Here we have the Interloper, an Eternal who appeared in the last issues of the New Defenders run. After he first appeared, he spent several issues traveling across the world to get to the New Defenders. He literally walked across the ocean from the Russia to North America to help stop the Dragon of the Moon. 
Here we have Dakimh the Enchanter. Although he first appeared in Adventure into Fear, I did not encounter him until his appearance with Man-Thing in Marvel Team-Up.
Here we have Dagger casting her purifying light knives. I drew her partner Cloak earlier in 2014. Although Cloak and Dagger first appeared in Peter Parker the Spectacular Spiderman, I first read them in there own series. I've always loved the tragic duo. Despite the exact origin of their powers, there is something magical in in the manifestation of their powers and the themes the two characters represent.
Closing in on the end of the Magik set, here we have Illyana Raputin the first time she manifests as the Darkchylde. Shortly after manifesting her Soulsword, Illyana battles Belasco and morphs into her Darkchylde aspect. This aspect of Illyana goes through several variations during the run of the character. I'll be looking at those later on.
Continuing the Magik set, here we have Belasco's altar. Protruding from one of the towers of his citadel, this was the demon lord's high place of power. Here the walls between Limbo and the Earth dimension were thinnest. Illyana uses this location to return to Earth at the end of the Marvel Comics Magik limited series.
Continuing the Magik set, here we have a classic version of the demon S'ym. He acts as Belasco's main muscle in Limbo until the end of the limited series. It was not until recently that I found out that S'ym's original conception was a tip of the hat to comics creator Dave Sim. It had never occurred to me before I began doing research for this piece that visually S'ym is Cerebus.
Here we are continuing the set of the Marvel Comics characters in the Magik limited series. This is the Shadowcat who was left behind in Limbo and initially saves Illyana Raputin from Belasco, but in the end meets a terrible fate. I placed her in the landscape where we see her most in the limited series, the warped desert wastelands of Limbo.
Here's another in the Magik set. I hadn't really planned on giving this one it's own post, but the stepping discs play a fairly pivotal role in the tale of Illyana Rasputin.
There are very few shots of Belasco's citadel within the issues of the Marvel Comics limited series Magik. Drawn by several different artists, each version they drew of the citadel was different. I took several images of the citadel as reference and married them all together. 
Here is a second object of power for the Saturday Sketches, the Soulsword. I hadn't planned on drawing this as a Saturday Sketch or next week's piece either. However, after missing one Saturday Sketch, I just couldn't bring myself to leave another Saturday empty during the hiatus. Also, these two pieces were fun to draw. 
Here we have the next character in the set from the Magik limited series from Marvel Comics. This image is of the elderly Storm trapped in Limbo. Her powers waning from age, Ororo used her powers as sorceress to combat the corruption of Belasco's influence.
I've decided to do an entire set around the characters involved in the Magik limited series from Marvel Comics. Here we have the Nightcrawler left in Limbo who was corrupted by Belasco's influence and became his evil slave.
Here is my first object of power for the Saturday Sketches, the bloodstone medallion. Belasco used the bloodstones to bind Illyana Rasputin to his evil intentions. I've rendered it as it appeared at the end of the Marvel Comics limited series, Magik, with three of the five bloodtsones in place.
Here's one of my all time favorite Marvel Comics characters, Cloak. Though generally inseparable from his partner, Dagger, I always like it when they present the occasional one off Cloak on his own story. Although the surface gist of his powers is cool, I've always enjoyed the underlying supernatural quality to his abilities. Also for superhero drama, what's more dramatic than a giant shadow filled cloak that blows around in the wind all the time and sucks you into a shadow dimension?
