Seb McKinnon is a Canadian freelance illustrator. [1][2] He has illustrated many cards for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.[3]
Seb McKinnon | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Dawson College |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | www |
Early life, education, and family
editSeb McKinnon was born in Montreal, Quebec, growing up in a creative family with four younger brothers.[4] He attended Dawson College, where he received a degree in illustration.[1]
Career
editFor some time after college, McKinnon worked for the video game company Ubisoft as a game designer.[1] At Ubisoft, he was a part of the concept team for the tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege.
In 2012, McKinnon received his first commission from Wizards of the Coast to illustrate a card for the Magic 2013 core set of Magic: The Gathering.[3] He has since provided art for more than 100 Magic: The Gathering cards, having gained a reputation within the Magic community for his wistful, dreamlike compositions.[5][6]
Aside from illustration work, McKinnon started a film production company, Five Knights Productions, with his brother, Ben. In 2013, they released Kin, a short film which went on to win the Best Cinematography awards at both the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival and the Cyprus International Film Festival.[7][1] In 2015, the two McKinnon brothers completed Salvage and Requiem, two more short films set in the same Kin Fables universe.[8][9][10][1] After Ben died in 2016, Seb and his brother Liam started work on Kin Fables: The Stolen Child, a Kin Fables feature film in honor of his brother.[11][4][12] Seb has run two successful Kickstarter projects to fund The Stolen Child, offering playmats featuring his Magic: The Gathering art as compensation for donations.[13][3]
In addition to digital illustration and filmmaking, Seb McKinnon produces music under the name CLANN.[2] Much of the music in the Kin Fables films was made by McKinnon using the Logic Pro software.[1] [14][3]
Controversies
editIn January and February of 2022 McKinnon was criticized by fans for a January 30 Instagram post supporting the Canada convoy protest.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "KIN fables: 'a musical, visual journey into fable'". The Concordian. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b "About". Seb McKinnon. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "MTG Artist Seb McKinnon launches second limited edition playmats Kickstarter campaign". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Young cinematographer's creative genius honoured at festival". The Gazette. Montreal: Postmedia. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Gatherer Search". gatherer.wizards.com. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "MTG War of the Spark Elderspell spoiler destroys planeswalker strategies". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Kin (2013)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Salvage (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Requiem (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "KIN Fables: a multimedia project by Montrealer Sebastian McK". Breakfast Television Montreal. Rogers Digital Media. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "The Stolen Child". IMDb. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Interview: Inside The Graceful Cinematic Universe Of Kin Fables". Beautiful Bizarre. Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Magic The Gathering Artist Seb McKinnon Raises $175,000 in Four Days for Short Flim (sic)". El Paisano Online. El Paisano News Media. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Behind The Lens: Brothers' Awe Inspiring Film Captures A Surreal Fantasy World". My Modern Met. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Parrish, Ash (1 July 2022). "Artists are helping to make Magic: The Gathering more expressive — and fun". The Verge. Retrieved 5 November 2022.