TheCartificer
@thecartificer.bsky.social
He/him
Fantasy artist and TCG accessory designer and alterist.
I design custom and personalized tokens, and do freelance illustration.
Commander is my favorite format, and monoblack my favorite color combination!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCartificer
Fantasy artist and TCG accessory designer and alterist.
I design custom and personalized tokens, and do freelance illustration.
Commander is my favorite format, and monoblack my favorite color combination!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCartificer
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TheCartificer
@thecartificer.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Hello Bluesky! I want to introduce myself as Will (he/him) from Boston. I am a full-time analytical scientist, dad, and avid MtG player. I run The Cartificer on Etsy and make various custom tokens and altered cards for TCGs. I am also an artist and illustrate for my shop and Etsy customers. Cheers!
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It’s been too long since I’ve done a giveaway. So I have some @legdotegg.bsky.social proxies for someone!
Like, repost, and be following us both to enter, and I will pick a winner Sunday the 20th!
Like, repost, and be following us both to enter, and I will pick a winner Sunday the 20th!
July 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It’s been too long since I’ve done a giveaway. So I have some @legdotegg.bsky.social proxies for someone!
Like, repost, and be following us both to enter, and I will pick a winner Sunday the 20th!
Like, repost, and be following us both to enter, and I will pick a winner Sunday the 20th!
I went back and reworked a piece of art I did earlier this year to fix a few things and develop the style more (update on the left). I'd love to hear your thoughts! #FantasyArt #DigitalPainting #CreatureDesign #Illustration
July 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I went back and reworked a piece of art I did earlier this year to fix a few things and develop the style more (update on the left). I'd love to hear your thoughts! #FantasyArt #DigitalPainting #CreatureDesign #Illustration
Serenity, 2025, digital, ArtStudio Pro (iPad)
June 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Serenity, 2025, digital, ArtStudio Pro (iPad)
"Loot's Universes Within" - my fanart interpretation of the character. I'm really happy with how this piece turned out. #mtg #wotc #magicthegathering
May 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Loot's Universes Within" - my fanart interpretation of the character. I'm really happy with how this piece turned out. #mtg #wotc #magicthegathering
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Last night to enter! Winner will be selected tomorrow. 😎
Get your entries in, folks!
Get your entries in, folks!
GIVEAWAY: Here be dragons! Combining my love of MtG & #RETROGAMING! 🐉
Winner will receive 1x #MTGTarkir Collector Booster & 1x copy of Spyro for the #GBA.
To enter:
🐲 Like - 1 entry
🐲 Retweet - 1 entry
🐲 Follow - 1 entry
NA only, ends 4/11
Best of luck!
Winner will receive 1x #MTGTarkir Collector Booster & 1x copy of Spyro for the #GBA.
To enter:
🐲 Like - 1 entry
🐲 Retweet - 1 entry
🐲 Follow - 1 entry
NA only, ends 4/11
Best of luck!
April 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Last night to enter! Winner will be selected tomorrow. 😎
Get your entries in, folks!
Get your entries in, folks!
I sketched out #mtg Loot in my style... I was speculating what it might look like a little older, or with different proportions. Puppy-ishly large hands and feet, rather than cartoonishly small ones!
April 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I sketched out #mtg Loot in my style... I was speculating what it might look like a little older, or with different proportions. Puppy-ishly large hands and feet, rather than cartoonishly small ones!
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I know the flavor of #MTGAetherdrift wasn't the most popular, but there are a lot of powerful & budget-friendly cards to explore for various strategies:
www.coolstuffinc.com/a/matthewlot...
www.coolstuffinc.com/a/matthewlot...
The Best Budget Cards from Aetherdrift | Article by Matthew Lotti
Interested in budget pickups from Aetherdrift? Check out a list of some of the best Budget cards in Aetherdrift!
www.coolstuffinc.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I know the flavor of #MTGAetherdrift wasn't the most popular, but there are a lot of powerful & budget-friendly cards to explore for various strategies:
www.coolstuffinc.com/a/matthewlot...
www.coolstuffinc.com/a/matthewlot...
This Zombie token is finally complete, with a fresh custom embossing designed to capture the essence of Black mana, without actually being black in color. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this design!
It's currently one of a kind, and up for auction on eBay:
www.ebay.com/itm/20538785...
It's currently one of a kind, and up for auction on eBay:
www.ebay.com/itm/20538785...
March 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This Zombie token is finally complete, with a fresh custom embossing designed to capture the essence of Black mana, without actually being black in color. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this design!
It's currently one of a kind, and up for auction on eBay:
www.ebay.com/itm/20538785...
It's currently one of a kind, and up for auction on eBay:
www.ebay.com/itm/20538785...
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My brain: I want to work with some more feminine forms...
Also my brain: Nailed it.
Remember:
• Relax you jaw
• Take a deep breath
• Drink water
• Stretch your tentacles.
Huge thanks to Bear Weiter at @montecookgames.com Games for letting me paint this weirdo. 😍
#ttrpg #cyphersystem #creature
Also my brain: Nailed it.
Remember:
• Relax you jaw
• Take a deep breath
• Drink water
• Stretch your tentacles.
Huge thanks to Bear Weiter at @montecookgames.com Games for letting me paint this weirdo. 😍
#ttrpg #cyphersystem #creature
March 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My brain: I want to work with some more feminine forms...
Also my brain: Nailed it.
Remember:
• Relax you jaw
• Take a deep breath
• Drink water
• Stretch your tentacles.
Huge thanks to Bear Weiter at @montecookgames.com Games for letting me paint this weirdo. 😍
#ttrpg #cyphersystem #creature
Also my brain: Nailed it.
Remember:
• Relax you jaw
• Take a deep breath
• Drink water
• Stretch your tentacles.
