Continuing artist month, today I look at Quinton Hoover.
Quinton Hoover was one of the original Magic artists. He started illustrating Magic cards in 1993 (he had eight cards in the Alpha, the very first set). His work appeared in many early core sets (Beta, Unlimited, Revised, Fourth through Sixth Edition) and expansions (Legends, Antiquities, Fallen Empires, Ice Age, Chronicles, Alliances, Tempest, and a few more). He was active through 2008
(Lorwyn/Morningtide), with only reprints since in subsequent releases.
Hoover's style is defined as Art Nouveau or Art Deco. I don't know enough about art to articulate more, but I enjoy his work; it has a soft quality appropriate to the fantasy genre.
I use Scryfall for searching for Hoover's illustrations. The following syntaxes in scryfall
artist:"Quinton Hoover" not:digital not:artseriesartist:"Quinton Hoover" not:digital not:artseries unique:prints
yield the following results, respectively:
78 cards
78 cards
262 cards
So he has illustrated 78 Magic cards that have appeared 262 times (some show up in multiple sets or special releases). Here are some of my favorites (Archangel, above, is number one):
So he has illustrated 78 Magic cards that have appeared 262 times (some show up in multiple sets or special releases). Here are some of my favorites (Archangel, above, is number one):
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