Jack

A page from "Laidly, Loathly" by Jack MacConnachie for Right Villainous. the images show a child climbing from a house's chimney and running away to sleep in the woods. the text reads: it's me. in the stories, the changeling flies out with the hearth smoke when it is revealed. i never did manage to fly again. i think story-teller is another word for liar." another child finds them. the text reads - child: i don't understand. i thought i was your only child. parent: and you are. YOU were supposed to be gone. you can stay - but keep out of the house. and you must behave. changeling: behave as what?

another page from "Laidly, Loathly"

#comic #book #illustration #folklore #changeling

A page from a comic book "Laidly, Loathly" showing an arrow being drawn and shot at a deer. the deer runs away. the text reads "i should have known not to loose that arrow. it was an unusual kind of deer. and the old road is not frequented by many men or beasts. and the buck just stepped out and stood there, watching me back. waiting for the arrow."

the next page of the comic "Laidly, Loathly". the deer runs through a toadstool ring. the arrow sticks out of its shoulder. the archer stops before entering the ring. the text says "and so i should have known not to chase it".

the third page from "Laidly, Loathly". the archer destroys the mushroom ring. he follows the deer and finds a faun instead, with the arrow in its shoulder. the archer says "that's my arrow. why did you let me shoot you?" (I know why. it is a lure) Faun: i didn't see that you were sidhe. you may have your arrow back".

Here's the first three pages from Laidly, Loathly. I'm mainly a printmaker but have been exploring drawing and collage more due to RSI in my wrist and fingers! This was an enjoyable project. It took about two years on and off, and I had to draw some of it with my left hand.

#folklore #comic #zine

a selection of postcards with pen and ink drawings and collaged illustrations

an art print of a page from the comic book - deer runs through a toadstool ring with an arrow in its shoulder

you can find this on Etsy at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Righ...

The first 25 copies come with an A5 art print and one of 25 unique postcards!

The cover of a comic book with the title Laidly, Loathly by Jack MacConnachie for Right Villainous. The illustration is pen and ink and collage, showing a horned creature with long arms and some leaves and bushes.

"LAIDLY, LOATHLY is a new folk tale inspired by British and Irish folklore. Changeling Ocke and monster Methe meet at arrow-point, and find their lives entangled from Samhain to Lammas as the years turn, over the course of centuries."

#comicbook #zine #illustration #folklore

I haven't posted in a while because A) i moved house and B) i was finishing a "zine" that became something more like a "book" or "an act of hubris". anyway watch this space

a page from a zine with a collage of wolf-men in ink and monoprint. there is a quote from the vita merlini in the top corner: "you, o wolf, dear companion..."

My etsy shop is open again btw :) zines and other things

Goodnight from Cunning Davey Ash, readying himself to year walk the lanes in search of the new year’s secret name. Goodnight from the revellers at The Bell, waiting for the deer-skulled Lord of the Forest to bring in his blessings at the stroke of midnight. Goodnight from Hookland.

I'm going to put my etsy shop on holiday mode tomorrow - last chance!

the contents page of the zine Satyr: the greene-wood. the text reads: contents - the lambton worm - the great silkie of sule skerry - merlin of the forest - the alphabet of trees - the last wolf in scotland - the black eyed gannets - words and art by jack conkie. the page is illustrated with a collage of marbled green paper and some satyrs with deer antlers drawn with brush and ink

The back cover of a zine, made from a collage of text and found images. the text reads "to shed your skin: By Thy Shape II uses written essay and collaged image to explore the queer fluidity and liminality of folklore, magic, and monsterhood" - there is a list of subjects including "monsters, wolf-man, transformations, the witch's body, selkies, seal wife, monster masks, mirabilia, fae, fauns and satyrs" and scattered text reading devouring, creatures, flesh, fear, blood, desire, monsters are metaphors, more than human". the found images are the head of a wolf in a medival woodcut style, the upper body of a print of a wild-woman with hair on her chest, and a medical diagram showing organs and guts

A wood engraving in dark green ink on green paper, showing three fauns or satyrs walking amongst birch and other pale trees. the caption reads: a re-introduced species

a wood engraving of a figure draped in a pattern like marbled paper. on their head they wear a mask with long ears and spiked horns or antlers. there are pale trees in the background. it is printed in black ink on off white paper.

You can find my zines and prints at www.etsy.com/shop/RightVi... - last orders for Dec 25th should be made by December 10th!

