Links of Interest

Every card in Sorcery: Contested Realm is a hand-painted masterpiece, brought to life through the vision and creativity of our extraordinary artists. Among them is Liz Danforth, whose stunning works, including Mirror Realm and the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, have made a lasting impact on the game’s artistic legacy.

With a background steeped in anthropology, an eye for storytelling, and a love of myth and legend, Liz’s work weaves together rich narratives and visual splendor drawing from her research and personal experiences traveling.

We had the privilege of catching up with Liz to delve into the stories behind a few of her favorite pieces. Here’s what she shared!

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The picture above is at the time of setup. This was before the crowds began arriving, and hours before I was told I had to completely change my setup (which happened in that order. Wasn’t that all kinds of fun?)

Actually, we enjoyed the convention: attendees were wonderful, and many interactions came with amazing, awesome moments and conversations. More on that below.

As before, I remain deeply, profoundly grateful to friend/supporter Knick who came as my table assistant, strong-shouldered sherpa, clever wit and moral support, and (his words, not mine) booth babe. In truth, I told him that in another era, he’d have been the ideal gentleman’s gentleman. To top it off, on the last day he earned the title “Snowdriver” getting us back to the airport, because this desert rat don’t know from snow.

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The lid is off Pandora’s box of Arthurian Legends! The Sorcery team is attending Essenspiel in Germany, the boxes of cards are going out, and I finally get to talk about my hands-down favorite painting that has not yet been seen.

You’ve heard and read plenty about The Seelie Court painting: the fairies called the Good Folk, the Good Neighbors, the Fae. While they might not cleave to the morays and behaviors of mortal humankind, they are typically not the stuff of nightmares.

Not so their malicious cousins in the Unseelie Court.

Slumbering Giantess Up For Auction

This is one of the biggies! Supporter Mike Servati (perhaps better known to you as Collector Arthouse Mike) will be auctioning my alpha original painting of “The Slumbering Giantess.” He opened my package, live on camera, with this teaser.

The auction will be live, running from 8pm EST on Sunday August 25th, through 8pm EST on Friday the 30th of August.

There are exactly two places you can bid on this painting: the Facebook Community Group and in the Collector Arthouse Discord. If you need an invitation to that Discord, you can access it from this invitation: https://discord.gg/Rg6gVnXBwA.

Photo at the top of this post is courtesy of Arthouse Mike. Thank you!

Some Background Information

Mike promised I would tell you about the painting’s background and my process. I can do that…