Daniel Ljunggren Art Blog

Magic: The Gathering- Dark Ascension card!

2012-01-10T20:32:00.003+01:00

I think this is one of my more successful magic cards, because it reads quite well in a small card size. I guess also realizing that I don't have to do everything, like a contextual background, had something to do with it. Simplification can make life easier.

Magic: The Gathering Innistrad Tokens!

2011-12-06T19:55:00.001+01:00

Another Innistrad MTG card [Trepanation Blade]

2011-09-19T09:31:00.002+02:00

MTG:Innistrad card!

2011-09-02T20:52:00.002+02:00

New Magic card shown as a spoiler for the Innistrad set, released later this month. Yay! Been a while since I had something new to show. Hopefully more will come soon.

Misc work

2011-05-12T19:45:00.000+02:00

I've been thinking that I should go over a few paintings that I worked on for a project a couple of years ago, because there is something I like in them and if handled right I might make them worthy to be displayed online. The top one below is slightly altered that way. The 2 others I found good enough leave untouched, but they will be the only ones. Hope you like, more to come! [I think].

Shapes in Darkness

Pitch work. Initial b&w sketch provided by Thomas Pringle.

New Phyrexia Card Art

2011-04-26T17:45:00.000+02:00

These were super fun to do, I hope it shows.

Just Cause 2 loading screens.

2011-03-23T21:50:00.000+01:00

Here are some more loading screens from Just Cause 2 that was released Spring 2010 for PS3, XBOX 360 and PC. I worked on it for about a year (I think), mostly fixing / polishing existing 3D assets, but also got to do these screens as well as images of all the weapon and vehicle upgrades. 2 million console units sold, not bad..

Darksteel Relic

2011-03-19T11:41:00.001+01:00

This one seems to be used in promoting the next expansion pack "Action", which is awesome! Thanks Bastian for the tip!

"We will endure"

New batch of Magic Cards!

2011-01-28T09:06:00.002+01:00

Master study.. Sorolla.

2010-12-09T21:39:00.001+01:00

Card art for Exile Gods

2010-10-18T21:35:00.002+02:00

Another Magic Card released!

2010-10-07T18:22:00.001+02:00

Magic cards! +1 oldie at bottom.

2010-09-25T11:30:00.004+02:00

Bronze Army

2010-09-09T21:01:00.001+02:00

1½ year ago..

Primal Cocoon

2010-07-08T22:45:00.003+02:00

Here's a new Magic: The Gathering card just released!

© Wizards of the Coast

Pitch work.

2010-04-01T16:56:00.002+02:00

I did these for a pitch about a year ago..

Another Magic: The Gathering card

2010-02-02T19:41:00.002+01:00

3 more cards just released, here's one of them.

© Wizards of the Coast

Explorers

2010-01-26T20:38:00.001+01:00

Spare time paint.

Exile Gods Art

2010-01-11T18:28:00.006+01:00

Hi all! Thanks for the warm support in your comments, it's much appreciated!

Long time no post, here are a bunch of semi quick illustrations for the Facebook application 'Exile Gods'.

Hope you like!

© Distant Orbit

My first illustration for Magic: The Gathering

2009-09-06T21:19:00.003+02:00

LTNS.. Been semi busy at home doing various freelance illustrations. I've had the honor of contributing with illustrations for MTG, and here's the first one I painted!

© Wizards of the Coast

Landscape Study

2009-02-07T18:32:00.000+01:00

Blue Light

2009-02-05T20:42:00.000+01:00

Portrait in Artrage

2009-01-24T20:30:00.002+01:00

Cover of EDGE Feb 2008 Issue

2009-01-13T20:32:00.006+01:00

The cover of EDGE shows a character that I designed. One of the concepts shown below. Great fun!

Laika

2009-01-09T20:03:00.002+01:00

"It was not until she saw the shuttle blast off into the night sky that she realized; they will never play in the backyard again".

City Walls

2009-01-05T21:02:00.003+01:00

I was in Visby on the island of Gotland during new years. The castle walls surrounding the old town are truly stunning, I felt like I was traveling back in time.

