Reza Afshar is a veteran concept artist and illustrator based in Istanbul whose passion is speculative digital painting. He's worked professionally on video games, animations, and TCGs such as Flesh and Blood since 2012.

I once convinced the sweet, little old lady living inside me that I was God. I thought she might find relief in receiving an answer to her daily prayers. Unfortunately, I was only a few months old and had plenty to learn about human ways. I manifested a sort of white, conservative, bought-from-Temu, Charlton-Heston-looking God . . .