‘You saved me,’ says Niamh to Dullahan, her fatherly protector, as they rest by the cozy fire. ‘Pig’, the magically animated severed head, looks on.
This is one of the 13 interior illustrations for the recently published book Dullahan – Samhradh, which I illustrated.
I can finally reveal the reason I haven’t been updating the site in a while: I was working on a book! Cover plus 13 internal illustrations. It’s a historical fantasy novel called Dullahan – Samhradh by @whitepillmedia, based on Irish mythology. It’s well written, sometimes weird (in a good way) and really quite unique. You can read the first chapter for free here. I’ll be posting a couple of the internal illustrations here in the following days.
One of the many downsides of summoning an evil elder god is that he’s going to eat all of your best dating prospects. This rather suggestive illustration is for the short story ‘Astarsoth Prince of Dusk’ by Hermanubis O’Rourke, published in Aegeon issue 8.
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.
Another illustration from the Halloween special issue of Aegeon (could you tell?). This one’s for the short story ‘Mechanicals’ by A.J. Bell.
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.
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.
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.
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.
