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Acrylic gouache on board. Done for the first "you make the card" Magic:the Gathering contest at Wizards of the Coast; three sketches were commissioned, with one chosen by the fans. Although it's a piece that was destined for a card, I gave the piece some more self-indulgent room on the top and bottom. I figured it might be used for ads or something. When I went to a WoTC-sponsored event in Bangkok last summer, the promotions people had printed this sucker on a banner forty feet high!
I based the body on the original sketch chosen, and then added some more simian proportions and a tail for better visual balance. I shrunk his head a bit to boost up the scale on the overall body somewhat.
His cousin, Celestial Ancient, can be found here.