March 15, 2005
Q: "I noticed that in the Betrayers of Kamigawa art there are a lot of creatures with ’floating things’ hovering above them, usually numbering in 3s. All of the Baku have them, but so does Gnarled Mass and Bile Urchin. What is the flavor behind these floating things hovering around all of these spirits?"
--Tim
A: From Brady Dommermuth, Magic R&D:
"Glad you noticed, Tim. Early in Kamigawa world design, we weren’t sure whether all the kami would end up looking bizarre enough -- whether it would be clear that they’re otherworldly creatures. So we designed a ’visual cue’ -- a common element that all kami would share. The floating objects are that visual cue. Where did they come from? Concept illustrator Ittoku produced a sketch that would eventually become the Myojin of Cleansing Fire, and it had floating, flaming heads around it. (To see that early concept sketch, click here.) When a second concept illustration featured strange things floating around a central figure, we knew we had found our cue and ran with it."
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ASK WIZARDS - MARCH, 2005 Posted in Feature on March 1, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/ask-wizards-march-2005-2005-03-01
神（スピリット）のイラストにある、浮遊物は何なのか？という質問です。
これは、神が定命とは違うことを視覚的にも表すために導入されました。一徳（コンセプトイラストレーター）が《浄火明神/Myojin of Cleansing Fire》のスケッチを描いた時、火のついた頭部がその周囲に浮遊していたのをみて、これを他のスピリットにも使うことになった、という回答です。
なお、《節くれ塊/Gnarled Mass》や《胆汁小僧/Bile Urchin》のイラストから、浮遊物は3つであることが多い、と質問者は言っていましたが、回答では特に触れられていません。たまたま目についたのがそうだった、というだけでしょう。
2021/06/17追記
以下の記事では、そのスケッチを紹介しています。
ORIGIN OF "ENERGY OBJECTS" Posted in Arcana on March 15, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/origin-energy-objects-2005-03-15
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