And just like that, I received the proofs for Evidence Examiner, one of the cards I made for Magic the Gathering Murders at Karlov Manor.

The set has been released, and it’s always a huge privilege being featured among such amazing artists.

Evidence Examiner is a Magic the Gathering Multicolored Card, which means it’s printed in a golden frame, by far my favourite.
It’s awesome, it glitters:)

I also received the proofs for my previous card belonging to the same set, Magnifying Glass.

It’s an artifact, so the border doesn’t glitter, but still.

Once again, I managed not to delete the sketches.

This first one was rejected for obvious reasons, as the Evidence Examiner’s face wasn’t visible. That’s too bad, as I thought the perspective was a bit more unusual. But yes, I agree it made less sense than the one we picked.

In the second sketch I made a mistake, as I thought the Examiner were a male. Now that I think of it I’m not sure the brief specified their gender, but I eventually had to make another version with the final face.

There was also a big change I had to make at the palette after I had started rendering.

Evidence Examiner is multicolored green-blue, and the Art Director felt like the palette of the initial rough (on the left) was a bit too warm for its purpose.
In the final version, on the right, I made the background a lot colder, which together with the green drapes in the foreground made the category of the card much clearer.

You might notice that in the final version I also added some more fins to the Merfolk Detective, which in the first draft was a bit too light in that department.

Thanks again to AD Deborah Garcia for the flawless direction. Once again, everything went super smooth and it was a pleasure working with her.

by Paolo Puggioni