Wayne England

{{Infobox artist

| name = Wayne England

| birth_date = 1959 or 1960

| birth_place =

| death_date = 9 February 2016 (aged 56){{cite web|last=Mike |first="Vorthos" |url=http://www.gatheringmagic.com/mikelinnemann-021016-wayne-england-passes-away/|title=Wayne England Passes Away by "Vorthos Mike," GatheringMagic.com, Magic the Gathering (MTG) |website=gatheringmagic.com |access-date=2016-02-10}}

| death_place = Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England

| known_for = fantasy and science fiction illustration

}}

Wayne England (d. 9 February 2016) was an English artist whose work regularly appeared in role-playing games, wargaming rulebooks and magazines and was used on cards for collectible card games such as Magic: The Gathering.

He died on 9 February 2016. Fellow Magic: The Gathering artist Christopher Rush died a day later.{{cite web|last=Cooper |first=Christopher |url=http://www.manaleak.com/mtguk/2016/02/wayne-england-and-christopher-rush-all-good-things-in-magic-the-gathering/ |title=Wayne England and Christopher Rush – All Good Things in Magic: The Gathering by Christopher Cooper, Manaleak.com, Magic the Gathering (MTG) |website=Manaleak.com |access-date=2016-02-11}}

Works

England produced interior illustrations for Games Workshop since Realms of Chaos books, many Dungeons & Dragons books, and did the cover for Lords of Madness (2005). He also produced artwork for other games such as The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast) and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (Hogshead Publishing and Black Industries), as well as for White Dwarf magazine.{{cite web | url=http://www.kitguru.net/gaming/development/jon-martindale/tabletop-gaming-artist-wayne-england-has-passed-away/ | first=Jon | last=Martindale | title=Tabletop gaming artist Wayne England has passed away | work=KitGuru | date=February 10, 2016 | access-date=February 11, 2016}}

He illustrated at least 108 different cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.{{cite web|url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&artist=%5B%22Wayne%20England%22%5D |title=Card Search – Search: artist = "Wayne England" – Gatherer – Magic: The Gathering |website=Gatherer.wizards.com |access-date=2016-02-11}}

Of them, some of his most famous works for Magic: The Gathering include:

[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=141819 Cryptic Command] – Lorwyn
[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=275264 Ghostly Prison] – Planechase 2012
[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29417 Goblin Trenches] – Apocalypse
[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247425 Stony Silence] – Innistrad
[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=376444 Phantom Nantuko] – Judgment
[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=139414 Oblivion Ring] – Lorwyn
[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=439645 Very Cryptic Command] – Unstable
[https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?printed=true&multiverseid=35056 Worldgorger Dragon] – Judgment

References

External links

{{cite web|url=http://pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=429 |archive-date=October 9, 2007 |title=Wayne England :: Pen & Paper RPG Database|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009050822/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=429}}

Category:2016 deaths

Category:British illustrators

Category:Role-playing game artists

Category:Year of birth missing