Pete Venters
@peteventers.bsky.social
Illustrator, writer, world builder. Pretty much neck-deep involved with Magic: The Gathering for the last 30 years.
Very good. Take a hint, ghost, stay dead. Jeez.
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Very good. Take a hint, ghost, stay dead. Jeez.
How'd it go? Or is it happening right now?
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
How'd it go? Or is it happening right now?
If only I’d had as much success breaching containment in the game.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If only I’d had as much success breaching containment in the game.
“Hooligan manners befitting an orc player” thank you very much.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“Hooligan manners befitting an orc player” thank you very much.
I really need to find my Orc team to show you. OMG, I think they were painted 35 years ago!
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I really need to find my Orc team to show you. OMG, I think they were painted 35 years ago!
Do you have photos of the alt art boosters you're missing?
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Do you have photos of the alt art boosters you're missing?
You had the color one. So fancy.
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
You had the color one. So fancy.
Hah! If only I could solely take the blame for that wee nightmare realm. Quite a bit of the codification was being set by John Tynes before I arrived, but I did help it to flourish. 😁
August 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Hah! If only I could solely take the blame for that wee nightmare realm. Quite a bit of the codification was being set by John Tynes before I arrived, but I did help it to flourish. 😁
It often eludes me that because you've worked on Magic's story, it means we've worked on the same project, albeit 25+ years apart.
August 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It often eludes me that because you've worked on Magic's story, it means we've worked on the same project, albeit 25+ years apart.
A few people found it. The face is carved into a rocky outcropping at one of the entrances to the town. The idea came as a way to incorporate the concept seen in Graven Cairns.
July 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A few people found it. The face is carved into a rocky outcropping at one of the entrances to the town. The idea came as a way to incorporate the concept seen in Graven Cairns.
Btw, did you ever spot the Baron’s face I hid in that Dark Barony painting?
July 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Btw, did you ever spot the Baron’s face I hid in that Dark Barony painting?
And if they do return, I worry that they won’t ask me to paint the Baron. He still means a lot to me, the great loomy monster that he is.
July 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
And if they do return, I worry that they won’t ask me to paint the Baron. He still means a lot to me, the great loomy monster that he is.
Hmm.
Anyway, do it if it’s what makes you happy. I’m sure the side-eye won’t be any more than usual for your lock screens.
Anyway, do it if it’s what makes you happy. I’m sure the side-eye won’t be any more than usual for your lock screens.
July 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hmm.
Anyway, do it if it’s what makes you happy. I’m sure the side-eye won’t be any more than usual for your lock screens.
Anyway, do it if it’s what makes you happy. I’m sure the side-eye won’t be any more than usual for your lock screens.
Fun fact: WotC’s scheduling was thrown into chaos by the runaway success of MtG, so they found themselves assigning art for Antiquities, Legends, and the Dark simultaneously.
I had 2-3 weeks to get my Antiquities pieces in the mail, and then I could settle into all the black cards I had in Legends
I had 2-3 weeks to get my Antiquities pieces in the mail, and then I could settle into all the black cards I had in Legends
July 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Fun fact: WotC’s scheduling was thrown into chaos by the runaway success of MtG, so they found themselves assigning art for Antiquities, Legends, and the Dark simultaneously.
I had 2-3 weeks to get my Antiquities pieces in the mail, and then I could settle into all the black cards I had in Legends
I had 2-3 weeks to get my Antiquities pieces in the mail, and then I could settle into all the black cards I had in Legends
I’ve never heard of the thing and expect it’s going to be mostly supposition and extrapolation. Also, I can assure you that all the documentation for Magic’s backstory was written on computers from 1994 onwards. It probably always was, but I witnessed it in 94.
June 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’ve never heard of the thing and expect it’s going to be mostly supposition and extrapolation. Also, I can assure you that all the documentation for Magic’s backstory was written on computers from 1994 onwards. It probably always was, but I witnessed it in 94.
That's certainly always been my plan.
March 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
That's certainly always been my plan.
Oh yeah, me too. Dragons-a-go-go, what’s not to love?!
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oh yeah, me too. Dragons-a-go-go, what’s not to love?!
Let me know how it performs. If the fingers can be pushed into unreasonable positions then I see its only value is for improving foreshortening.
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Let me know how it performs. If the fingers can be pushed into unreasonable positions then I see its only value is for improving foreshortening.