UNITED WE STAND
Artists behind the fantastical worlds and characters of Magic: The Gathering explore their passion for the genre, creative inspirations, and excitement for the new Dominaria United expansion
Magali Villeneuve
The concept artist talks pushing her creative boundaries
The dream of becoming an artist sparked at age 12, when I first watched Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. I was absolutely mesmerised by the Beast’s animation and design. For a few years, my goal was to become an animator, until I read my first fantasy book when I was around 18. It was Robert Jordan’s ‘The Wheel of Time’. This genre I had never experienced before was such a shock that it made me change my goals completely. I started as a professional artist in the book publishing field 15 years ago, completely self-taught. And my first jobs really were for teeny-tiny publishing houses. The least I can