#folklore #illustration #printmaking #satyr #zine #collage #faun #werewolf #lgbtqartists

the contents page of the zine Satyr: the greene-wood. the text reads: contents - the lambton worm - the great silkie of sule skerry - merlin of the forest - the alphabet of trees - the last wolf in scotland - the black eyed gannets - words and art by jack conkie. the page is illustrated with a collage of marbled green paper and some satyrs with deer antlers drawn with brush and ink

The back cover of a zine, made from a collage of text and found images. the text reads "to shed your skin: By Thy Shape II uses written essay and collaged image to explore the queer fluidity and liminality of folklore, magic, and monsterhood" - there is a list of subjects including "monsters, wolf-man, transformations, the witch's body, selkies, seal wife, monster masks, mirabilia, fae, fauns and satyrs" and scattered text reading devouring, creatures, flesh, fear, blood, desire, monsters are metaphors, more than human". the found images are the head of a wolf in a medival woodcut style, the upper body of a print of a wild-woman with hair on her chest, and a medical diagram showing organs and guts

A wood engraving in dark green ink on green paper, showing three fauns or satyrs walking amongst birch and other pale trees. the caption reads: a re-introduced species

a wood engraving of a figure draped in a pattern like marbled paper. on their head they wear a mask with long ears and spiked horns or antlers. there are pale trees in the background. it is printed in black ink on off white paper.

You can find my zines and prints at www.etsy.com/shop/RightVi... - last orders for Dec 25th should be made by December 10th!

#folklore #illustration #printmaking #satyr #zine #collage #faun #werewolf #lgbtqartists

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Join us for the Illustration Winter Fair!

3pm to 6pm, Tuesday 25 November.

Buy work and meet the artists in the fabulous Sculpture Court.

Free entry and open to all - find out more at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eca-illustration-winter-fair-and-exhibition-tickets-1968035066863

Petition: Protect hares and their young from shooting during the breeding season We call on the Government to stop the shooting of hares during their peak breeding season, by establishing a legally enforceable close season for hares in England and Wales, from 1st February to 30th ...

Did you read (or hear on R4) Chloe Dalton's Raising Hare? Do you love #hares ? Would you like to help their survival in England by establishing a 'closed season'? You've still a few more hours to sign this petition. Shooting hares in the breeding season leaves dependent young to starve to death.

the front cover of the zine Satyr: the greene-wood - an illustrated essay on the subject of folklore, the environment and biodiversity. the cover is illustrated with a collage of marbled green paper, drawings of tree branches, and antlered humanoid figures

the contents page of the zine Satyr: the greene-wood. the text reads: contents - the lambton worm - the great silkie of sule skerry - merlin of the forest - the alphabet of trees - the last wolf in scotland - the black eyed gannets - words and art by jack conkie. the page is illustrated with a collage of marbled green paper and some satyrs with deer antlers drawn with brush and ink

Here's the front cover and contents for my new zine Satyr, about folklore & the environment!

#folklore #satyr #zine #collage #biodiversity #illustration #art #design

www.etsy.com/shop/RightVi...

A collage of a seal with a human face and feet in brown ink and white gouache, with blue marbled paper. the text is the ballad The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (child 113): AN eartly nourris sits and sing, And aye she sings, Ba, lily wean! Little ken I my bairnis father, Far less the land that he staps in. Then ane arose at her bed-fit, An a grumly guest I’m sure was he: ‘Here am I, thy bairnis father, Although that I be not comelie. ‘I am a man, upo the lan, An I am a silkie in the sea; And when I’m far and far frae lan, My dwelling is in Sule Skerrie.’ ‘It was na weel,’ quo the maiden fair, ‘It was na weel, indeed,’ quo she, ‘That the Great Silkie of Sule Skerrie Suld hae come and aught a bairn to me.’ Now he has taen a purse of goud, And he has pat it upo her knee, Sayin, Gie to me my little young son, An tak thee up thy nourris-fee. An it sall come to pass on a simmer’s day, When the sin shines het on evera stane, That I will tak my little young son, An teach him for to swim the faem. An thu sall marry a proud gunner, An a proud gunner I’m sure he’ll be, An the very first schot that ere he schoots, He’ll schoot baith my young son and me.

