that," he laughs. In June of the following year he decided to take a chance. "I flew down to Seattle to interview at ''Wizards''. Once [I was] on the inside (I was a lowly contractor making color proofs in the pre-press department), I got to know some art directors and showed them my work." In his second summer at Wizards, he finally broke into card art, working on several cards for the ''BattleTech'' trading card game. |
Wood had only been at Harvard for a year when he first heard of [[Wizards of the Coast]] in the summer of 1994. "My dentist's sister-in-law was the head of HR at the time, if you can believe that," he laughs. In June of the following year he decided to take a chance. "I flew down to Seattle to interview at ''Wizards''. Once [I was] on the inside (I was a lowly contractor making color proofs in the pre-press department), I got to know some art directors and showed them my work." In his second summer at Wizards, he finally broke into card art, working on several cards for the ''BattleTech'' trading card game. |
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| β | Although he only worked on two cards in the ''[[Mercadian Masques]]'' expansion, Wood's <c>Darting Merfolk</c> and <c>Two-Headed Dragon</c> quickly became favorites among ''Magic'' fans. Why only two? He usually only takes between one and three cards from each ''Magic'' set. "I have a lot of other freelance work on my plate most of the time." |
+ | Although he only worked on two cards in the ''[[Mercadian Masques]]'' expansion, Wood's <c>Darting Merfolk</c> and <c>Two-Headed Dragon</c> quickly became favorites among '''Magic''' fans. Why only two? He usually only takes between one and three cards from each '''Magic''' set. "I have a lot of other freelance work on my plate most of the time." |
Several factors went into his work on ''Mercadian Masques''. "Masques has a strong Mediterranean flavor, which comes through more in Darting Merfolk. Two-Headed Dragon, on the other hand, is fairly setting-independent." Of the two, he does have a favorite: "Definitely Darting Merfolk. Partly because I just like the piece, but mostly because my girlfriend posed for it. I had her lean over the edge of a bathtub to get the pose right, which wasn't at all comfortable for her! That's probably why the mermaid in the card looks so ferocious."}} |
Several factors went into his work on ''Mercadian Masques''. "Masques has a strong Mediterranean flavor, which comes through more in Darting Merfolk. Two-Headed Dragon, on the other hand, is fairly setting-independent." Of the two, he does have a favorite: "Definitely Darting Merfolk. Partly because I just like the piece, but mostly because my girlfriend posed for it. I had her lean over the edge of a bathtub to get the pose right, which wasn't at all comfortable for her! That's probably why the mermaid in the card looks so ferocious."}} |
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