EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 10 © 2015 Book Palace Books (96 PAGES in Full edition)

78 This all amounts to a prodigious amount of work, but, as she says, respect is earned with time and hard work and she wants the respect of her peers and teachers more than any fame. Cynthia Sheppard grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons and, in those experiences, she always enjoyed playing a ranger. So, if she could pick an attitude for the future, she would be the quiet one at the back of the party readying her crossbow, waiting to strike at just the right moment. It’s a moment, which we all hotly anticipate. ● ● For more of Cynthia Sheppard's art check out: http://www.sheppard-arts.com and her blog which gives further insight into her creativity: http://sheppard-arts.blogspot.com Prints of Cynthia's art can be bought at her print store: http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/sheppardarts for Cynthia Sheppard's Facebook go to: http://www.facebook.com/sheppardarts ABOVE: "Wind Dancer': although this painting was one of her ongoing series for Magic: The Gathering , the image was triggered by a particularly difficult period in Cynthia's life— the Wind Dancer is reaching out to the artist as much as to the viewer. Image © 2014 Wizards of the Coast