
Recently, fans and players of Magic: The Gatheringhave accused Nielsen of being ‘alt-right’, a ‘bigot, and a ‘Nazi’ due to her personal politics.Īccording to some fans, the basis for this accusation is ‘guilt by association’ regarding content which Nielsen has interacted with to some extent on her personal Twitter account. Most famously, Nielsen has also worked with Wizards of the Coast as an illustrator for the popular Magic: The Gathering trading card game, providing now-iconic illustrations for cards such as Force of Will, Heroes’ Renuion, and the entire set of Guru Lands.
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Terese Nielsen is a veteran artist whose portfolio includes providing the interior artwork for Marvel’s limited series Ruin, cover artwork for Del Rey Books’ Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series, and illustrating the tie-in graphic novel for the Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathervideo game. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Ī seasoned and iconic Magic: The Gathering artist has issued a personal response to the fan base after being targeted by fans for her political beliefs.Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window).Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)."Chesley Award nominations", Science Fiction Chronicle 20 (5): 5. " Mystery Booster Convention Edition Returns With In-Store Events". ↑ Wizards of the Coast (June 21, 2021).↑ Terese Nielsen's letter to the Magic community (Reddit, April 3, 2019).↑ a b c Toby Wachter (April 24, 2002).
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↑ a b c d Terese Nielsen (December 2007). ↑ a b Wizards Ends Their Relationship with Terese Nielsen. ↑ Artist Spotlight Interview: Terese Nielsen. In the 2021 reprint of the Mystery Booster set, all the cards that featured her art were removed. Įcho of Eons in Modern Horizons was her last piece for Wizards. This was the first and only official acknowledgment of the controversy. The last product that will have any reprint art from her is this fall with Zendikar Rising. commissioned new art from Terese Nielsen in quite a while. These included support for QAnon and the promulgation of trans-exclusionary radical feminist viewpoints, the former of which was only compounded in 2019 by her gift of art to the far-right YouTube channel, Edge of Wonder.ĭuring the Jumpstart preview season, Doug Beyer confirmed: Terese Nielsen came under controversy starting in 2018 due to her political views. Her current passion is to show off her lighter side with a project called Angel Quest. She currently resides in Temple City, California with her wife Dawn and their four children. Her ex-husband is Mirage-era artist Cliff Nielsen and her brother is Ron Spencer. She has demonstrated a strong ability to capture ethereal feminine beauty as well as illicit mood through careful palette consideration. Nielsen's typical artwork style has migrated to photocopying her sketches, then water-coloring over them, and using a colored pencil to finish off the edges. Amongst Magic players, she is known for her extreme alterations on cards - most notably Force of Will. Nielsen has done artwork for several companies and has developed a heavy following outside of Magic for her work on Star Wars "The Dark Times" packaging., Xena, and 7th Sea amongst other products. She received an associate degree from Rick's College in Idaho and a bachelor's degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.