“You know, I don’t know,” said Dorman with a smile. Which leads to yet another vital question: With cosplayers walking around dressed up as everything from Ajani Goldmane to Darth Vader, who does Dorman think would win in a duel between the Planeswalkers of the Magic Multiverse and the Jedi of Star Wars? And I’ve just never really officially got back to them and said, ‘Put me back on the list.’ That’s something I probably should do because I do have a lot of fans in Magic gaming, and it would be fun to do some more,” Dorman said. “When I stopped, I was involved with a couple of very time-consuming projects, and so I had them take my name off the list. And he’s thinking about getting back in touch with Wizards of the Coast. He also has his proprietary graphic novel, Wasted Lands, which was nominated for an Eisner Award this year. In addition to his Star Wars work, Dorman is painting some personal pieces with an aim toward doing a gallery show. He’s also working with Marvel Comics to produce covers for several of the new Star Wars titles, which he hopes will lead to a relationship with Lucasfilm’s new owner, Disney. In a special Q&A panel at Hartford Comic Con, Dorman spoke extensively about his Star Wars work, especially the books, comics and games that he produced for the old Expanded Universe (now known as Star Wars Legends). So why does Dorman know it by a different name?ĭave Dorman speaks about his art and work history during a panel presentation at Hartford Comic Con. And I just sort of got into a groove and just started laying that paint down,” he said.Īnother painting that Dorman found particularly rewarding was a card he knows as “Overlook Minoutar,” because it allowed him to create a very sedate piece with a lush landscape and an interesting color palette. I’ve never done that with a painting before. “That was fun to what we artists call ‘work wet on wet,’ when the paint is still wet and you’re still adding to it. But Charging Troll was finished in a marathon single sitting.

Usually, he paints a background, lets it dry, does the next layer, lets that dry, and then finishes his detail work - a process that takes approximately two days in all.

One Magic painting that sticks out in particular is Charging Troll because of the way Dorman produced it. Some of his favorite assignments include Din of the Fireherd and the Player Rewards version of Pyroclasm. If the card included a central character, like Hanna, Ship’s Navigator, Dorman would have to ensure that his depiction of the character conformed to the basic style guidelines that had been set forth by Wizards.Īs time went on, Dorman got a reputation for being able to paint realistic depictions of fire and explosions.

Dorman explained that he would receive a synopsis for his assignments, along with a “bible” of the plane or story into which the card was meant to fit.

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