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Glow in the Night

Digital pen & ink illustration showing some sort of a flying vehicle shining two beams of light down on a group of monsters.

Here’s another one of my illustrations from Aegeon #10. This one’s for the short story ‘Glow in the Night’ by Bryan Leyland. It was fun drawing all the weird monsters revealed by the airship’s searchlights.

The Return of the Prodigal

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen and ink drawing showing a monolith carved with spiral patterns, casting a shadow. Next to it is a shadow of the observer of the scene.

It’s been a long time since the last Aegeon, but now that the special, extra-thick issue 10 is out, I’ll be posting a few of my images from it. This one’s for a very poetic short story ‘The Return of the Prodigal’ by C.P.Webster.

I’m also working on the second part in the Dullahan quadrilogy, but that’s not going to be out for a while yet.

Empire of the Tropics Part 3: Leonor

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing a man walking between two pools of water, in which several nude women with shaved heads are bathing. He's walking towards a nude black-haired woman seated on a throne made of elephant bones.

Empire of the Tropics is one of my favourite ongoing series from Aegeon, second only to The Dream God. Despite giving it my best effort, I feel like my illustration doesn’t do justice to the fantastical weirdness of the stories.

Beyond the Pale

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing a spherical flying vehicle moving at high speed through a sandy wasteland, being followed by a trail of bullet impacts.

It’s non-stop action in ‘Beyond the Pale’, the lead story in Aegeon #9 by Brendan Heard. In this image, I tried to convey the sense of high-speed motion using ProCreate’s perspective drawing aid.

Polybius

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

This one’s for my own story, inspired by the legend of Polybius. No, not the Greek historian, but an urban legend about a fictitious 1981 arcade game designed by the US government. If you’re so inclined, you can read about it in Aegeon #9.

Max Ryan: Before the Conqueror

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing a modern day man as a prisoner in a medieval style dungeon, with his jailor in the foreground.

It seems that Max Ryan has gotten himself into quite a pickle! Will he escape his jailors, or rot in the conqueror’s dungeon? The only way to find out is to read Aegeon #9, either as paperback, or now also as a Kindle version.

The Duelists

Aegeon, Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing a dogfight between two biplanes.

As the era of manned military aviation is slowly drawing to a close, it was nice to reminisce about its beginnings, thanks to a story by C.P.Webster I had the privilege of illustrating. And since Aegeon stories usually involve an aspect of the fantastical, you know it’s not just about WW1 and biplanes.

The Three Gods of Art

Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing 3 monsters dubbed 'The 3 Gods of Art' from the book Dullahan - Samhradh.

This is possibly the weirdest illustration I made for Dullahan – Samhradh, and the last one I’m going to post here. To see the others, you’ll have to buy the book! It shows the three monstrous ‘Gods of Art’ who came out of the underworld to reclaim magical instruments that were stolen from them. Charming fellows.

Have a Drink

Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing a man sat at a table opposite the viewer, with a living severed head a goblet, a mug, and spilled wine on the table.

Here’s Devlin, one of the main characters from Dullahan – Samhradh, demonstrating a concept by spilling perfectly good wine. Pig, the living severed head, is probably thinking ‘What a terrible waste. I wish I still had a stomach, I could really use a drink right now.’

You Saved Me

Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing a man, a young girl, and a living severed head camping by a fire, with the man's armor and weapons in the background.

‘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.