Liiga Smilshkalne

Screen because I have this thing on a stand that keeps it almost fully vertical and it's been great for my back. (I do have a 15+ years old, possibly immortal Intuos sitting around though - still kinda miss not having my hand in front of the screen sometimes.)

This is so beautiful! The gentle colors and the super cool composition and layering and everything 💖

a watercolor painting of three overlapping skulls with a crown of peonies. One unhinged jawbone has three peony buds growing within it.

After years of being asked about it, I am finally making an oracle deck. neat!

I'm so glad you're feeling a bit better!! Hoping the rehab helps, rooting for you 💖

An itty bitty painting of Elspeth, the planeswalker from Magic: The Gathering, as a white mouse clad in silver armor with golden decorations. She's wearing a white cape and holding a spear that took more than one try to get to look right. Behind her, white sweet peas are arranged in the shape of wings (because Elspeth is an angel) and she's making friends with an orange butterfly. This is on the back of my Swords to Plowshares artist proof, which also involves sweet peas. Pencil for scale!

An acrylic painting on the back of a Magic: The Gathering artist proof of "Enduring Innocence", 6.3x8.8cm in size. The "droplets" are raised a bit above the surface - though not too much - and they're made by using teensy tiny glass beads as 'seeds' for volume, and built upon with heavy gel and many, many layers of a shiny medium. There's also symbolism to it that calls for some lore. Tamiyo - like most planeswalkers - has a long and interesting life, but it comes to a tragic end soon after she's compleated by the Phyrexians, when she purposefully allows her friend the Wanderer to kill her in battle. However, her story doesn't end there, as a part of her spirit (a shade) is captured in a memory scroll which eventually ends up on the Duskmourn plane - which is the set that the "Enduring Innocence" belongs to. While Tamiyo's adoptive son Nashi goes to Duskmourn to find her, the shade is continuously drained of her memories by the plane's ruling demon's cultists. When she is found all that's left and the only thing that's allowed her to persist is her love for him. In the end, she asks to be released into the Blind Eternities, and Nashi honors the request. So with that context, I wanted to show Tamiyo with a loving and peaceful expression as her memory fades away into little droplets - maybe Nashi's tears. The flowers are spider lilies since their symbolism is tied to death, remembrance and transformation. They're yellow to go with the "Enduring Innocence" (well and also because yellow and blue together are nice to look at.)

An itty bitty (8.8x6.3cm) painting of Nissa (planeswalker from Magic: The Gathering) holding a magical starflower spell. Some of the spellery is dripping down by her feet and sprouting behind her, gently lifting her into the air. Painted in acrylics (the shading on her eyelids just about did me in) with pencil for scale.

Logo of the "Magic: The Gathering in Miniature" show with event info: January 31, 2026 - February 15, 2026 Reception / Jan 31, 5:00PM - 8:00PM gallerynucleus.com/events/1113

Tonight is the opening of Magic: The Gathering in Miniature III at Gallery Nucleus, organized by the amazing @donnycaltrider.bsky.social !

I just learned that all three of my contributions found a home during the early access and the fuzzies couldn't be warmer 💖

DC Comic character Poison Ivy is serving a moldy 1950's style dinner party. All the guests, which includes Harley Quinn, are smiling widely and are covered in fungal growths. The whole home around them has surreal nightmarish elements like crying sunflowers with Ivy's face on them, Ivy cooking her own head on a small television in the back, and a giant platter of Ivy's decaying head as the centerpiece.

🌻Knight Terrors: Poison Ivy Issue 1 Cover🌻

I love this one for many reasons. The crying sunflower Ivys are so preciously horrific ♥️😭♥️

As you should be, it's amazing!!

Haha I would love that.

I suppose it is only the first Quandrix card we've seen of the set, right? So there is a chance!

Thank you, Eleonor! 💖

Thank you! 🥰

MTG - Mathemagics, an art print by Liiga Smilshkalne Gallery Quality Prints

I was reminded that prints are a thing °-°

So now they're up! www.inprnt.com/gallery/liig...

Hehehe thank you! 💖 I do love the shinies, they're my comfort zone; made figuring out how to show the spellishness and depth of the landscape easier.

Hehehe thanks, Jayemel! 🥰

Thank you! I had fun with them 💖

A picture of two versions of the Magic: The Gathering card "Mathemagics", with regular and extended art.

And here's the card itself. It's so flavorful!

A digital painting of a pleasant park on Quandrix campus full of carefully maintained grass, water sculptures, tall trees and a physics defying reality shift causing the whole thing to spiral into infinite spiraling fractals and then maybe a few more loops for a good measure. In the foreground there are three figures, possibly two students and a professor. In the middle background there are three figures, possibly three students. In the further background there are three figures, possibly...

A close up of the three foreground figures. The brief didn't say anything about who might be enjoying the scenery, so I in turn enjoyed picking a trio with very different profiles and designing their outfits in line with the Quandrix college dress style.

A close up of the most prominent set of spirals because I wanted to show off the textures.

A close up of the upper right area, 'cause this particular bunch of trees is my favorite. I spent a longer than necessary amount of time adding fun, flowing patterns to the lawns and walkways because it felt appropriate and made the colors more interesting.

One of my cards for Magic's upcoming Strixhaven set got spoiled early, so I get to show it off!

🎨 Mathemagics
AD: Ovidio Cartagena

As you might imagine this was a real interesting assignment, with the brief full of infinity, fractals and spirals.

Ludwig's track slaps, too

Having watched that video, it turns out during the repair that the card was in fact not killed by the duster, it had a totally unrelated problem.

Gorgeous work and amazing expressions in the sketches! 😂 Always good to know that there are other artists sending in the occasional ° u ° concept

It's so fuzzy and sweet! Love the shimmer on the scales

Thanks, Nicolas! 💖

Quote with your horn art!

(two sets of horns for the price of one)

Quote with your horn art!

My most hornedest - Myntasha ✨🦌✨

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“Assert Perfection“ 18”x 24”, oil on gessobord. AD: Deborah Garcia. A new piece for @wizardsmagic Lorwyn Eclipsed. A flamekin is cornered by an elvish hunter.

Illustration of a skeleton riding a black horse through a battlefield as he's holding a magical pen and parchment paper

Illustration of a vampire woman luring the viewer closer

Illustration of a knight holding a handkerchief with a somber expression, his horse by him

Portrait of a fae creature with a crown of sticks against a background of fallen leaves

Today is my birthday!
As always, one of the best gifts for artists is sharing their art🖤

Thank you for all the support throughout the years!

Happy birthday!!

Only way this could've been less accurate is if it put actual airplanes in there. What a waste

At times like this it's important to remember that it takes about 40 minutes (including baking time) to make a batch of banana muffins, and then you get to live in a world with your own freshly baked banana muffins. So much better.

The resemblance is uncanny!

Love this piece, the colors are so delicious and deep and the movement so powerful

But also💛 the lemons.