Seb McKinnon has illustrated many cards for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.
10 Facts About Seb McKinnon
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Seb McKinnon was born in Montreal, Quebec, growing up in a creative family with four younger brothers.
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Seb McKinnon attended Dawson College, where he received a degree in illustration.
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For some time after college, McKinnon worked for the video game company Ubisoft as a game designer.
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In 2012, Seb McKinnon received his first commission from Wizards of the Coast to illustrate a card for the Magic 2013 core set of Magic: The Gathering.
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Seb McKinnon has since provided art for more than 100 Magic: The Gathering cards, having gained a reputation within the Magic community for his wistful, dreamlike compositions.
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In 2015, the two Seb McKinnon brothers completed Salvage and Requiem, two more short films set in the same Kin Fables universe.
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Seb McKinnon has run two successful Kickstarter projects to fund The Stolen Child, offering playmats featuring his Magic: The Gathering art as compensation for donations.
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Much of the music in the Kin Fables films was made by Seb McKinnon using the Logic Pro software.
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In January and February of 2022 Seb McKinnon was criticized by fans for a January 30 Instagram post supporting the Canada convoy protest.