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Vjarn and the Sword of Ghebli

A digital pen & ink drawing of Vjarn, a barbarian-like character dressed in a fur coat and winged bird helmet, ramming a crystal sword through the head of a toad-like monster on top of a baroque throne. The sword has split the ground beneath the monster and the monster's blood is gushing out.

‘Vjarn and the Sword of Ghebli’ is a fantasy story reminiscent of the first epics and legends of antiquity. The demi-god character Vjarn is given the task to steal a mythical sword guarded by an immensely powerful frog-like water elemental, who rules over his own artificial ocean the size of a solar system. No single-sentence description will do this story justice, you’ll just have to read it in Aegeon 5.

Atlantica: The Tuna Trade

Digital pen & ink drawing showing two giant severed tuna heads hanging from chains, with a man holding a gun hiding in one of the open mouths of the tuna heads and two guards in steampunk diver armor passing by.

In this installment of the ongoing Atlantica series, our intrepid hero loses his precious megatuna herd, and exacts bloody revenge on the culprits. This original version of the image is slightly different from the one printed in the book, as that one was altered to accommodate the story title. Prints can be had in the shop.

Crashland!

Digital pen & ink illustration showing an astronaut in a space suit standing on a beach, facing his plant-like clone which grew on a thick stalk sprouting from the ground.

The lead story from Aegeon 5, ‘Crashland!’ tells of an astronaut crash-landing on an alien planet, and encountering some very weird plant life and environmental hazards.

Once again I’ve saved the in-progress images, allowing me to create a slide show.

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Ramek the Machine Slayer

Ramek the Machine Slayer sitting on a destroyed mechanical predator with an anti-materiel rifle propped up next to him.

Ramek the Machine Slayer first appeared in Aegeon #1, in the short story “Ramek, Machine-Slayer” by Buffalo Jenkins. Since then he’s become a mainstay of the publication, answering fan mail and offering short commentaries on each of the stories.

I’ve decided on a whim to create a fan illustration of Ramek, resting after a successful hunt. The publisher of Aegeon was kind enough to feature it in the fourth issue. As usual, Ramek was drawn in ProCreate on my iPad Pro M1. This time I’ve saved several versions of the drawing in progress, allowing me to show you this slideshow:

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Ramek thinks you should check out my merch.

The Map of Heaven

A pen & ink surrealist image showing da Vinci's Vitruvian man from the front and behind with a superimposed whaling harpoon. In the middle, there's an inverted pyramid with a human eye at its base, above a muscle car. In the background, there's a geodesic dome, and behind it, the Arizona desert.
The first illustration in what is hopefully going to be a long collaboration with the Aegeon publication. This one is for the short story “The Map of Heaven” by Jason Lupus appearing in Aegeon #3. Drawn in about 24 hours in ProCreate on an iPad Pro M1. The final version in the book has a slightly modified layout. Several products featuring this illustration can be found in the shop.

Giornale E Caffè

A pen & ink drawing of a street café in the historic city center of Verona.

This is probably my best work so far, if I do say so myself. Drawn in ProCreate on an iPad Pro M1 in about 40 hours. It shows a real café in the historic city center of Verona called Giornale & Caffè. In front of it, there’s our family (seated) and our two friends who run the place. This work was printed in a limited run of three A2-sized prints on 300gsm Hahnemüle rag paper.