So I had to paint something in honor of that time and place.

2 Environments

2008-12-18T21:26:00.001+01:00

Sci-fi Environment

2008-11-23T18:19:00.003+01:00

Armored guard & nude study

2008-11-08T21:09:00.003+01:00

Sci-fi beach, scrawny alien

2008-11-01T10:16:00.003+01:00

Another Berkey homage/ influence

2008-10-28T20:14:00.001+01:00

Lighthouse

2008-09-21T10:07:00.004+02:00

forest

2008-09-20T08:47:00.004+02:00

Birth

2008-09-13T13:51:00.002+02:00

Themed weekly thread @ Sijun: "Birth"

The Silhouette

2008-09-12T13:36:00.002+02:00

Maybe done interiors once or twice before.. so it's rather new to me.

Car [doh]

2008-09-07T21:10:00.003+02:00

Thought I'd try do some vehicles, something completely alien to me.

Fear

2008-09-04T08:38:00.006+02:00

Into characters recently.. This was something coming up from random doodling. Her strings are supposed to represent fears that keep her from living life at the fullest.. Fears of rejection and deprecation.

Some rocky environments

2008-08-27T21:30:00.002+02:00

Dame

2008-08-25T18:44:00.000+02:00

Dive

2008-08-15T13:09:00.001+02:00

Felt like painting an underwater pic..

Trim the sails and roam the sea

2008-08-05T19:20:00.002+02:00

Space and Landscape sketches

2008-08-02T17:27:00.003+02:00

Collapse

2008-07-23T21:14:00.004+02:00

Structure 01

2008-07-20T19:17:00.002+02:00

Horsey

2008-07-16T19:55:00.000+02:00

Desert

2008-07-13T12:02:00.001+02:00

Castle

2008-07-12T14:15:00.001+02:00

Caravan

2008-07-06T20:37:00.000+02:00

Butcher

2008-07-05T22:16:00.000+02:00

Nude

2008-07-04T22:08:00.004+02:00

Hard without ref, but it was fun.

Duel

2008-06-12T21:57:00.002+02:00

Working less frantic and trying to put some reason behind each stroke. 2h tops I think.

Skull cave

2008-06-08T16:37:00.003+02:00

Trying to draw more than relying on happy accidents.

Corny muscle dude

2008-06-03T21:58:00.000+02:00

'Miner' speedpaint

2008-05-27T21:52:00.006+02:00

Around 40 mins.

Home sweet home

2008-05-24T13:34:00.002+02:00

Trying to incorporate more soft brushes, it does wonder for lighting.. also focusing a bit more on drawing and brush stroke economy.

Bad odds

2008-05-21T21:52:00.004+02:00

Semi- speedy, trying to capture some drama along with the old enemies color and lighting. Oh and I decapitated both main actors..

Mass & Trees [speedies]

2008-05-17T13:29:00.001+02:00

Another environment speedy..

2008-05-13T20:37:00.002+02:00

Enough of foilage, something else next time :)

Garden

2008-05-06T20:58:00.001+02:00

Continuing to explore colors and light, the 2 things I love most about painting.

Gunpoint

2008-05-04T12:24:00.003+02:00

This one took somewhat longer than 8mins. I was playing with a rough textured look in opposite to some earlier posts that had cleaner simplified style.

I like this approach because the noise / chaos makes me see things that I can develop further, the backside of it (for me at least) is that it would take more time to polish than if I would go with a cleaner approach from start.

Quicketyquick

2008-04-29T20:30:00.001+02:00

Clocking in under 8 minutes, fastest speedy I've done and it was fun too..

And another one..

2008-04-28T20:29:00.004+02:00

Going for some strong colors, in contrast to more muted colors in the past.

More Speedpaint

2008-04-26T20:24:00.002+02:00

Speedpaints

2008-04-23T22:10:00.005+02:00

A couple of fairly quick speedies, playing with some soft brushes and trying to find interesting compositions.