Huge thanks to Bear Weiter at @montecookgames.com Games for letting me paint this weirdo. 😍
#ttrpg #cyphersystem #creature
Given the choice, whether to rule a corrupt, failing empire; or to challenge the fates for another throw, a better throw, against one's destiny, what was a king to do? But does one even truly have a choice? One can only match, move by move, the machinations of fate and thus defy the tyrannous stars.
March 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Given the choice, whether to rule a corrupt, failing empire; or to challenge the fates for another throw, a better throw, against one's destiny, what was a king to do? But does one even truly have a choice? One can only match, move by move, the machinations of fate and thus defy the tyrannous stars.
What MtG setting would you love to just teleport yourself to, just to experience in the flesh?
Mine would be on the bridge of the Weatherlight, in flight over Yavimaya, or the planes of Rath. I'd love to take in the ship's architecture of living wood and brass steampunk metalwork.
Mine would be on the bridge of the Weatherlight, in flight over Yavimaya, or the planes of Rath. I'd love to take in the ship's architecture of living wood and brass steampunk metalwork.
March 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
What MtG setting would you love to just teleport yourself to, just to experience in the flesh?
Mine would be on the bridge of the Weatherlight, in flight over Yavimaya, or the planes of Rath. I'd love to take in the ship's architecture of living wood and brass steampunk metalwork.
Mine would be on the bridge of the Weatherlight, in flight over Yavimaya, or the planes of Rath. I'd love to take in the ship's architecture of living wood and brass steampunk metalwork.
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GIVEAWAY TIME
I printed out too many dual lands for MagicCon, and I wanna get these into your deck!
I'll choose 10 winners next Monday, March 10th. All you need to do to enter:
❤️ Like this post
🔄 Repost
✅ Follow me
#magicthegathering #mtg
I printed out too many dual lands for MagicCon, and I wanna get these into your deck!
I'll choose 10 winners next Monday, March 10th. All you need to do to enter:
❤️ Like this post
🔄 Repost
✅ Follow me
#magicthegathering #mtg
March 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
GIVEAWAY TIME
I printed out too many dual lands for MagicCon, and I wanna get these into your deck!
I'll choose 10 winners next Monday, March 10th. All you need to do to enter:
❤️ Like this post
🔄 Repost
✅ Follow me
#magicthegathering #mtg
I printed out too many dual lands for MagicCon, and I wanna get these into your deck!
I'll choose 10 winners next Monday, March 10th. All you need to do to enter:
❤️ Like this post
🔄 Repost
✅ Follow me
#magicthegathering #mtg
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I did this one in my sketchbook in 2016 I think.
Gouache on paper, I don't know how to paint with gouache anymore
Gouache on paper, I don't know how to paint with gouache anymore
March 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I did this one in my sketchbook in 2016 I think.
Gouache on paper, I don't know how to paint with gouache anymore
Gouache on paper, I don't know how to paint with gouache anymore
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Just wrapped this illustration for a dear friend's big 40 (the one who taught me to play magic when we were both around 10). The golem and griffin have a lot of personal meaning for him, and it was an honor to work on something so sentimental!
March 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just wrapped this illustration for a dear friend's big 40 (the one who taught me to play magic when we were both around 10). The golem and griffin have a lot of personal meaning for him, and it was an honor to work on something so sentimental!
Nightmare fuel!
March 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nightmare fuel!
Throwback Thursday! Back when All Will Be One came out, I felt like making an Elesh Norn-inspired Plains. It was a limited run, but it is one of my favorite crafted cards of all time!
February 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Throwback Thursday! Back when All Will Be One came out, I felt like making an Elesh Norn-inspired Plains. It was a limited run, but it is one of my favorite crafted cards of all time!
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February 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Great Wave Sapphire, hand painted after Katsushika Hokusai's 1831 woodblock.
February 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Great Wave Sapphire, hand painted after Katsushika Hokusai's 1831 woodblock.
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Hitting the Magic art auction block:
Mox Jasper by Steven Belledin
Oil on gessoboard, 14" x 18"
Ends Monday night:
mtgart.auction/MoxJasper
#mtgartmarket #mtgtdm
Mox Jasper by Steven Belledin
Oil on gessoboard, 14" x 18"
Ends Monday night:
mtgart.auction/MoxJasper
#mtgartmarket #mtgtdm
February 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Hitting the Magic art auction block:
Mox Jasper by Steven Belledin
Oil on gessoboard, 14" x 18"
Ends Monday night:
mtgart.auction/MoxJasper
#mtgartmarket #mtgtdm
Mox Jasper by Steven Belledin
Oil on gessoboard, 14" x 18"
Ends Monday night:
mtgart.auction/MoxJasper
#mtgartmarket #mtgtdm
I designed this LotR style Command Tower as an experiment with this new orange foil I picked up, and to test how closely I could get the foil embossing to line up with the edges in my artwork. There were many failures that came before this, but it helped hammer out the process!
February 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I designed this LotR style Command Tower as an experiment with this new orange foil I picked up, and to test how closely I could get the foil embossing to line up with the edges in my artwork. There were many failures that came before this, but it helped hammer out the process!
Some epic cosplay on display here!
"I've been awake since the breaking of the First Silence, in that time - I have had many names."
#MCChicago #LOTR
#MCChicago #LOTR
February 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Some epic cosplay on display here!
This is magnificent!
Back from MagicCon Chicago and already working on something new. For now, here’s me painting an extraterrestrial monarch.
February 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is magnificent!
Here are a few altered basic lands I make fairly often. The design is supposed to evoke the Thran magical technology, consisting of a holographic chrome embossed in gold.
February 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Here are a few altered basic lands I make fairly often. The design is supposed to evoke the Thran magical technology, consisting of a holographic chrome embossed in gold.