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Count Mexatrigonex

A digital pen & ink drawing showing the giant head of a vampire-like monster poking out of a future-gothic coffin with the head of an astronaut in the foreground.

With Aegeon, the subjects I’m drawing are never boring. This one’s a ‘giant, fat head of a space vampire poking out of a futuristic/gothic coffin’ for the short story ‘Count Mexatrigonex’ by Brett Sinclair.

Mechanicals

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing four androids dressed in children's Halloween costumes.

Another illustration from the Halloween special issue of Aegeon (could you tell?). This one’s for the short story ‘Mechanicals’ by A.J. Bell.

Legacy

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration, showing the head of a hominid, hooked up to a life support system, with an EEG helmet on.

In the short story ‘Legacy’ by Connor L.K., a father-son scientist duo attempt to revive grandpa by uploading a scan of his brain into a genetically-engineered hominid. Why? I don’t know, but I had fun drawing it. Published in Aegeon 8.

A Weekend at Uncle Andrew’s

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration depicting a stone floor with a pentagram on it, drawn in white chalk, surrounded by burned out candles. In the middle of the pentagram, there's a binder and some sort of residue.

Imagine inheriting a Victorian house from your late uncle, only to find out he’s picked up demonic rituals as a hobby in his final years. So annoying, right? Anyway, here’s one of my illustrations for this year’s Halloween special issue of Aegeon. It’s for the short story A Weekend at Uncle Andrew’s by C.P. Webster.

Update: by popular (?) demand, I’ve added this illustration to my shop.

Aegeon 8 Halloween Special

Aegeon / Michael

Even though issue 7 has only been out for a month, the machine elves at Aureus Press have managed to put together a spooky Halloween Special! I’m still LARPing as a writer, so inside you’ll find another short story by me, as well as ten (!) of my illustrations.

The Moment

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

Pen and ink illustration showing a mummified hand holding with two fingers onto the wheel of a large water valve.

Here’s another illustration from Aegeon 7, for the short story ‘The Moment’ by Wolf Vormelker. In it, two future archeologists discover the significance of a single moment in history.

Special Cargo

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A pen and ink illustration showing the belly and crotch of a woman wearing a metallic bikini, holding a shiny chrome gun.

A slightly suggestive illustration for the short story ‘Special Cargo’ by Bruce Pendragon, appearing in Aegeon issue 7. You can probably tell I got the idea for it during my summer holiday at the beach. Lots of long hatching on this one, but it was worth it in the end I think. Check it out in the shop.

The Zone

Aegeon, Comics, Digital / Michael

This is the first page from the 6-page comic ‘The Zone’ written and lettered by Brendan M. P. Heard, and drawn by me. It appeared in Aegeon issue 7. This was my first foray into the medium of comics, and a great learning experience.

Tommy

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing a Flying V guitar with its body made up of semi-abstract machine parts.

My second illustration from Aegeon 7, for the short story ‘Tommy’ by A.J.Bell. In it, Tommy finds a guitar that’s more than it seems at first glance. Even though it’s not accurate to the story, (the guitar in it looks like a cheap Flying V knockoff) I saw it as an opportunity to exercise my elaborate doodling technique. ~~Prints and other kinds of merch are available in the shop.~~ Taken down from my shop by Gibson, because obviously this is not transformative or anything.

Planned Obsolescence

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing the head of a screaming man in the middle of a pile of home and kitchen appliances.

This is the illustration for my own short story ‘Planned Obsolescence’ published in Aegeon 7 by the Aureus Press. Maurizio, a young engineer seeks to find out why his AI-designed microwave had strange, extraneous parts inside.