Magali Villeneuve Explained

Magali Villeneuve
Birth Date:18 March 1980[1]
Birth Place:Bordeaux, France
Occupation:Artist
Website:http://www.magali-villeneuve.com/

Magali Villeneuve (born 1980) is a French illustrator, freelance fantasy artist, and fantasy author.[2] [3] Her art has been used for official games and products set in many large fantasy universes and franchises, including, A Song of Ice and Fire, Star Wars, Warhammer, The Lord of the Rings, and Arkham Horror.[4] [5] [6]

Early life, education, and family

Villeneuve was born in Bordeaux, France in 1980. She did not attend school to be an artist; instead, she is completely self-taught. Today, she lives in Bruyères with her husband.[7]

Career

Villeneuve began illustrating professionally in 2006. As she did not receive any formal artistic training, her first commissions were for book covers from small publishers.[8] After reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, her "goals changed": she abandoned her ambition to work as a Disney animator in favor of fantasy illustrations. Discovering one day in a library that Fantasy Flight Games published a book of A Song of Ice and Fire illustrations, she sent her portfolio to the company, netting her her first commission from the American game company.[2] From this partnership, she worked on illustrations for a number of different trading card games, board games, and role-playing games set in several different fantasy worlds.[9]

In 2012, after several years of experience illustrating card games for Fantasy Flight Games, Villeneuve began contributing illustrations to Wizards of the Coast for cards.[10] She has since gone on to work with several other publishing and video game companies, including Cygames, Random House, Del Rey, and Titan Publishing Group, for which she produced illustrations for Star Wars.[9] Villeneuve has created two art covers for Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica (2018)[11] and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (2020).[12]

Although she originally painted her pieces, such as her book covers, Villeneuve has since transitioned to work completely digitally, stating that she "couldn't make it without a digital technique."[13]

Villeneuve is also the author of La Dernière Terre ("Line of Descent"), a series of dark fantasy books.[9] [14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Villeneuve. BnF Catalogue général (http://catalogue.bnf.fr).
  2. Web site: How Painting 'A Game of Thrones' Taught an Artist to Love the Lannisters . Inverse Entertainment . Inverse . November 2016 . 14 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Artist Interview: Magali Villeneuve . MTG Art . Art of MTG . 14 November 2017.
  4. Web site: The Artists of Magic: Magali Villeneuve . Wizards of the Coast LLC . magic.wizards.com . 14 November 2017.
  5. Web site: The French Illustrator of Game of Thrones . Le Parisien . September 2017 . 14 November 2017.
  6. Web site: Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion – Razor's Edge and the Perfectly Imperfect Princess . Lucasfilm Ltd. . StarWars.com . 14 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Magic Magali! . L'Est Républicain . 14 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Magali Villeneuve: Illustrator of the Imaginary . GentleGeek . 14 November 2017.
  9. Web site: About . WordPress . MagaliVilleneuve.com . 14 November 2017.
  10. Web site: Comment illustre-t-on une carte Magic? On a posé la question (et d'autres) à la talentueuse illustratrice Magali Villeneuve . Just Digital Media Group . Le Journal du Geek . 15 February 2017 . 14 November 2017.
  11. Web site: 29 August 2018. Magic: The Gathering Artists Denied Entry To U.S., Detained Overnight. 2020-08-25. Kotaku. en-us.
  12. Web site: Parkin. Jeffrey. 24 August 2020. Dungeons & Dragons' next book will offer an alternative way to handle race. 2020-08-24. Polygon. en.
  13. Web site: Official A Song of Ice and Fire illustrator on why she likes painting the Lannisters best . FanSided Inc. . WinterIsComing.net . 2 November 2016 . 14 November 2017.
  14. Web site: Here's how "Game of Thrones" Characters Compare in the Books vs. the Show . Photo Vide . 14 November 2017.