From Sketch to Final: Willowdusk! w/ Artist Jesper Ejsing | Good Morning Magic | Strixhaven | C21
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Today, I get to do something truly special: sit down with legendary Magic artist Jesper Ejsing, and both hear and see how WIllowdusk came to be! Watch her literally transform in from of your very eyes from sketch to sketch, while hearing plenty of stories from the artist themselves!
A gigantic thank you to Jesper Ejsing for taking the time to appear on today's episode, and for providing his sketches. It literally would not have been possible without him! Please go check him out and give him a follow here:
Instagram: / jesper_ejsing
Website: jesperejsing.com
Art Book: caurette.com/e...
Painting Tutorial: gumroad.com/ej...
Have a question? Post a comment! You can also catch me, Gavin Verhey, on the rest of the internet at:
Twitter: / gavinverhey
Instagram: / gavinverhey
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Thumbnail background art is a sketch of Willowdusk, Essence Seer from Commander 2021, by Jesper Ejsing. Intro and outro background is Forest from Jumpstart, by Alayna Danner. Intro Song is "Cartoon Bank Heist" by Doug Maxwell/Media Well productions. Music throughout is "Venkatesananda" by Jesse Gallagher.
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Gavin...hear me out here:
MORE PROMOTION OF ARTISTS PLEASE!!!!! This is great!
I love our artists so much! They are ridiculously talented. I will try and do more with them! And in the meantime, if any artists see this and would like to be on the show... Please reach out! :)
Agreed!
@@GoodMorningMagic Seconding this. more artist interviews please!
What a nice guy! Absolutely love the process, the person, everything! Do more of this please Gavin.
@@GoodMorningMagic Seb McKinnon, Wylie Beckert, Sam Burly, Johannes Voss, and Campbell White. Please happen. These are my favorite current artists. Lots of classics artist as well like John Avon as well.
Jesper just went from “a” top favorite to “the” top favorite. Wow! Just wow!
Haha! I am sure he will be happy to read this. But seriously, after chatting with him, my (already high) respect went through the roof. What an amazing and talented person!
Jesper is a really great guy! Super nice.
@@MTGMuddstah Let's see if you feel the same way after our games with him tomorrow... ;-)
Always love Jasper's Art, can't believe he said it only took him 3 days.
It blew my mind!!!
To turn drawing into a living, speed is also important. Then you can rest more, take more opportunities.
That's why Jesper is a master. Takes years to get the speed and precision right. Any longer time the artist is not efficient; in fact the longer it takes the worse the art might turn out.
Sir Jesper is so kind and inspiring. I'm so glad I've got his custom playmat. Nice idea of a video, Gavin !
He was truly a phenomenal guest! I could listen to him tell stories for hours!
@@GoodMorningMagic I could say the same about you, Gavin. Passionate people about a game we love are a bliss.
I loved the deep dive into the art! More please! :D
Really glad to hear it! I would love to do more like this if it's popular. It helps Jesper was an AMAZING guest too! I could listen to him talk about art for hours! :)
This video is a real treat! Jesper is my favorite MTG artist of all time, and watching him talk about his process is amazing. Thanks, Gavin!
That is so cool that he's your favorite! I was SO impressed by my conversation with him - he really is a legendary Magic artist! Glad you enjoyed. :)
It’s amazing to see what goes into just one card, and to hear from one of the artists is a really treat!
Yes, seriously! It always blows my mind how much effort goes into every single card. Glad you enjoyed it! :)
This was an amazing video and I enjoyed it. More artists please :)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was honored to have Jesper on - he is welcome back anytime!
@@GoodMorningMagic Thank you Gavin. He was delightful
Jesper is a treasure! (token) I would love to see Seb Mckinnon on your channel sometime, if he ever has the time. His art always strikes a chord with me.
Jesper was absolutely amazing to have on the show! What a guy. Seb would be a blast to get too! I can always ask. :)
It's always such a pleasure to see Jesper. He is such a nice guy and a top contender with Seb McKinnon for my favorite MTG artist.
