Wylie Beckert

The Idea Map

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, June 14th, 2021

The prevailing wisdom is that a painting starts with a sketch. My own methods are a little less...

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, May 17th, 2021

This past winter, I got the chance to illustrate the variant cover for Young Hellboy #3 for Dark...

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, April 19th, 2021

I always look forward to the weird and wonderful illustrations that accompany the fiction...

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, March 22nd, 2021

When I was starting out as an illustrator, my art was hard for art directors to place –...

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, February 22nd, 2021

Most of my work – whether it’s Magic the Gathering, or my own playing card art – is meant to...

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, January 25th, 2021

Teaching a man to fish is overrated. A long time ago, I set out to build myself a portfolio...

Paul herbert on The Idea MapIt is a tricky format to mess with. Lots of decisions involved with each card depiction all the while trying to keep it all cohesive. I'm looking forw…
aielene on Raising an Artist: Art School AdmissionsI must say it is very well written; the blog held all the precise information about theOTT platform Development Company
Peter Anton on The Faerie Queene ProjectThis looks awesome- always love your artwork. Looking forward to seeing more!
nico kopf on The Idea MapThis is one fantastic article! Thanks for sharing your process. At times I also start a piece completely different to the methods used by most. It can…
Steve on The Idea MapThat is a wonderful breakdown of your method, Wylie. I've used something similar- making an idea/theme map- for environment design projects in animati…