A black and white image of a work in progress digital painting of a dog in the woods depicting the folklore tale of Black Shuck for an upcoming folklore tritych.

WIP for a triptych of #folklore works coming soon, featuring;

The Black Shuck
Morgan Le Fay
Herne The Hunter

#folkloreillustration #folktales #digitalillustration #artistsonbluesky #artdiscover #artforsale #artofbluesky #artcollector #illustrationart #commissionwork #creativelife

Owowow

I have a gallery takeover starting on the 19th August (Tuesday) for around two weeks. Come see me work on some digital paintings. I'll be doing two pieces one per week.

This event is at THE CORE Solihull, UK.

Postcards from The Adventurers series.

#adventurer #postcards #landscape #fantastical

A group of explorers in the bottom left of this illustration stand to look at an archipelago of floating islands off into the distance. Some of these islands are topped with alpine trees and grass.

"THE OLPHUNTAUM WALKERS; POSTCARD FROM THE SKYGARDEN"

#islands #fantasy #explorers #landscape #walkers

A group of explorers in the bottom left of this illustration stand to look at an archipelago of floating islands off into the distance. Some of these islands are topped with alpine trees and grass.

"THE OLPHUNTAUM WALKERS; POSTCARD FROM THE SKYGARDEN"

#islands #fantasy #explorers #landscape #walkers

Hello #portfolioday I am Michael and I create surreal stories and characters. You can find my online footprint at michaelclulee.carrd.co

Hello #portfolioday I am Michael and I create surreal stories and characters. You can find my online footprint at michaelclulee.carrd.co

"THE OLPHUNTAUM WALKERS; POSTCARD FROM THE MOUNTAIN PASS"

#mountainpass #walkers #exploration #landscape #fantasy

*This is a revised illustration from the last one (now deleted) as I didn't like the colours.*

A new series of surrealist adventures with this crew of characters called THE OLPHUNTAUM EXPLORERS, I will be showcasing their adventures in time.

#adventure #surreal #explore #originalcharacters

A group of explorers stand to the left of this image looking at the dead Black Tree in the center of the image.

"THE OLPHUNTAUM WALKERS; POSTCARD FROM THE BLACK TREE"

lots of fun making this one.

#exploration #tree #landscape #abstract #fantasy

A view of a nebula climbing over the horizon with a small group of explorers gaze in wonder.

The Olphuntaum Walkers: Postcard from The Nightsky (2025)

This colour palette is too good for my creative output now.

#olphuntaumwalkers #nightsky #cosmic #explorers #adventure

A view of a nebula climbing over the horizon with a small group of explorers gaze in wonder.

The Olphuntaum Walkers: Postcard from The Nightsky (2025)

This colour palette is too good for my creative output now.

#olphuntaumwalkers #nightsky #cosmic #explorers #adventure

*This is a revised illustration from the last one (now deleted) as I didn't like the colours.*

A new series of surrealist adventures with this crew of characters called THE OLPHUNTAUM EXPLORERS, I will be showcasing their adventures in time.

#adventure #surreal #explore #originalcharacters

A small collection of minimal mystical landscapes I made at the end of last year.

#landscape #minimalistart #minimalistartwork #fantastical #fantasyart #illustrator

painting of wild flowers

I'm busy with other things right now so new work to show until next week, so here's another commission I did from the pandemic, using digital watercolours in ArtRage.

#watercolour #flowers #flora #nature

A full body portrait of the Tudor king, Henry VIII / 8th. It is a recreation of the Hans Holbein Jr portrait.

A commission from the pandemic to recreate Hans Holbein Jr's portrait of Henry VIII.

#hansholbeinjr #henryviii #tudorking #tudors

We've had a great sunny March/April in the UK so it reminded me of some thing I made during the pandemic.

#spring #sunny #landscape #digitalpainting

I created a fake fashion house called POWER and a small ad campaign to experiment using a combination of the software; Artrage, Inkscape and Krita to produce these four illustrations.

#fashion #illustration #pose #posing #model #people #clothing

A symmetrical portrait of a woman, her eyes closed, wearing a headdress painted in different shades of blue.

Sketch for a future series.

#symmetry #portrait #crown #headdress

"Illustrator in Progress" 2025

#illustration #digitalpainting #abstract #surreal

It's old Fan Art Week. I used three different illustrative styles to create these pieces.

#fanart #illustration #vampirehunterd #darksouls #manus #finalfantasy9 #vivi

My work for Surreal Solihull is now on display until May in Solihull High Street. Many thanks to Ruth for allowing me to create this piece and exhibit among many great artists of Solihull / West Midlands.

#surrealsolihull #emilybridgewater #surrealart #solihull #westmidlandsartists

My work for Surreal Solihull is now on display until May in Solihull High Street. Many thanks to Ruth for allowing me to create this piece and exhibit among many great artists of Solihull / West Midlands.

#surrealsolihull #emilybridgewater #surrealart #solihull #westmidlandsartists

A small collection of minimal mystical landscapes I made at the end of last year.

#landscape #minimalistart #minimalistartwork #fantastical #fantasyart #illustrator

Old branding thing I helped to make around a decade ago. I feel my skills have changed a lot since then. It was made as part of a 24 hour challenge to rebrand a charity.

#branding #charity #illustration #graphicdesign #fruit #vegetabels #vegetarian #vegan

I created a fake fashion house called POWER and a small ad campaign to experiment using a combination of the software; Artrage, Inkscape and Krita to produce these four illustrations.

#fashion #illustration #pose #posing #model #people #clothing

Space deity manifesting a new cosmos.

Mother Earth carrying a new seed.

A cosmic dancer.

Hello, I am Michael and I have been illustrating for a little while. I have 15 years of experience creating fantastical and surreal illustrations as well as working in rebrands for local Birmingham enterprises. I am due to be exhibiting in #solihull in March 2025 exhibiting Surreal Artworks.