Finishing artist month, today I look at Carl Critchlow.
Critchlow started illustrating Magic cards in 1997 for the Weatherlight set and stopped in 2022 (Battle for Baldur's Gate) if this website is accurate. He appears to be in the top ten card producers for the game.
Critchlow's style (for his black cards) can remind me of Nils Hamm (see previous post): dreamlike and scary. But his others have a dash of whimsy. So his images can be dark or playful, but his colors have a softness to them either way.
I use Scryfall for searching for Critchlow illustrations. The following syntaxes in scryfall
artist:"Critchlow" not:digital not:artseries
artist:"Critchlow" not:digital not:artseries unique:prints
yield the following results, respectively:
238 cards
603 cards
So he illustrated 238 unique Magic cards that have appeared 603 times (some show up in multiple sets or special releases). Here are some of my favorites.
I use Scryfall for searching for Critchlow illustrations. The following syntaxes in scryfall
artist:"Critchlow" not:digital not:artseries
artist:"Critchlow" not:digital not:artseries unique:prints
yield the following results, respectively:
238 cards
603 cards
So he illustrated 238 unique Magic cards that have appeared 603 times (some show up in multiple sets or special releases). Here are some of my favorites.
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