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I illustrated a whole bunch of sagas for #MTGxTheHobbit! Here's the first; Burn, Burn Tree and Fern. AD Cassie Murphy. The brief called for a watercolour style similar to that of Tolkien's illustrations.

My MTG Artist Proof shop opens soon! July 6th, at 7pm US Eastern time: shop.rovinacai.com Mailing list subscribers get to preview the offerings now, and will have 1 hour of early access to buy stuff. Sign up here: mailchi.mp/c9ff10c8f876...

Since Mystical Archives cards are meant to look like they came out of a spellbook, I made a book inspired case for one of my Force of Will APs ✨📘✨ This will be available in my shop next week (more details soon)!

Bookbinding continues. One thing lead to another and I bought a Cricut so I could cut out shapes and do foiling on the cover. I am out of control 😭

Rovina Cai@rovinacai.bsky.social · last mo.

So I'm making some weird experimental stuff again. It's Universes Beyond MTG x bookbinding 🙃

So I'm making some weird experimental stuff again. It's Universes Beyond MTG x bookbinding 🙃

We're thrilled to share these interior illustrations by @rovinacai.bsky.social for A Song of Sugar Sparrows by @seananmcguire.bsky.social! 😍

It seems so obvious now, but why don't I ever do shapes within shapes?!?!??? Accidentally stumbled into this while making a silly little sticker to include with my shop orders omg. I literally think this is the best, most elegant thing I have made in recent memory. 🫠

Sketch vs final. ✨

Illustrations for the @wraithmarked.bsky.social edition of A Deadly Education, book 1 of the Scholomance series by @naominovik.bsky.social. Jacket and case cover:

Cover and interior illustrations for the @subpress.bsky.social edition of Queen Demon by Martha Wells, sequel to Witch King!

We're pleased to announce the signed, limited edition of Queen Demon by @marthawells.com, an oversized volume with illustrations by SubPress favorite @rovinacai.bsky.social. Queen Demon is expected to ship this summer. Preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...

Announcing QUEEN DEMON by Martha Wells

\ We're pleased to announce the signed, limited edition of Queen Demon by Martha Wells, an oversized volume with illustrations by SubPress favorite Rovina Cai. Queen Demon has been at the printer for ...

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Illustrations for a limited edition of The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link, published by Conversation Tree Press conversationtreepress.com/products/the...

My belated post for International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day, which I've just found out was yesterday!! Illustrations for The Seventh Raven by David Elliott, a retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairytale The Seven Ravens in verse. 🐦‍⬛

Oh. Oh no. It's like I'm in a Black Mirror episode :( youtu.be/Vk95ZO-WAvY?...

You were training AI while catching Pokemon

YouTube video by Nick Vogel

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Got waitlisted for MagicCon Amsterdam 🫠 There's still a chance I suppose, but it was my only MagicCon option this year, and I really wanted to use it as an excuse to do some travelling this summer!

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

Force of Will 🌊 For MTG Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive. Thanks to ADs @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social and Tom Jenkot for entrusting me with such a significant card! #mtg #mtgsos #mtgstrixhaven

Oh no I accidentally started watching a documentary so riveting that I am now finishing an illustration I was supposed to be procrastinating on. 🫠

A look at how I made Force of Will for MTG Strixhaven Mystical Archives ✨

And now for some magic art of a different kind... a Darker Shade of Magic, you might say (I am very sorry 😅).

Wraithmarked Creative@wraithmarked.bsky.social · 4mo ago

After much anticipation (and delays on Wraithmarked's end, we're so sorry!) V.E. Schwab's 'A Darker Shade of Magic' is on the way to Backers! Link in our bio and below!

Force of Will 🌊 For MTG Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive. Thanks to ADs @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social and Tom Jenkot for entrusting me with such a significant card! #mtg #mtgsos #mtgstrixhaven

Behold the cover of Be Sure Volume II by Seanan McGuire, the second collection in her multi-Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series! Coming October 13, 2026. Three worlds, three adventures, three sets of lives destined to intersect.

Wtf. The middle button on my intuos pro pen just randomly snapped off? I bought it less than a year ago, and I don't even use the buttons?! Apparently this is a whole thing that keeps happening. Yay enshitification! support.wacom.com/hc/en-us/com...

Found these AMAZING paintings ...at an estate auction of all places! The artist is Lars Knudsen. It seems like he worked mainly during the 80s/90s, and these are originals for a series of bird posters he produced in collaboration with some zoos around Australia.

The impostor syndrome only gets worse the longer you've been working, but you lean to hide/ignore it better ✨😃✨

KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ SDCC 4819@kikidoodle.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The thing no one tells you about pursuing art professionally is that no matter how good you get, you will look at other artists and go "wow, I wish I was good like they are..." every day of your whole life😹

Some illustrations from the 2014 Folio Society edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Will you be watching the new movie? I keep hearing it's bad, but I still kinda want to see it? 😅

Castle Ravenloft 🏰 For MtG Secret Lair x Dungeons & Dragons: Strahd's Descent. AD Anthony Garzzona

These three artist proofs will be in the Magic: The Gathering in Miniature III show at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social, curated by @donnycaltrider.bsky.social. The show opens January 31st!