June 5, 2023 - Last year for Pride Month, Magic: the Gathering released a collection called Pride Across the Multiverse. Since that time of year has come around again, I wanted to share a little of the process behind the artwork I contributed to the set. Since this was a small, special set, the art style was more wide open. Art director Stephanie Cheung was aware of the more linework-based style I’ve been using in some of my other work in children’s books and comics, and suggested I work in that style. The assignment was to show the existing trans woman character, Alesha, helping up a younger trans man during a training session. The theme was meant to represent the older generation helping the younger. Here’s the sketch, done on vellum. The placement of the elements needed to be…