My favorite artist, my favorite school. Still so thankful to see more Jesper
A perfect fit! :)
Great video! Jesper is such an amazing human being. Love to see how the process went into creating Willowdusk!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Man, Jesper is just such a likable guy. Loving this art from him!
Yes, absolutely! The man exudes Danish charisma! :D
@@GoodMorningMagic He really is the epitome of Danish in one guy. And probs to you for nailing the pronunciation of his name. :D
Really liked the discussion on the art with artist explaining what he wanted to achieve
Jespers one of my favorite artists of all time and I love Willowdusk's design! Thanks for putting this together and making it happen
Jesper already seemed like an amazing guy from what we've seen in recent appearances in EDH channels, but this Q&A showed a whole new dimension on this outstanding artist. It was truly inspiring! Please bring us more content exactly like this!
Favorite video on this channel to date! Loved the insight and details behind the scene.
Wow! Thank you! I guess I need to talk with more artists. :D
Really enjoyed this. Any insight into the creative process of a magic card is fascinating, would love to see more videos in this style of you get the chance. Loving Jespers art
Awesome! I'll have to see if I can have more artists on sometime. I did an episode with Ryan Yee, but that was nearly a year ago!
Jesper is a treasure. Amazing art and a hell of a commander player.
Wow, maybe my favorite episode you have done. Maybe reach out to Scott M Fischer for your next artist. Watching him paint the new Force of Will on his channel was inspiring . I bet he would make a great guest
This was wonderful. And, so inspiring for so many who hope to get a chance to draw a Magic card one day. I hope a semi-regular artists series will blossom from this.
Jesper started with Lorwyn?! Thats Amazing! Thats the set I played the most when I was little!! No wonder his art always makes me nostalgic!
This is my favorite video yet. I seriously love getting to hear from one of the artists. And I sincerely love all the new exploration that was done with cards this set. I know not everyone loved each one. But I'm personally glad to see MTG exploring styles. Its part of what I like about the game.
More of this please. Also hi Gavin. Thank you for doing everything you do.
Thank YOU for watching! :)
Wow Gavin this video is incredible. Art is such a big part of magic but this video still makes me realize how much I underappreciate it. I would love to see one of these videos for each set!
Jesper Ejsing slippery boggle is the best slippery boggle, change my mind.
Really like this episode, and love the art! The moment I saw the card I wanted to make a deck with it, just because the character looked so damn cool! Cool to hear the story behind it, and really glad you changed your mind in the last minute to find that little detail that was missing. Absolutely love it!
Yes, I love how his artist sense was just like "something isn't quite right!" and he went for something else. So good! :D
Jesper, always a treat to see here or on the command zone. He and Seb Mckinnon are my two favourite magic artists. Love how likeable they as people seam to be as well. Thank you guys for all the work you do 💕
What an artist. The painting is simply amazing.
Jesper is hands down my favorite artist in Magic. His use of colors is always so gorgeous; it totally makes sense now knowing he started as a comic book colorist.
Willowdusk sales go brrrrrrrrr
Love Jesper's art. So unique!
This episode is awesome! You are doing such a great job pulling back the curtain to give us an awesome look into the creation of this awesome game! Keep up the great work Gavin!
Kev Walker has so much history with the game, still making artwork and even doing showcase art with different styles, I’d love to hear about some of his process. But I also feel like finding anything about him is difficult, and I like his apparent hidden-ness from spotlights despite being possibly the most prolific MTG artist
My favorite commander among the new ones. One of the best artists for MTG. Thanks for the behind the scenes content, Gavin.
Really love that you made this channel Gavin! It is one of the channels I look forward to watching on youtube the most
Thank you!!
Please more content like this! Maybe with Nils Hamm? That would be awesome!
Ooooh! I don't know Nils, but I'd love to talk with him about art. His stuff is so distinct! :)
Great! I wish every artist would give us insight like this. Makes me connect so much more with the game.
Great artist & great video! Thanks Gavin 😊Looking for the witherbloom commander deck😎greetings from italy😊🇮🇹
Awesome process! Amazing work of art!
