Ink & Antiquities #3, Caleb Mikolajczyk

 Ink & Antiquities #3

    Welcome back to another Ink & Antiquities! This time with artist and OS player younger than me, Caleb Mikolajczyk! (or Dragonborn, depending on who you ask!) Caleb has a true appreciation for art and puts plenty of cool pieces out into the community. Lets look at what he's got! 

OG prints erasered for white borders! 

    Many OSer's favorite type of card is that which is covered in other people's names. The tradition of group signing lives within Caleb's Berserk Ball deck. Whenever he attends an event he white borders an original print card such as a legends chain lightning, stamps it with the group stamp, and collects names. I am lucky enough to be on a few of these! 

Easily one of the most aesthetically pleasing decks to exist.

    Caleb walks us through some of the history of his deck. Many of the alters he painted himself. Lets dive deeper into some of the favorites! 

Look at that Orb!

    The Chaos Orb. Truly a stunner! Mark Tedin (prounounced Te-Deen, not Teed-in) gave him props on it and signed it. You know you are doing something right when one of the greats loves your work!

Why is this picture backwards?

   I am not sure how this picture came to me backwards, but the Drain Life is another one of Caleb's originals that he had signed by the card's original artist, signified by the "CM" in the bottom corners. 

several certified OS hood classics!

    Most OSers have seen Merhan's swords around the block. I think my favorite is the combo David Mckinven X Caleb mind twist. If I recall, David did the Juzam's base and Caleb added a lot of color to make it pop. A great community colab. Caleb got incredibly lucky to pick up another OS art legend's playset in his winning Cream City Con's raffle for Park Cofield's city of brass set. I think my favorite is the Atlantis one. 

Gems and Dragons go hand in hand.

    A truly earned piece of power. Usually "flipping to power" is a meme to make fun of finance bros taking advantage of oldschool generosity, but this is an example of it being earned! Caleb purchased a scrublands and altered it for another player. He used the proceeds to take his foray into power, and this is the result! An ancient black dragon sourced from a recent DnD book, and painted by one of Caleb's favorite alter artists, "Jay Alters!" This is the first of a planned set of chromatic dragon alters so Caleb might live up to the name "Dragonborn." (what a nerd) 

    Thank you Caleb for sharing your awesome creations with us here! To anyone who might be interested in sharing what they collect, please reach out to me to be the next "Ink and Antiquities!"