Eli Minaya
@badking
Collage Artist, Magic the Gathering Artist, Fiction Cover Artist, Comic Cover Artist, Private Commissions. More at Bad-King.com
"Orion" - collage on heavyweight paper A long overdue collage commission. Thanks to the commissioner for being so patient. I had so much making this and it felt good to play on my own court for a bit.
More excavation. I was just trying to find the brand of sketchbook I used. Found these too.
I'm getting ready to start a new body of work and digging through old sketches helps connect me to old energy, a bit. I was more curious and less precious. There was a willingness to be weirder too. It's a little sad to see this stuff so far behind me now, but what's next is exciting too.
Full art of Helm of the Host. I loved painting all the generational helmets in the background. I had no idea there were so many #MtGxMarvel Superheroes
Helm of the Host for MtgxMarvel Superheroes. What a blast to paint. Full art coming soon
Another one for MtgxMarvel - had a lot of fun painting the Hydra distortion on the screen. Thanks to AD Stephanie Cheung!
This is one of my favorite mtg paintings to date. Had a blast working with AD Stephanie Cheung! #mtg
Opening up some preorders on a couple of playmat designs. One MtG, one Mt-Me ;) These will ship late-fall/early winter. www.bad-king.com/store
Getting ready for Magiccon, only a few weeks away and still have a ways to go
So happy to have been a small part of Magic in Miniature III. This one; a small painting of Walker, Witch of the Way, is still available. www.gallerynucleus.com/events/1113?...
I'll be in Vegas for Magiccon this May. Catch me at the tables...artists tables... usually.
The full art for "Blade Through the Heart" by @carrievaughnco.bsky.social , AD @cfoltzer.bsky.social - it is always a treat to illustrate these stories (they're so good!) Thank you Christine for the assignment!
Some AP arts I made and still like :P I just updated the inventory on the AP mystery packs in my shop. About 50 of the 100 gone already and still a few painted APs to crack from them. www.bad-king.com/artist-proofs
"Hector's Kiss" - a fun variant cover I made for Cut Flowers #1 - really dug @winonanelson.com Winona Nelson's comic when I read it at Illuxcon and jumped at the chance to make something. Had a blast cutting out all those flowers :)
Wanted to share a bit about this art for MtG Marvel Superheroes. It was a special job for me. Thanks to @gaogaigirl.bsky.social for the assignment and support on this
Its 530 am, why am I ready for a whiskey? Oh right... jetlag. Anyway, here are some cutty things I got recently with that jetlag.