Forged Creative

Hold firm.

Stand tall.

Be strong and courageous.

Keep the fires burning in spite of the encroaching night…

Episodic tales of wonder, adventure, exploration, and a dash of existential dread!

Hello there!

Shaun here – illustrator of all things sci-fi, nerdy, folk, and a dash of weird.

If you’re looking to bring your branding, packaging, comic or graphic novel, book cover, card or board game, video game, zine, band shirt, gig poster, wall mural, etc. to life and like my illustration style – shoot me a message!

Bad day to be a fish in a fish market. Rework of an older idea - swipe to see the original.

Are you a fish person? Like… someone who likes to eat fish. Not, like, a mermaid or something.

I’ve been enjoying Mike Lowery’s Getting Paid to Draw course. Last week, we were tasked with illustrating a series of 12 icons for a possible client.

You know me, I had to make it… different…

These were really fun to do and I think they would make a cool sticker / flash sheet. What do you think?

“A set of icons developed for a covert government agency tasked with locating, identifying, and cataloging materials of unidentified origins and paranormal suspicion. This agency is also responsible for the cleaning up, disposal, or containment of said items – with varying success.

Anyone home?

Another rework from an old idea. This one was circa 2017 – back when wooden boards were completely square and depth / perspective didn’t exist.

A while back, I thought I’d take a stab at children’s book illustration.

Apart from a few books and greeting cards – I wasn’t doing much in that arena and decided to pull back to focus on graphic design.

Now that I’m settling back into illustration, I thought it would be fun to revisit some of these concepts with a fresh coat of paint in my new style.