Hi! I'm Kristina, a freelance illustrator with a focus on fantasy and history subjects, mostly in the bookish space. Lately I've been working hard on my skills because I also want to draw for Magic: The Gathering some day -- ideally for character-focused art that takes inspiration from historical themes, which is my absolute favorite thing. Hope you enjoy my interpretation of Tymna.

174 points ThatGuyFromTheM0vie

…you sure you don’t work for Wizards?

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121 points kgehrmann

I keep sending them my portfolio, but so far, I'm not.

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46 points ThatGuyFromTheM0vie

It looks like official Wizards art. Well done.

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26 points ForseiMaster

If they aren't, I sure hope they are soon.

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1 points Splenectomy13

This. My response to the title was "Fanart? Fanart???"

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77 points kensmagiccards

Hello Kristina, random stranger on the internet here, I’d like to offer my encouragement and support on your journey to becoming an Artist for Magic: the Gathering.

Art is what got me into this game and I know I’m not the only one. What’s really incredible is your realistic-looking depiction of a Human/Humanoid, which can be extremely difficult to capture without it looking awkward. Your rendition is impeccable. I feel like there are many artists who can do the awesome landscapes seen in the Land cards, but fewer who can truly captivate with their characters.

Thank you for sharing your work.

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15 points kgehrmann

Ah thank you so much for your kind words! 😭

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5 points Weekly-Aioli-5450

Amen!!

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70 points ImperaXIII

FANART?!

This is so good! I thought it was art for a new printing I hadn’t seen

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13 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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28 points asimplecommunist

https://preview.redd.it/zsz0jt5i2ecg1.png?width=2187&format=png&auto=webp&s=823142e5220d2814b2337784b2e24bb0451e4c9a

Looks like official MTG art to me 😏 amazing work, I especially like the see through silk material. Is this mixed media, a painting, how do you prefer to create your illustrations?

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9 points kgehrmann

Thank you! I use Photoshop CS6 and a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet. You can see the technique/watch the process for some of my work at https://www.youtube.com/@KristinaGehrmann/videos

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19 points TCupcake

I'm upset. I thought this was new art for an upcoming card. I really really want it to be.

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4 points kgehrmann

Sorry, haha!😂 Thanks :) Maybe some day...

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15 points ForseiMaster

This artwork is absolutely incredible! Best of luck getting that dream position working on Magic.

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5 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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9 points Neckworn

That art looks amazing

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5 points kgehrmann

Thanks :)

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7 points Sixteensletters

Gorgeous work!

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3 points kgehrmann

Thanks :)

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4 points GREG88HG

Pretty cool! Looks like some Tymna's based sorcery or instant ❤️

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3 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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3 points VehicleForward7866

This is on par with WOTC art. I love it. Is that the library of Alexandria to the right of the subject? If so that is an awesome detail.

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you! I didn't think of a specific building but maybe it could be 👀

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2 points VehicleForward7866

I don’t even necessarily mean the real life one, but it just reminded me of the art for [[Library of Alexandria]]

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2 points MTGCardFetcher

Library of Alexandria - (G) (SF) (txt)

^{^{^FAQ}}

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1 points VehicleForward7866

[[Library of Alexandria|ARN]] rather. It looked more like the art in my head lol

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1 points MTGCardFetcher

Library of Alexandria - (G) (SF) (txt)

^{^{^FAQ}}

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3 points TenganGouka

This would be such a dope borderless version

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3 points nathones

WotC. Hire this artist!

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2 points Zoom3877

Lovely work! I'd be happy to see this kind of art on a card someday.

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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2 points Liberkhaos

This is beautiful. Commenting and liking to boost engagement. Good luck with your ambition.

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2 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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2 points BioDefault

You're so close, keep sending them your gorgeous work until you get it!

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you 😊

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2 points steelscaled

Could be pretty cool playmat. Incredible art, I especially like all the effort that was put to make detailed and authentic Theros environment.

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2 points kgehrmann

Thank you, I'm a bit of a history nerd and love environments! You can see that in much of my other work too ☺️ ( www.kristinagehrmann.com )

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2 points KaiserS0ul

Honestly fantastic, thought this was a commissioned piece by WotC for a new printing or iteration of her!

I would love to make a proxy of Tymna using this art! :D

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2 points kgehrmann

Thank you :) I'm cool with my art being used for non-commercial fan projects (just credit me please)

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2 points KaiserS0ul

I appreciate the permission and I'm happy to do so! Would you prefer it by name or an online handle?

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2 points kgehrmann

"Kristina Gehrmann" is good, thanks!

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2 points amish24

you've matched the MTG art style perfectly.

this straight up looks like it could be art for a printing of tymna. excellent work.

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you ☺️

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2 points Crimson_Raven

Tymna the Goat

She's got a simple but generically powerful effect that, combined with partner, makes her one of the strongest commanders ever printed

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2 points EclipseoftheHart

As a weaver and textile artist I always love seeing Tymna and other references to textile arts in Magic art & fanart. What a lovely piece, thank you for sharing!!

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you! <3

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2 points gospodtundra

this looks REAL nice, well done!! :)

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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2 points Historical_Club_9063

10/10

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2 points willweaverrva

The fact that you aren't employed for Wizards is a travesty because this is so good!

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2 points Succubace

A big thing a lot of aspiring Magic artists miss is art readability when small and you did an excellent job at avoiding that! The art is incredible at all sizes!

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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2 points entoxify

It's a crime your not an official magic artist yet but I'm sure you'll have your time. Your art is beautiful.

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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2 points LightningLion

It's amazing art and could fool me as official one, but I agree with other redditors that it feels more like a instant/sorcery than a creature art.

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2 points Zealousideal-Bug-168

Hmm, do you do commissions?

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2 points MaetelofLaMetal

My most played commander.

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2 points DigestMyFoes

It's beautiful.

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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2 points SonOfAdam32

Wow! I don’t usually like partner commanders but if she had this art, I would make a deck just so I could show it off

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2 points SylvanHarbinger

https://preview.redd.it/nssxtyagzjcg1.jpeg?width=2010&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a87100964af28d9212e6abfc01ccdd5df1bc7ae3

This is 100% MTG-quality art, I have no doubt WotC would hire you as soon as they acknowledge your work and portfolio :) Good job!!

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2 points BreadAdmirable4054

Excellent art.

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2 points kiggidykay

This should be on an official card, it's really good.

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2 points Tauna_YT

I would 100% pay for art of some of my commanders in this style, because it's absolutely stunning

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2 points TempTheMemeLord

Upvoted, this is MTG quality for sure.

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2 points mrenglish22

Welp, now we need a return to Theros.

Which really I hope they do soon and don't do the whole "we are skipping a bunch of time after all the gods got converted"

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1 points Vorandus

This is amazing! Hopefully it catches someone's eye because I absolutely love this

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1 points kgehrmann

Thank you!

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