Jeff Miracola

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Jeff Miracola
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Born (1971-10-10) October 10, 1971 (age 52)

Jeff Miracola (born October 10, 1971) [1] is an American fantasy artist, children's book artist, and illustrator.

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Miracola created illustrations for the children's book, Welcome to Monster Isle, along with children's author Oliver Chin in 2008. Miracola's illustrations have also appeared in ImagineFX magazine, The Duelist magazine, Advanced Photoshop magazine, and on a Target Corporation gift card. In the gaming industry, he is best known for his work in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering , the Shadowrun role-playing game and collectible card game, as well as the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. [2] Miracola also created illustrations for the Electronic Arts video game, Mini-Golf, available on the Apple iPod.

Early life and education

Miracola was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1971, the second of two children.

Miracola grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he attended the Milwaukee High School of the Arts. During his high school years, a friend introduced him to the work of Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Berni Wrightson, Michael Kaluta, Gerald Brom and Jeff Jones, all of whom he cites as creative influences. [1] In 1991, he attended college at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, but left college after two years to begin a freelance art career.

Career

Miracola began his illustration career in 1993, working as a freelance artist for Wizards of the Coast, FASA Corporation, Steve Jackson Games, White Wolf Game Studios, and many other companies in the role-playing game and collectible card game industry. He also did conceptual toy design for Warner Bros. Batman Beyond and Nickelodeon's Animorphs, through Hasbro, Inc. In 2008, Miracola collaborated with author Oliver Chin to create the children's book Welcome to Monster Isle, which is targeted at ages 4 to 8. [3] His work received a favorable review in The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books, with the critic referring to the "slick illustrations". [4]

Personal life

Miracola works and lives in Wisconsin with his wife and three children.

Works

Books

Magazines

Card games

Video games

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jeff Miracola: Artist and Illustrator: Biography", jeffmiracola.com. Retrieved on August 21, 2010.
  2. Danahey, Mike (December 14, 1999). "Magic the Moneymaker: A million in prizes is at stake as Elgin teen shows off his moxie with role playing game", Courier-News, p. B1. Convenience link (fee required) [ dead link ].
  3. Lodge, Sally (July 21, 2008). "Children's Books for Fall", Publishers Weekly 255 (29): 31.
  4. (Spring 2009). "Picture Books", The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books20 (1): 13.

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