The 9th Island book cover

The mock-up of the cover, because you need one in order to propose your book to publishers. The lettering and colouring need more tinkering, but this will have to do for now. It carries the cheerful, optimistic mood of the story as i want it to. A bit surprised about a story so upbeat to come out of my hands, actually. Maybe there was a need for it, in these troubled times.

Octobriana / Time Machine

Here's a thing I just did for Jean-Jacques Tachdjian's art-zine "Couverture" - a magazine consisting only of covers. The topic for this new one is "Sexy Science-Fiction of the Post-Stalinist Age". I went for a Octobriana meets Time Machine late 60s comic cover:

The zine will be printed in duotone and at this point the two colors haven't been chosen yet, so it's possible the final result will probably look a bit different.

The list of artists contributing to this is pretty inpressive and there's a crowd funding campaign going on to pay for the printing of the zine, so if anyone's interested in ordering an issue / supporting this project check out this link.

KŪTVĖLA #5 zine cover

KŪTVĖLA #5 zine cover [rapidograph on paper, A4]

(annual metal-heads alco-football festival zine)

Two more covers of sketchbooks. The one at the top is recent, the one one the bottom was done while working on my adaptation of Dante's Inferno (the book, not the... game). Giovanni di Paolo (15th century) was one of my main inspirations, but I guess there is also some of Basil Wolverton in there.

Usually, I don't mind my books getting a bit dirty while in use, but I have recently been asked to send sketches for a rather prestigious publication, so I could not resist tidying them up. I had just bought some new acrylic colours anyway.

George (Cover)

The zine George asked me for a cover, here it is.