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"The Garden of Eden"

Acrylics on canvas, 55 cm. wide...

Already sold - but do ask if you want to acquire any other paintings on display on this page.

Thank you all for your support on Patreon, and beyond!

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Christmas Creature Commissions Open!

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All Tomorrows gift sketches for reviewers on Amazon & Waterstones online!

Last month I asked for good reviews for #AllTomorrows on Amazon, Amazon UK, and Waterstones - and everyone who sent me back a screenshot of their review...

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Rhamphorhynchus longiceps

Aquatint of the famous, gnarly-jawed Jurassic flying reptile - prepared for the DinoCon2025 event in Exeter, UK.

The original line-art drawing is the cover image for this Patreon collection!

Thank you all for your support on Patreon, and beyond!

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Eurhinosaurus

Aquatint from earlier this year - prepared for DinoCon2025 in Exeter, UK.

Eurhinosaurus was one of the most derived ichthyosaur genera - with a long, swordfish-like mouth.

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Lambeosaurus

Aquatint from earlier this year - prepared for DinoCon2025 in Exeter, UK.

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Blending charcoals and watercolours until they can't be told apart anymore

"Reclining Figure"
Mixed media on art paper,
34 cm. wide.

Thanks for your support on Patreon, and beyond.
Let me know if you want to acquire this painting!

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Turkey's "Lake Van Monster" cryptid illustrated

Unbeknownst to many cryptozoology enthusiasts, Turkey's Lake Van is home to a native cryptid, a horse-and-dinosaur-like monster known as the "Lake Van Monster", or "Cano".

I was recently commissioned by a n...

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Downloadable file for the CMTK Podcast - Precambrian Episode!

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Another HUGE surreal art batch from 2024 & 2025

Some you have already seen - most others are brand new!
These are almost all for sale - let me know if you are interested!

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Ox-sized giant flightless bats

Perhaps inspired by the Pegasoferae hypothesis, which groups odd-toed ungulates, carnivorans, and bats in a single clade, generous patron M. D. commissioned me to draw giant flightless bats used as beasts of burden in his speculative universe.

We began our efforts with a series of sketches for goat, donkey, or packhorse-sized flightless bats.

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From figure studies to pure fantasy

If you want to be good as a surreal artist, you have to wrap your mind around real things first. Figure drawing is a wonderful way to acquaint yourself with reality.

Sometimes I sketch friends and acquaintances who pose for me.

Most other times, I make very quick "snapshot" doodles while...

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HUGE batch of surreal art from 2024 & early 2025

Some you have already seen - most others are brand new!
These are almost all for sale - let me know if you are interested!

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"Likeness of the Sandown Clown"

Acrylics on art paper, 30 cm. wide.

Loosely inspired by the eerie story of the "Sandown Clown" entity.

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"Horseback Jinn and Stationary Ghost"

Acrylics on art paper, 50 cm. wide.

Up for sale! Let me know if you are interested!

Thanks for your support on Patreon, and beyond.

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A patron's portrait as an All Tomorrows posthuman

A whimsical portrait of a patron as a pre-colonial post-human from the #AllTomorrows universe. Arms and legs get blocky and flatten - and fit together with others like an M. C. Escher pattern.

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New Youtube perks for Patreon supporters!

If you've been following my Youtube channel, here are some new benefits my Patreon supporters can enjoy.

  • My supporters on the top two tiers now get a personal thank-you at the beginning of every Youtube video.

  • My supporters on all and every tier will be listed in the credits of all "big production" Youtube videos.

  • You can now suppo...

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Downloadable audio file for the "Predator: Badlands" review video!

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Creating an alien ecosystem

Once again, generous donor J.M. asked me to create a commission from Robert Reed's "Great Ship" universe - this time the low-energy ecosystem inhabited by the "Luckies" - a genus of tiny hive intelligences.

...“A single Lucky is only this big. The size of a dust mite, in essence. Autochemotrophic metabolisms. Low energy, minimal complexity. Not only aren’t they particularl...

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An alien from a high-gravity planet

Created for generous patron T. T., a character that evolved into "...a particularly aggressive carpet, after an incredibly long passage of time and a series of unfortunate events."

This was the ancestor of the commissioned creature. Like all my commissions, this one started out with a batch of simple sketches, all depicting a flattened pseudo-arthropod evolved from a humanoid crea...

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In the Liminality: concept art for a video game

Another character design for generous patron S. A.'s upcoming psychological horror game, "In the Liminality" - now available to wishlist on steam!

This illustration originated from one of the game's original character designs - a shape-shifting girl named Anastasia. She was supposed to tur...

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Teenage fantasy-cartoon world from 20+ years ago

Drawn in 2004 - one of my first experiments digitally colouring an illustration.

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"Rainbow Shimmer"

Charcoal, watercolour and other media on cotton art paper, 20 cm. wide. Lots of intricate work went into the subtle colour shifts in this piece...

Thank you all for supporting my art on Patreon, and beyond! Please let me know if you are interested in purchasing this painting - or my other pie...

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Snaiad: Layout study for two large arthrognaths

Some of the largest freshwater (above), and marine (below), arthrognaths from the upcoming Snaiad re-release. Arthrognaths are a phylum of fish-equivalents on Snaiad, characterised by quasi-exoskeletal forelegs evolved into jaw-like structures, and eight (sometimes less) sets of fleshy, lobe-like fins.

Here is the sketch study for the head of the large "blockhead" arthrognath seen above.

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"Kylix Tender"

Oil on cardboard, 27 cm. wide.

Thank you all for supporting me on Patreon, and beyond!

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The great Ba'khar - for Tales of Kaimere

Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere is an incredible speculative evolution project that really needs more attention. I have really been enjoying Kaimere and its creatures for a while, so I decided to create fan-art for this universe.

I got in touch with Keenan for a species to illustrate. He sent me the Ba'khar, a...

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"Phoenix" aliens from Robert Reed's "Great Ship" universe

Once again, generous patron J. M. commissioned me to illustrate an alien from Robert Reed's "Great Ship" universe. Here is how the "Phoenix" race was described:

They evolved on a small hot world. Gills augmented a trio of large, black-blooded lungs; their metabolisms were quick and fierce. Where most winged aliens were gliders or soarers, passive and efficient, the P...

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Images for the "Weird French Palaeo-Cards" video - including the unseen set!

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Snaiad: Two splendid herbivores

Nearly every day I put in extra work to Snaiad. It's taking time, but it will be worth it. Here's a preliminary layout featuring two "Elythrakephalid" herbivores with (independently-evolved) flamboyant display structures.

Thank you all for your support of Snaiad! When it comes out as a book, it will feature the names of my life-time Patreon donors in print in a special thank-you chapter...

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"Mocking the Stranger"

Acrylics on art paper, 35 cm. wide.

Thank you all for supporting me on Patreon, and beyond.

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