Author: Martina Fačková

Painting Tasha, the Witch Queen – Part 2

Posted by Martina Fačková | Thursday, August 18th, 2022

Welcome back! In Part 1 of Painting Tasha, the Witch Queen we went over everything that preceded...

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Painting Tasha, the Witch Queen – Part 1

Posted by Martina Fačková | Thursday, June 23rd, 2022

Last year I got to illustrate Tasha, the Witch Queen for Magic the Gathering‘s Battle for Baldur‘s Gate set. Right after mysterious vampires my favorite subject to paint are dark, fierce women so you can imagine my excitement when I read through the brief. It called for a dark witch with a pointy hat at the height of her powers casting magic in her study, being surrounded by dark forces. I feel so…

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3 Mindsets That Helped me ‘Break In’

Posted by Martina Fačková | Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

I thought a lot about what would be an interesting topic for this article. I´m fairly new to the...

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