Tell us about yourself and your creative background
Hi! I’m Patricia Pria and I have been a professional illustrator for the past 6 years and have been drawing my whole life- ever since I learned to hold a pencil. Creating has been synonymous to breathing for me growing up. I always knew I wanted to pursue a career in the creative field. With my love for video games and art in mind, I endeavored to work at a game studio, striking the balance of transforming what I love into a career. While working at game studios was a learning experience, I always somehow find myself returning to my love for painting and illustration. I eventually found a place for myself in the realm of creating illustrations for TCGs and I can’t see myself doing anything else.
Miko centers on a young priestess in front of a shrine, could you walk us through your thought process for this piece?
“Miko” art by Patricia Pria
With Miko, I wanted the piece to exude the feeling of serenity. We catch her in the middle of her doing chores, hence the broom. She takes a second out of her day to pause and take a breath. Hand on her chest, she faces the viewer and invites us too, to pause and take a breath.
Priestess of Athena Polias and Priestess of Zeus Olympios both display different form of veneration how did you arrive to the final depictions for these both? Any similarities or differences that stood out to you?
“Priestess of Athena Polia” & “Priestess of Zeus Olympios” art by Patricia Pria
The brief gave a bit of a challenge when it came to depicting the veneration poses and the full view of the statue of both Zeus and Athena. With both pieces, I had to play around with perspective and angles prioritizing clarity of all the different elements. That’s the direction I approached both pieces with and I’m quite happy with how it turned out!
Hachiman, Charge Forth! sets up a scene with military forces heading into combat. Could you give us insights behind the scale, poses, and the environment?
“Hachiman, Charge Forth!” art by Patricia Pria
Oh, I had so much fun playing around with the scale of Hachiman compared to the military forces! I wanted to emphasize his overall size so I worked with a lower angle. This allows the audience to be looking up at him, providing the viewer with complex feelings of fright, terror and maybe even awe at the magnitude of Hachiman.
Of the pieces you made for Rush of Ikorr, which was your favorite to work on?
My favorite piece to work on so far has definitely been the Priestess of Zeus! I enjoyed rendering the sculpture and the fabric on her dress. Not to mention the sculpture of Zeus! Striking the balance of adding the scale of his statue and the priestess in one painting was no doubt a challenge, but a fun one nonetheless.
Any closing thoughts you would like to share?
It has been a real pleasure working on the cards for Rush of Ikorr, along with the direction of both Andrew and Nicholas. I have always been enamored by the myths and legends of ancient history, so this has been an absolute dream project to be working on.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us, where can folks find you if they want to follow your work?
Yes! You can find me at patricia-pria.com and @meowtricia_ on Instagram.
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