Seb McKinnon

Seb McKinnon is a Canadian freelance illustrator, filmmaker, and musician. He has illustrated many cards for Magic: The Gathering.

Biography
In 2012, McKinnon received his first commission from Wizards of the Coast to illustrate a card for the Magic 2013 core set He 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.

Aside from illustration work, McKinnon started a film production company, Five Knights Productions, with his brother, Ben. In 2013, they released Kin, a short film which went on to win the Best Cinematography awards at both the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival and the Cyprus International Film Festival. In 2015, the two McKinnon brothers completed Salvage and Requiem, two more short films set in the same Kin Fables universe. After Ben died in 2016, Seb and his other brother Liam started work on Kin Fables: The Stolen Child, a Kin Fables feature film in honor of his brother. Seb has run two successful Kickstarter projects to fund The Stolen Child, offering playmats featuring his Magic: The Gathering art as compensation for donations.

In addition to digital illustration and filmmaking, Seb McKinnon produces music under the name CLANN.

Secret Lair
In November 2020, McKinnon was the first artist to be featured in the Secret Lair Artist Series.