Glad you enjoyed it! Jesper is incredible. :)
Very cool insight into the painting process. Love that Jesper acts out his characters. Great video Gavin!
Haha, yes! I cracked up at him acting out his characters as well. :D
Love anything related to artists and the process of creating art ! Please more of it ! PS : John Avon next ^^
I really liked this "behind the scenes" of the Willowdusk Magic card art. I learned about Jesper Ejsing (and many artists) through the Rhystic Studies channel and it enhanced my love for the game. Amazing to see and hear about wonderfully talented artists like Jesper Ejsing, that are approachable and enjoy playing the game they are illustrating. If I could choose an artist to be on the show, I'd really like to see Seb McKinnon, Raymond Swanland or Karl Kopinski. Many thanks again for this amazing video!
Mr Jesper, I love your art with all my heart, I'm from México and every single piece that you make, filled me with joy, I tried to save every single card with your art, hope to see more of your fantastic work in magic and in general.
Wish you the best from Guanajuato capital.
This was very, very interesting. Very cool to know how the creative mind works, I love how he tries to tell a story in just that small cardboard box.
Diving into an artist mind set and creative process is so amazing! I'm ecstatic!
What a great person/artist. Thanks to.both of you for taking the time to put this together. This is.my.favorite video of today.
Had to add to this.comment because I hit comment t right before he said this, but I totally understood his method of looking in the mirror.
I used to draw a lot as a kid/teenager and I used.to do the same thing when drawing human like characters. Thanks.again for.this awesome video!
Our best cEDH artist player, i first saw him playing with the Playing with Power mtg, it was awesome. More than an exceptional artist, he also is a really good cEDH player and intelligent person. I think Jesper should be invited to help design a commander precon deck as Sheldon did this year. I would love to see Jesper doing more legendary creatures arts (specially some strongs ones)
Great idea. I would love to
@@JesperEjsing I would love to see your take on a card jesper. You're a phenomenal player who really understands the game, so your insight would be invaluable in that process
This was A M A Z I N G !!! Please do more of these!!
Jesper does not give anyone special treatment in commander. love it
Apparently he is QUITE the threat at the table haha
What a great episode!
I would personally love to see Rebecca Guay on the channel :P
But in general more artists would be cool!
(Ok, your channel has ALWAYS interesting videos. It's hard to ask more of this or more of that because having more of something might signify having less of something else which is as cool)
wow, this was way more interesting than i expected
This was awesome! I loved learning about the art process for Magic as well as the artist's inspiration and design process. More please! My vote is for Alyanna Danner next.
Thank you for sharing Jesper!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Jesper was absolutely incredible!
Hmmmm, I know Danner... I could make this happen >_>
Big fan of this episode. It’s neat to see how something is developed, especially when it is something outside of my skill set.
I love 'Willowdusk'
I could literally listen to Jesper talk MTG all day long
Wow didn’t realize Jesper did the art for Lignify! Now it’s serves a double purpose in my Koma deck since he did the artwork for Koma and a 0/4 trades butts with a 3/3 serpent!
Thank you so much for this! Jesper is my FAVOURITE artist! I'm looking forward to getting this card so much! Love him, his artwork and his gameplay. An amazing man. Thank you Gavin!
These are great. Both here and when they recently had Seb McKinnon on Weekly MTG. I hope they continue. I'm not at all an artist and it's still fascinating.
17 minutes? I know what I will be watching after lunch during my break... something else.
j/k - I love it ❤️
You should definitely make more content like this! It would be awesome to see Kev Walker in a video like this!
I love Jesper Ejsing's style. It is so much more fun than other magic artists and sets him apart.
But...he really, really needs to release his Obeka, Brute Chronologist as a playmat please!
What a fantastically talented human being!
This was great Gavin! Love hearing artists talk about their work. Already knew Jesper a bit from some youtube videos where he played magic. He is a pretty great guy with an almost perfect name. Would love it if you did more of these. Any artist would be fine but I would really be interested in Seb McKinnon.
