I am an illustrator, comic artist, and cat person, recently graduated from Emily Carr University. My work is inspired by a love of stories, mythology, fantasy, and the supernatural. I have a passion for creating character and emotion-driven narratives, revolving around themes of love, transformation, and LGBTQ+ identity.

My practice mostly involves the combination of art and text in some way, whether that be in comics, or illustrations accompanying or interpreting text. I work primarily in digital, but also ink, paint marker, watercolour, and gouache, and a whole lot of printmaking.

Previous Work:

  • Wrong Train for Fantastic Frights anthology for Cloudscape Comics

    • Winner of the 2022 Sequential Magazine Award for best anthology

  • No Thing Beside Remains for Discovery vol. 1 for Cauldron Books & Comics

  • Various informational materials for McCreary Centre Society

  • Editorial illustration for SAD mag issue no.29

  • Short comic for an upcoming Queer Compassion anthology book releasing in 2024

  • Illustration for Down By The Sea: A Martine Horror Zine

  • Short comic for The World Beyond Our Station, a transmasculine-focused sci-fi anthology

Square illustration of Magnus, he has curly reddish brown hair to his shoulders, a short beard and mustache, and is wearing thick glasses. They're looking to the left on a navy blue background with a yellow circle behind his head.

Magnus

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