fantasy – michaelgallo.eu

Oktoberfest in Dverghold

A digital illustration showing an attractive woman in a revealing fantasy dress, holding a full beer stein.

Come to our tavern weary adventurer, and wash down the dust of ancient crypts with a cool beer.

If you didn’t catch it live, here’s the video of KVLTCAST, where we announce four new upcoming games in the works at KVLTGAMES.
I’m helping out a tiny bit with Hyper Rebellion, but my main focus is Dverghold, where I’m contributing a large part of the concept art, illustrations and assets.

Wickerman

Digital, Illustration / Michael

The third and final of the 16 interior illustrations for Dullahan: Fomhar that I’m going to post here. This one shows the Wickerman, a giant made of sticks and wooden planks, sustained by the blood he squeezes out of his enemies.

The Slaugh

Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing Dullahan, a medieval warrior standing on the shore of a river, with ghostly phantoms floating in the air.

Another illustration from Dullahan: Fomhar. Here Dullahan encounters the Slaugh, a mysterious ghost army, kept in line by their master by the means of a magic golden whip and a massive warhorn.

Lords of the Loch

Digital, Illustration / Michael

A digital pen & ink illustration showing two giant armoured knights carrying an uprooted tree over a muddy medieval battlefield.

One of the 16 interior illustrations I did for Dullahan: Fomhar, the second installment of the Dullahan quadrilogy. When these guys come knocking at the gate of your ringfort, it’s not going to stay closed for long.

Dullahan – Fomhar

Digital, Illustration / Michael

Dullahan: Fomhar, the second book in the Dullahan quadrilogy by @whitepillmedia is out, this time with 16 of my illustrations and a cover.

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.

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.