This is amazing. This is awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Wow he is an incredible artist
Thanks for the video, as a art student it was very inspiring!
I have to say, I love sketch #2 (the "witchy" one). As cool as the final Willowdusk art is, that one in particular really speaks to me.
Also, Jesper's cackling was fantastic.
such awesome insights! - pls more videos of this kind :)
You should do one with the artist of the Mystic Archives Faithless Looting!
Jesper!!! godammit, I love this guy! >.
I'm never going to pretend to be very knowledgeable about art; as such, I'm usually not very interested in its creation. However, I actually really enjoyed seeing this process, and it makes me that much more excited to play the Witherbloom deck.
reaaally sympathetic! :-)
This is fantastic
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
This was such an incredible video! I'm not an artist at all and gaining some insight into the process was super interesting :)
Jesper is such a good human.
Can't wait for; From Sketch to Final: Crux of Fate! w/ Artist Jason Felix | Good Morning Magic | Strixhaven | Mystic Archive
Jesper is such a cool MTG Artist. Happy he paints for MtG
Jesper’s work is cool. I’ve noticed his name on quite a few cards I use in my commander decks. It was also cool hearing him speak, as one of my best friends was an exchange student from Aarhus, a Claus Mortensen. I would also love to see more artist interviews...
1. Magali Villaneuve
2. Sam Burley
3. John Avon
4. Adam Paquette
5. Alynna Danner
just to name a few.
Great video idea, you should interview other people on the process of developing other cards
Like the people that name them, or the ones that come up with the effect
love a full print of!
Return to Lorwyn, please!
Awesome video ✌🏽
15:15 Thanks, ya git! Hahahaha!
Still waiting for the deck reveal, very excited for it
This is amazing!
I loved this episode and willodusk looks amazing!! What’s the favourite card you’ve painted Jesper?
“Art is never finished, merely abandoned”
Jesper is an awesome, artist and a great commander player (check out some of his games on some CEDH channels).
I've just chosen my C21 deck off this video!
It would be cool to see more art descriptions for other cards
I love hearing the story behind the art creation. Who writes out what to ask the artists?
Good question! We have a whole creative team who writes the art descriptions. They turn whatever nonsense I write on a Magic card into descriptions to send to the artists. They're pretty amazing!
@@GoodMorningMagic This process would be a great topic for another episode
Day 3 of asking Gavin to give us a Kobo card: I don't have a clever thing today I just think that Kobo deserves a card
Also absolutely love your work Jesper keep it up :)
As long as we are shouting out artists, gotta throw a hat in the ring for my personal favorite artist, Magali Villenueve.
Jesper and his art are always fantastic, however there is but one complaint I have - Wizards, the rest of the cards are already there, please commision him for a legendary creature in WUB so we can have Esper Jesper tribal in EDH!!!
Witherbloom for the win my favourite commander art
Great video. Too bad for the EDH deck reveal assigned to that commander. We were hyped and expecting a great video from LRR for this commander deck reveal. Instead LRR is just streaming and showing one card every 2 hours. They were our last hope and had all week to prepare probably more. The professor should have get that preview he would have done something awesome.
Well LRR finally released a video after making us wait 9 hours for it. And it was very disappointing. Gavin you really hyped us we were expecting a lot from LRR, at least some real gags, actors of some kind (even remotely), some story telling or cards explanation, I know it's not your fault, you couldn't see it coming. I still think the professor should have get at least a preview deck, he probably would have done something amazing with all those cards to reveal.
If I may ask, why is WotC doing yearly commanders with the spring set? Wouldn't it make more sense to have the yearly commander product with the core set? And have the expansions being paired with 2 commander decks like in Kaldheim?
Gavin, I can’t find JumpStart anywhere without a huge markup $250-$399. Will WOTC print more? If not, when can we expect JumpStart 2? Please print more JumpStart.
His Omnath deck is very scary indeed
Please no more Loading Ready Run spoilers for EDH decks if they are going to wait till like 11pm to show them. It isnt fair. Every other deck was shown at like at the latest noon of spoiler day.