Vraska, Senatorial Gorgon - MtG Fanart Process

A few month ago, when I saw the first announcement for Reality Fracture MtG set I get really excited about it and especially about the implication for one of my all time favorite MtG character, Vraska. So I get into a bit of "what if" and fanart, and I thought it could be cool to share more in deep my process to create this piece !Reality fracture is a lot about "mirror" version of well known characters, and by the time I started the drawing we had only a small preview of Vraska in it, and that's all. So I decided to create my own interpretation of what a "mirror" Vraska could be, basing myself on the Guild of Ravnica set era, and in particular on one of my all time favorite Magali Villeneuve's artwork : Vraska, Regal Gorgon. So I thought a bit about it and fixed myself on the following idea (all personal theory obviously) : what this alternative Vraska had been adopted by the Azorius guild and made on of them. From that I created a first design trying to keep the big shape of the…