HEXego_Artwork - Sketches & Works In Progress

Sketches & Works In Progress

It’s always nice to look back at what we used to create. Among the many folders, sleeves, and scraps of paper I kept from my teenage years—days and evenings spent drawing—I’m now rediscovering drafts that I’d love to find time to improve and ink.

Maybe even ready to become collaborations or workshops support. Let’s meet over these ongoing ideas and see where they can take us ^^

Sketching and covering the comic book Slaine.

New objective as an adult : upgrade it and ink it ; work in progress.
Funny fact: during the workshop at the Crow Field Festival, one of the kids was motivated to cover my cover of Slaine ^^

🐦‍⬛My favourite movie (the original, the one and only from 1994).

Done with graphite pencil 30 years ago; you cannot imagine how many sketches I made of this film when I was teenager, how many times I listened (and still listen) to the soundtrack that I recommend to you 🐦‍⬛

A tribute to my origins by combining references to Sicily and the Netherlands while including the memory of my grandparents.

Old sketch, graphite pencil on paper; Just to keep the idea on a physical medium so I can work on it later, and to clear some space in my mind because the ideas are flowing.

On the left, you can recognize the very beginning of the skeleton Humanis Horribilis (final version on the Dark Fantasy section).

Inking ongoing - December 2024

Pirate, still to ink

Always Spidey 🕷️🖤

Imagine, John Lennon, covering the stereo tape cover that we used to listen my dad and I on the road ^^

Impressed by the work of Patrick Tatopoulos, which I discovered at the age of 14-15 through sci-fi movie magazines, I already felt the urge to attempt sketches at that time. Hats off to you, Mr. Tatopoulos 👽🛸

I have to admit it now, enough time has passed: instead of going to class, I would stay behind sketching Batman doodles, fascinated by Batman: The Animated Series and Tim Burton's version, especially Batman Returns 🦇🖤

Temet Nosce – Ex Tenebris Lux (Know yourself; from darkness comes light)

While practicing meditation during a burnout break, I repeatedly encountered sinister figures. Frightening yet fascinating (even if unreal), these visions revealed how deeply we can explore our inner selves—observing our shadows and fears. More importantly, they taught me to accept and embrace them.

In this illustration, the demon, obsessed with grasping at persevering souls, is not merely a captor—he is lonely and fearful. Desperate for connection, he traps souls to hold their attention, mistaking possession for companionship. Yet, instead of clinging to others, he should confront his own fears to break free and move forward.

You are not alone. You can be more than just a demon—your own inner demon—draining your energy.

Carl G. Jung wrote:
"The devil is a variant of the 'shadow' archetype, that is, of the dangerous aspect of the unrecognized dark half of the personality."
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."