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Zara Alfonso Illustration
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Freelance fantasy, sci-fi & surreal artist | Artist on Magic: The Gathering | WotC, Lucasfilm, Games Workshop
Prints: zaraalfonso.com/store
IG: instagram.com/artofzaraalfonso
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Zara Alfonso Illustration @zaraalfonso.bsky.social · Jan 14
Hi #portfolioday I'm Zara, a Canadian artist working mainly on Magic: The gathering and painting for myself in my free time 🖤
“Medusa Portrait” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a young Medusa who looks peacefully towards the viewer, her hair is flowing mass of thick iridescent dark indigo snakes tied up in a head wrap. “Stasis” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso, and is the first piece in her series about invisible illness. A portrait painting of a girl with skin so pale she’s almost translucent, her lips are tinged blue and she gazes upward through seemingly unseeing eyes. Pale moths and winged insects cover the expanse of her face and body, blending into her skin in places. “Shalai's Acolyte” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Dominaria United set. A Serran angel floats night among the clouds, backlit by the rising sun. In her hand she holds a glaive grown from the poisonous foliage of the forest far below. Her plated metal armor is a mix of steel with embellished swirls of copper, tied together with long flowing strips of white fabric. She has massive white feathery wings, long flowing dark brown hair, dark skin, and glowing white eyes. “Kithkin Billyrider” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering March of the Machine set. A tiny kithkin knight rides a billy goat into battle against the Phyrexian invasion. She sheds a few golden tears as she feels the life leave her brothers and sisters who fight beside her.
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Little pumpkin witch pencil sketch 🖤🎃
“Pumpkin Witch” is a traditional graphite pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. The drawing depicts a cute witch with a pumpkin for a head, holding a broomstick with a tiny gourd cat perched on it.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Little pumpkin witch pencil sketch 🖤🎃
“Pumpkin Witch” is a traditional graphite pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. The drawing depicts a cute witch with a pumpkin for a head, holding a broomstick with a tiny gourd cat perched on it.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Congratulations to Zara Alfonso, Galen Dara, and John Picacio! Their 2024 Uncanny Magazine covers are all finalists for 2025 Frank R. Paul Best Magazine Cover Art Awards! buff.ly/qvJxWdL
cover of issue 58, titled "Stasis" by Zara Alfonso depicts a brown gray background and a femme-presenting person with long dark hair staring up into space. Her eyes are glazed over white and her lips (and overall complexion) is a gray-blue-white. Moths of a pale-gray-blue-white rest on her face and shoulder The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 56, “Resurrecting Venus" by Galen Dara: In the background, two planets overlap. A large red one is eclipsed by a blue one, the surface is decorated with waves. At the forefront, a woman's face is split in three pieces that are slowly coming together. Spread throughout the motif of sea waves are present in shades of light blue, dark blue, and purple. The outline of koi are spread throughout too, accompanying the woman.  cover for Issue 60, La Musica by John Picacio. A femme person with eyeliner and red lipstick smiles directly at the reader. On her head is a swirling headpiece made of brass instruments, the sides of her face framed by two halves of a cello, earrings of brass instrument parts. Her shoulder pads are made of the black, white, and shaded brown keys of a piano and the body of the dress the curling row of piano keys. Behind her are circular swirls of color
October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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It's cheap and versatile. Want to protect your creature after farewell? Remove an attacker that would kill you? Remove a blocker to make sure your hit connects? Remove a combo piece? Need one extra point of damage in your turn?
All for the low price of 1 blue mana thanks to @zaraalfonso.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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I'm so happy!! Sami!
September 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I’m at MagicCon Atlanta! Come say hi at table 10092 🖤
September 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I’m at MagicCon Atlanta! Come say hi at table 10092 🖤
September 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Pencil sketch of young Medusa 🖤
#art #pencil #sketchbook #drawing #sketch
“Young Medusa” is a pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a young Medusa looking towards towards the viewer, her expression is somber and her hair is a flowing mass of chaotic thick snakes that fill the background.
August 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Pencil sketch of young Medusa 🖤
#art #pencil #sketchbook #drawing #sketch
“Young Medusa” is a pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a young Medusa looking towards towards the viewer, her expression is somber and her hair is a flowing mass of chaotic thick snakes that fill the background.
August 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Fairy pencil drawing 🖤
#art #pencil #sketch #sketchbook
A traditional graphite pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a fairy with bird feet and long flowing hair, held in each hand are daggers made from animal teeth.
August 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Fairy pencil drawing 🖤
#art #pencil #sketch #sketchbook
A traditional graphite pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a fairy with bird feet and long flowing hair, held in each hand are daggers made from animal teeth.
August 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Ouroboroid for Magic the Gathering Edge of Eternities! 🌱
August 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I’m at GenCon! Come see me at booth 74 🖤
Zara Alfonso is at GenCon Booth 74
July 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I’m at GenCon! Come see me at booth 74 🖤
Zara Alfonso is at GenCon Booth 74
July 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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My sketch for Sami, Ship's Engineer is looking for a home! 🖤
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#art #mtg #sketch #pencil
"Sami, Ship's Engineer” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities. Sketch for "Sami, Ship's Engineer”, a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities.
July 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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My sketch for Sami, Ship's Engineer is looking for a home! 🖤
zaraalfonso.com/live
#art #mtg #sketch #pencil
"Sami, Ship's Engineer” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities. Sketch for "Sami, Ship's Engineer”, a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities.
July 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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My oil painting is looking for a home until tonight at 10pm ET 🖤
#art #mtgart #painting
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"Sami, Ship's Engineer” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities.
June 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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@zaraalfonso.bsky.social I got a print from you a couple years ago at a magic con and I finally got it framed and hanging in my home 😁
Framed print of a stylized black Medusa wearing her snake hair in a braid
June 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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My oil painting is looking for a home until tonight at 10pm ET 🖤
#art #mtgart #painting
zaraalfonso.com/live/
"Sami, Ship's Engineer” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities.
June 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Excited to share my newest oil painting Sami, Ship's Engineer for Magic: The Gathering! 🖤

I'm a big fan of sci-fi, as well as being very into cute and cozy aesthetics, so this was an extra fun one to paint 😊
#art #mtgart #oilpainting #traditionalart
"Sami, Ship's Engineer” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities.
June 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Excited to share my newest oil painting Sami, Ship's Engineer for Magic: The Gathering! 🖤

I'm a big fan of sci-fi, as well as being very into cute and cozy aesthetics, so this was an extra fun one to paint 😊
#art #mtgart #oilpainting #traditionalart
"Sami, Ship's Engineer” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities.
June 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Sami, Ship's Engineer by @zaraalfonso.bsky.social

Oil on Ampersand Gessoboard, 16" x 20"

A featured legend in the story, and a Limited signpost. Plus a cat! Auction ends Sunday

mtgart.auction/Sami
June 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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At Magic Con Las Vegas! 🖤
Zara Alfonso is at Magic Con Las Vegas!
June 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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@zaraalfonso.bsky.social continues to bless us with incredibly attractive characters
magic.wizards.com Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · Jun 20
Roy highlights how on-theme it is as Sami isn't just the engineer and the captain, they're also the resident con artist.
The full art for Sami, a short-haired engineer in a red jumpsuit sitting near a porthole window in their spacecraft.
June 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM