MAG Interiors.

This is kind of embarrassing. As of this writing (January, 2022) I have only just discovered that one of MAG's hardcover editions of both Blindsight and Echopraxia— both published way back in 2014—came with numerous interior illustrations—moody, charcoalesque sketches by Irek Konior—that I never noticed because I never cracked either set of covers before (they're in Polish, right?). But they're pretty great.

Fan Art

Not so long ago that simple heading would have sufficed— back when those few people noodling around with my words in their heads were content to express themselves with conventional renderings in 2D. Back before they started building models out of metal or in AR. Before they started making trailers and plushies and tattoos and musical compositions, for chrissake. Before even the conventional 2D stuff started falling into reasonably hefty, standalone categories of their own.

So what we've got now is a series of small subheadings under the big one, for ease of navigation. Now, if vampires aren't your thing, you can just skip over 'em.

Various Artists   (95% Vampire-Free)

Various Artists   (100% Vampiric)

Turns out there's a disproportionate number of vampiphiles in the local fan art community— so many that I finally decided to break the vampire art out under its own subheading. And if this doesn't scratch your itch, keep scrolling: there are yet more vampire renderings in the portfolios of individual artists, just a little further down.

Still waiting for someone to 'ship Jukka and Valerie, though.

Dmitry SkoLzki

When a single artist's work fills up a whole row in the gallery, it's time to give them their own subsection.

This SkoLzki guy brings a unique perspective to the Blindopraxia universe. His art has an almost grunge/woodcut feel, and yet it captures some essence of character that no one else has quite managed. (His other stuff is outstanding too.)

I really hope he's okay with me posting these. I've reached out for permission, but haven't yet heard back. (Update: Now I have. He's cool with it.)

Rachell, Redacted

Алекс Трейс apparently translates as "Alex Trace". But she goes by "Rachell Redacted" on Tumblr and "QuantumField" over at Deviant Art. That latter handle may be a holdover from her days studying nuclear physics at the National Research Nuclear University in Moscow. Her style's somewhat more whimsical than I expected from a nuclear physicist, but it's also pretty much unique in the the world of Wattsian fan art; saturated, impressionistic, almost mangaoid.

On the evil and pernicious Facebook, she describes herself as an artist "who has no idea what she's doing", but she clearly does.

YamiEA

Also known, endearingly, as "Olga Marshmallow" and (more opaquely) as "brovitranduila": a Russian artist who's appeared on this page occasionally over the past few years (basically, whenenever I spied one of her works on Tumblr and grabbed it). We recently got in touch over e-mail, which not only got me her official blessing for my piracy but also got me more stuff to pirate. So here it is, in its own subsection.

Pine/gren

This "Pine" character just sort of appeared on the landscape over the past year or so. Certain works made me wonder if it was just another alias for YamiEA et al, but other works (you'll see which ones) look utterly distinctive. So I'm gonna give Pine, whoever they are, their own section. They deserve it.

SingingWhalebone

Yeah, I know. Where do they come up with these names? (Not that I'm complaining. As someone who literally has a whalebone sitting on his sound system, I'm probably more sympathetic than most.)

Anyhow, SingingWhalebone is another terrific Russian artist (and self-described "Eldritch Librarian") with a penchant for psychological portraiture and graphic novelry, and whose work I've also been pilfering for this gallery on and off over the years. Turns out that SingingWhalebone and YamiEA know each other, and I can't say I'm surprised. There was a time there when I thought they might be the same person.

SingingWhalebone & ein & YamiEA: The Valentine Sessions

Three artists with their own distinctive styles, putting aside their differences and working together to create, well...

You kind of have to see it to believe it. So here you go. See away. These started coming out on Valentine's Day, 2021 (duh), but the later ones extended into 2022.

"Алексей"

The following pieces track back to an artist in Belarus going by the name Алексей ("Alexei"). The dude has a range of styles, on a range of subjects, ranging far beyond the (admittedly evocative) greyscale sketches based on my own work. And if I'm reading it right, the originals are for sale.

Just saying.

"Ryuki Draws"

Apparently "Just R, these days". The lady has an impressive stylistic range, but for some reason all her Blindopraxian fan art seems explicitly designed to loosen up and humanize all my badass-verging-on-post-human characters to the point where you'd kinda want to hang out and party with them.

Not exactly the vibe you get from the books, but there's no denying a whole lot of parallel-worldbuilding going on here.

"Lurfck"

Lurfck applies their distinctive style to subjects ranging from Lovecraft to The Lion King by way of Discworld; appeared on my radar only with the advent of these wonderful Blindsight interpretations over the past year or so. A little like SingingWhalebone in her more hallucinogenic moments. But only a little.

"Hasaetis"

I do not know what Hasaetis means. But the artist who goes by that name also goes by "Twig of Fur", and— like "Pine/gren" above— seems to have just started posting Blindopraxian stuff over the past year or two. A nice sense of palette from this one: sometimes earth-tone, sometimes almost psychedelic.

"Gargleblaster"

Meet Gargleblaster: another purveyor of fan art (from China, I think) who only popped up on my ego-surfing radar over the past year. If I didn't know better, I wouldn't have attributed this range of styles to a single person: near-doodles to anime bloodscapes to, um, puffy cat vampires. Also I assume they're a Hitchhiker's fan.

Enjoy.

"ein" (aka cr3aturefeature)

Ein self-describes as "The Horribly Slow Artist with the Extremely Inefficient Pencil". His style is somewhat rougher than most of the stuff you'll find hereabouts— but that very quality conveys emotional content in a way less-jagged interpretations can't. Check it out.

"северный мухоморein"...

...translates as "Northern Fly Agaric", or "northern mohomor" or "much of the northern", depending on which translator you use. None of them make much sense to me. Might as well just go with Which Deepspace-KSW. Whatever you call them, they're part of my own personal Russian mafia, bringing a jangling, vibrant, and colorful style to the mix.