Concluding artist month, today I look at Andreas Rocha.
Andreas Rocha is one of the more recent Magic artists. He started illustrating Magic cards in 2013 (for the Magic 2014 set). He is still active. You can see his portfolio on his official site.
Rocha does a lot of lands. His first work (for M14) was one of each basic land. About 90% of his 112 unique prints (see links below) are lands.
Rocha's work has echoes of luminism—he often uses light in a way that gives a sense of a coming hope. Even his Swamp and Forest (both pictured below) can depict gruesome scenes in a way that hints at better things to come.
I use Scryfall for searching for Rocha's illustrations. The following syntaxes in scryfall
artist:"Andreas Rocha" not:digital not:artseriesartist:"Andreas Rocha" not:digital not:artseries unique:prints
yield the following results, respectively:
34 cards
34 cards
112 cards
So he has illustrated 34 Magic cards that have appeared 112 times (some show up in multiple sets or special releases). Here are some of my favorites (Plains, above, is number one):
So he has illustrated 34 Magic cards that have appeared 112 times (some show up in multiple sets or special releases). Here are some of my favorites (Plains, above, is number one):
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