From my new zine Satyr: The Greene-Wood

#folklore #selkie #scotland #childballads #suleskerry #collage #zine #illustration

The front cover of a zine illustrated with collage of satyrs and fauns. the text reads Satyr the greene-wood - an illustrated essay on the subject of folklore, the environment and biodiversity - a right villainous zine

the back cover of a zine illustrated with collage of a wolf with a human face. the blurb reads Satyr: the greene-wood is an essay using folkloric stories, figures and themes to explore biodiversity loss, environmental damage and destruction, and our relationship with the natural world both now and in the past.

New zine! Satyr: the greene-wood is
an illustrated essay on the subject of folklore, the environment and biodiversity

#folklore #zine #collage #illustration #satyr #selkies #wolves #treelore

a wood engraving print in black ink on off white paper. the print shows a crouching wolf or fox like creature with human arms. it has a marbled pattern on its body.

"A new shape II" wood engraving

#fox #wolf #print #printmaking #illustration #shapeshifter

six drawings in ink and pencil of either wolves with human faces, or people wearing wolf costumes. they are different shades of green and brown, laid out on green paper.

for a new zine...

#illustration #zine #folklore #drawing

a wood engraving of a figure draped in a pattern like marbled paper. on their head they wear a mask with long ears and spiked horns or antlers. there are pale trees in the background. it is printed in black ink on off white paper.

"A New Shape" - wood engraving

#art #illustration #satyr #faun #forest #folklore #printmaking #print

a sketch of a birch tree and undergrowth in green acrylic paint, brown ink and white gouache on green card

birch tree

#illustration #sketch #drawing

P.S. i have put the usa back on (for now) but i can't say how long shipping is taking at the moment...

the front and back covers of the zine by thy shape II: monsters and mirabilia - exploring queer fluidity and liminality through folklore magic and monsterhood. the zines are illustrated with collages of drawings and found images

the front cover of the zine "i weird ye" a new folk tale, illustrated with a collage of marbled paper and an ink drawing of a horned and hoofed monster with a wolf like face

The front cover of the zine "by thy shape" which explores monsterhood, otherness, gender and queer history through shape-shifters and folklore, illustrated with a collage of linocut prints showing eels, snakes, wolf and bear heads

So deactivating shipping to the USA during the tariffs uncertainty seems to have killed my etsy shop, even though most of my orders were to the UK... if you like folklore zines please have a look! www.etsy.com/shop/RightVi...

#folklore #folk #folklorefolks #zine #collage #printmaking

HalloZINE FAIR Tablers | Coin Operated Press Spooky scary skeletons invite you to sink your fangs into all things zine at the Coin-Operated Press spooktacular HALLOZINE FAIR!

me & my zines/ prints will be at HalloZine fair at the National Library of Scotland on Saturday the 18th of October from 11:00am to 4:00pm :)

#zine #folklore #printmaking #edinburgh

*by thy shape II

a collage of two wolf heads drawing in pen and ink and some leaf shapes cut from marbled paper. the text above is typed on a typewriter and reads: most often, however, werewolves figure as gender and sexual dissidents, particularly as they represent non-binary embodiments and desires. Their transformations demonstrate the malleability of bodies and their meanings.

from "by they shape II" zine. the text is from: Mercurio, M. (2020) "Queer Moon Rising: Introducing the Werewolf Reread", the Ancilliary Review of Books

#illustration #zine #collage #folklore #monster #werewolf #queertheory

Stix & Ashes Part one - Blam Blam

Here's another little sketchbook/ doodle comic - unfinished because i've been working on for-print projects and wood engraving... i will come back to it one day i promise

#comic #illustration #ghost #vampire #alien #fae

the lump the lump cover

A few years ago i made this little story about a creature made from a lump of clay - it was for fun so there is no print copy. You can read it here instead!

#zine #folklore #collage #illustration #comics

a wood engraving in black ink on cream paper of a selkie - a seal skin draped over a human body, only arms and one foot visible. the background is solid black and the seal has white spots and speckles on its back.

Selkie - wood engraving, 2025

#printmaking #print #illustration #folklore #selkie #woodengraving

Colage of linocut satyrs and leaves, drawn trees, with the text "It is merry walking in the fayre forest, to heare the smal birds songe. to se dere draw to the dale, and leve the hilles hee, Vnder the grene-wode tre."

Collage of linocuts, wood engraving and drawings from last year.

#folklore #satyr #faun #collage #illustration #woods #forest