The Fifth Element

This week I finally upgraded my drawing tablet to a newer iPad and I’ve been having so much fun with it. I have shared my artwork a few times on here. These images are all new and were drawn in Procreate over the last 7 days. The 3 images from this week also lean a bit more into the fantasy space. I don’t know why I’ve never really mixed sci fi with fantasy but now I’m hooked.
The perspective for the 3rd image was a nightmare, however, I’m glad that I stuck with it.
I get told quite a lot that my drawings remind people of Scavengers Reign, which is huge compliment!
Hope you enjoy these few images.

It’s sitting somewhere between a graphic novel and an art book. It’s about a robot who is a highly advanced Rover type machine. He planet hops and takes samples and studies all aspects of the planets that he lands on. This book is going to be set on a planet which he crashes on. It will be put together almost like a photo album of his adventure. I’ll intersperse POV shots through his helmet with code and text as a running narrator to keep the reader on track. Still very much in the planning phase. Hope you like the look of it. I’ll be updating on my instagram page - mckie.illustration

Feel free to follow along.

I’ve been enjoying sharing my artwork here on self promotion Saturdays (about once a month so I don’t annoy anyone).
My goal is to have enough illustration work to create an art book full of stuff like this eventually.
I draw everything on an old iPad Pro using a generic Ugreen stylus and the app ‘Procreate’.
I need a new iPad really (limited layer count and overheating have stated to become a problem).
I like to try and create a narrative or story without words, so much so that when I create a sign or label for example, I fill it with strange symbols and alien language rather than recognisable text.
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask!

2001: a space odyssey (1968)

Credit: @pet_foolery

Prometheus (2012)

They did scan the air and found it breathable, but taking off their helmets so quickly still felt careless. They're on an alien planet - no way to know what kind of microscopic threats might be there. You'd expect more caution from trained scientists.

I draw a lot on my iPad using Procreate. It’s an older iPad Pro 4th generation.
I’m inspired by Moebius’s (obviously) although I’ve been drawing with the same kind of theme long before I knew who he was. I also love Scavengers Reign and the art style used in the game No Man’s Sky. My main inspiration for my line art is the Tin Tin comics.
I always use the same colour palette which gives the images consistency and I think this makes them feel like they belong to the same universe.
I’ve posted a few before so sorry if you’ve seen some of these drawings in other posts.
Thanks for looking!

i was recommended to share these here :)

The Matrix (1999)