Matthew Mitchell | |
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Nationality | American |
Known for | Fantasy art |
Matthew Mitchell is an American artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.
Originally from Minnesota, Matthew Mitchell spent a year studying biology/premedical illustration at Iowa State University in Ames. [1] Mitchell then attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. [2] Mitchell collaborated with artist Perre DiCarlo and local community gardeners to build a stone amphitheater in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and then worked as a cabinetmaker and a welder. [1]
Mitchell is known for his work on the Magic: The Gathering card game. [3] His Dungeons & Dragons work includes Book of Exalted Deeds , Epic Level Handbook , and Draconomicon .
He has worked on a series of paintings of American soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq called "100 Faces of War Experience". [4]
Mitchell is married to Rebecca Guay. They live in Amherst, Massachusetts. [1]
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