Noah Bradley is an American artist formerly known for his work on cards and his The Sin of Man project. He was also known for his frequent contributions to various subreddits of Reddit. In June 2020, Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight Games, and others publicly cut all ties with Noah and announced the permanent removal of all of his artwork from their products due to revelations that Noah is a repeat ”sexual predator” who preys on younger women.
Education and career
Up until he was 18, he wanted to be a programmer or video game developer, with just some art on the side, but "art was gonna be the most difficult, eternally challenging thing that I could find to do, and so I went ahead and went for that." After five years of art school, he felt like he was at a good professional level. Bradley delayed his attendance to the Rhode Island School of Design by a year due to the cost of tuition. "The next year, Bradley received a $20,000 annual scholarship to RISD and accepted the offer, taking out loans to cover the rest. After a year, with a rising tuition cost, Bradley decided to transfer to his home state and attend Virginia Commonwealth University, from where he’d eventually end up graduating". He spends a lot of time traveling, which influences his art. His earlier card art is hand-painted in oil paint, but most of his newer ones are digital due to time constraints. He had a feature at GenCon Indy 2013. His first commission by Wizards of the Coast, the makers of Magic: The Gathering, was for a set of five basic lands, as opposed to the usual one or two. The first cards with his art were released in Magic 2013, and have shown up in every expansion since, as well as Magic Online. In 2012, his painted artwork appeared in . This was the first printed Dungeons & Dragons book his work appeared in after he contributed to online Dungeons & Dragons properties for over a year. After Bradley's abuse scandal broke in June 2020, Wizards of the Coast announced they were cutting offbusiness relations with him: they would not commission new art from him, and would not include previously commissioned art in future reprints. Fantasy Flight Games also released a similar statement cutting all ties with Bradley.
Personal life
Bradley has been outspoken about the cost of art school. On June 21, 2020, Bradley posted a note on Twitter acknowledging and apologizing for his past sexually predatory behavior after a female concept artist in the industry posted accusations on Twitter alluding to him, and several other women came forward with allegations.
