Allen Panakal - The Watchtower
@allenpanakalart.com
Color Neuromancer • Magic: The Gathering Artist • Worldbuilder • Taste all the Colors • Cyber Impressionism • He/Him
I post about being an #Artist/#Writer/#Geek -
Portfolio: www.ancientones.net
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@PanakalAPodcastforGeeks
I post about being an #Artist/#Writer/#Geek -
Portfolio: www.ancientones.net
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@PanakalAPodcastforGeeks
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My first card for Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set has just been shared!
Land: Terramorphic Expanse
Art Director: Zack Stella
Land: Terramorphic Expanse
Art Director: Zack Stella
Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm thankful for my family & friends who have always supported me in life and in my artistic journey.
I want to thank the naysayers, haters, & trolls as well for they gave me the extra push I needed to forge on. Hope you all are staying safe and healthy. Love & miss everyone.
I'm thankful for my family & friends who have always supported me in life and in my artistic journey.
I want to thank the naysayers, haters, & trolls as well for they gave me the extra push I needed to forge on. Hope you all are staying safe and healthy. Love & miss everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm thankful for my family & friends who have always supported me in life and in my artistic journey.
I want to thank the naysayers, haters, & trolls as well for they gave me the extra push I needed to forge on. Hope you all are staying safe and healthy. Love & miss everyone.
I'm thankful for my family & friends who have always supported me in life and in my artistic journey.
I want to thank the naysayers, haters, & trolls as well for they gave me the extra push I needed to forge on. Hope you all are staying safe and healthy. Love & miss everyone.
There's a Christmas tree for sale at Costco for $1000! Are you fucking kidding me?!
If you've got money for this fucking tree, you've got money to help people in need.
If you've got money for this fucking tree, you've got money to help people in need.
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There's a Christmas tree for sale at Costco for $1000! Are you fucking kidding me?!
If you've got money for this fucking tree, you've got money to help people in need.
If you've got money for this fucking tree, you've got money to help people in need.
"The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Arthur C. Clarke
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Arthur C. Clarke
"In my experience, dreams are an acceptable thing to chase, but people aren't. Be there for people who insist on being there for you."
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"In my experience, dreams are an acceptable thing to chase, but people aren't. Be there for people who insist on being there for you."
"It’s ok if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire."
- Colette Werden
- Colette Werden
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"It’s ok if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire."
- Colette Werden
- Colette Werden
"Success is about what you DON'T do, as much as it is about what you do."
- Sean Andrew Murray
- Sean Andrew Murray
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"Success is about what you DON'T do, as much as it is about what you do."
- Sean Andrew Murray
- Sean Andrew Murray
:: "Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter."
- Stephen King
- Stephen King
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
:: "Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter."
- Stephen King
- Stephen King
"Life grants us a series of opportunities and those opportunities come with a price."
- Ian Ruhter
- Ian Ruhter
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"Life grants us a series of opportunities and those opportunities come with a price."
- Ian Ruhter
- Ian Ruhter
My signing event at Pax U fell through, but I still have Artist Proofs and cards to sign. If you want a card signed or one of the painted Artist Proofs PM me here.
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My signing event at Pax U fell through, but I still have Artist Proofs and cards to sign. If you want a card signed or one of the painted Artist Proofs PM me here.
“So often talking about your problems is viewed as a sign of weakness. When it’s actually one of the bravest things you can do.”
- DMX
- DMX
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“So often talking about your problems is viewed as a sign of weakness. When it’s actually one of the bravest things you can do.”
- DMX
- DMX
The One with Magic: The Gathering Artist Steven Belledin
YouTube video by Panakal: A Podcast for Geeks
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams..."
- Paulo Coelho
- Paulo Coelho
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams..."
- Paulo Coelho
- Paulo Coelho
“Control the things you can control. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you and if you must go down, go down with your guns blazing.” - Stephen King
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“Control the things you can control. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you and if you must go down, go down with your guns blazing.” - Stephen King
"Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air." - Sarah Kay
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
"Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air." - Sarah Kay
Tuesday, November 18th, we'll have Magic: The Gathering Artist Steven Belledin on the show. We're back to doing these LIVE. Come hang with us for a little while.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqh9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqh9...
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Tuesday, November 18th, we'll have Magic: The Gathering Artist Steven Belledin on the show. We're back to doing these LIVE. Come hang with us for a little while.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqh9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqh9...
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."
Sometimes you don't need a solution; you just need clarity. If you feel deeply about a direction for your project, follow that feeling. It means something. You can find answers as you create.
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Sometimes you don't need a solution; you just need clarity. If you feel deeply about a direction for your project, follow that feeling. It means something. You can find answers as you create.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow."
- Mary Anne Radmacher
- Mary Anne Radmacher
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow."
- Mary Anne Radmacher
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Andrews ability experiment with his art is awesome. Go check out his shop.
Heyyyy I’m having a sale until December 1st! Planning to close my shop for a bit afterwards, so if you use ‘SALE’ at checkout you can get 20% off until then! #originalart
www.asidesart.com/store
www.asidesart.com/store
Shop — Art of Andrew Sides
www.asidesart.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Andrews ability experiment with his art is awesome. Go check out his shop.
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
- Sylvia Plath
- Sylvia Plath
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
- Sylvia Plath
- Sylvia Plath
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
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While at IX last month, I got to do an MtG artist proof trade with @allenpanakalart.com, and I could not be happier! It is now next to my drawing table. Details on the blog: christopherburdett.blogspot.com/2025/11/arti... #mtgart #mtgartist #starwarsart #starwarsartist #yoda #bobafett
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
While at IX last month, I got to do an MtG artist proof trade with @allenpanakalart.com, and I could not be happier! It is now next to my drawing table. Details on the blog: christopherburdett.blogspot.com/2025/11/arti... #mtgart #mtgartist #starwarsart #starwarsartist #yoda #bobafett
While I patiently wait for this tariff situation to fix itself, so I can get book two printed, I'll share some art from the Ancient Ones series.
Title: Explorers.
Title: Explorers.
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
While I patiently wait for this tariff situation to fix itself, so I can get book two printed, I'll share some art from the Ancient Ones series.
Title: Explorers.
Title: Explorers.
“There's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“There's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
"Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
- Stephen King
- Stephen King
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
- Stephen King
- Stephen King