For the last few years, Ive been starting a new art piece for Magic by creating the smaller and simpler preliminary sketches for approval, and then once approved, doing a larger, more detailed sketch on toned paper, to figure out more of the light and fine detail, before taking the image into Photoshop for coloring and rendering
As you may expect, Zendikar Rising is full of Clerics, Rogues, Warriors, and Wizards ready to fill your ranks
For instance, Tidus from FF10 is a Merfolk creature on his Final Fantasy: Through the Ages card, so there were clearly some concessions made when adapting FF characters for Magic reprints
Try printing more cards which are exclusively generators or users of energy instead of everything being both
Seeing it in person, with the light dancing across the surface, really brings this card to life
Graded Population Report: Poppy #227 Visualize the distrbution of grades in the chart