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About
Hello, I'm a freelance illustrator based in the UK.
I was born in London, and started out in illustration with work for fantasy & horror RPG fanzines in the '80s, in particular the H.P. Lovecraft-devoted Dagon. My first professional commissions came from Games Workshop for their magazine White Dwarf, and this began a long relationship with the company, illustrating lots of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay publications and the very first Warhammer 40,000 book, as well as many other GW books and boardgames. I've also done game-related material for other publishers, including covers and internal illustrations for twenty-two (I think) of the Fighting Fantasy series from Puffin Books/Wizard Books, and card art for Magic: The Gathering from Wizards of the Coast.I've also produced artwork for various publishers around the world including Scholastic, Time-Warner, HarperCollins and Oxford University Press, illustrating popular authors such as Anne McCaffrey, Raymond E. Feist and Harry Turtledove, as well as some classics including Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and The Silver Sword. I was fortunate enough to receive the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist.
I illustrated the book accompanying the album release of Misterstourworm & the Kelpie's Gift, an orchestral work based on stories and characters from Scottish legend. My artwork was used as large-scale backdrops for live performances of the work by The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, with narration by Lord of the Rings actor Billy Boyd.
As an author, I've written some books about digital art including Digital Fantasy Painting Workshop and Digital Horror Art, and edited Fantasy Art Now published by Collins. In addition to work in publishing, I do concept and production art for computer games, and film and television productions which have included the BAFTA-nominated The Magician of Samarkand for the BBC, and most recently Gulliver's Travels for 20th Century Fox.
Currently: I'm writing and illustrating a picture book of my own devising which is due for publication Christmas 2010 (all being well). This is with Scholastic. While I'm busy on this I might still be able to accept some illustration commissions, so get in touch!
List of Published Work
List of Clients
Giclee prints at PODgallery
McKenna's Bookshop
Prints & posters at AllPosters.com
Prints & posters at Art.co.uk
CGSociety
ConceptArt
Epilogue
Art de la Fantasy
Fantasy Gallery
Neheriel Art
Wikia
The old martinmckenna.net
Bibliography
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| Fantasy Report magazine | Etra Publishing | Cover & interior art | 2007 |
| Fantasy Art Now | Ilex Press / Collins | Author, editor & artist | 2007 |
| Nowa Fantastyka Magazine, November issue | Proszynski Media | Cover art | 2007 |
| Lesser Shades of Evil | Ravencross Publishing / Eos Press | Interior art | 2007 |
| Howl of the Werewolf | Wizard Books | Cover & interior art | 2007 |
| The Key to Rondo | Scholastic | Cover art | 2007 |
| Spellbreaker | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2007 |
| Fantastyka Magazine, Winter Issue | Proszynski Media | Cover art | 2007 |
| Curse of the Mummy | Wizard Books | Cover & interior art | 2007 |
| Nowa Fantastyka Magazine, Dec issue | Proszynski Media | Cover art | 2006 |
| Bloodbones | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2006 |
| Nowa Fantastyka Magazine, July issue | Proszynski Media | Cover & interior art | 2006 |
| Digital Horror Art | Ilex Press / Thomson | Author & artist | 2006 |
| Drawing and Painting Fantasy Landscapes and Cityscapes | Barron's / New Burlington Books | Contributor | 2006 |
| Nowa Fantastyka Magazine, April issue | Proszynski Media | Cover art | 2006 |
| Talisman of Death | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2006 |
| The Forgotten Spell | Wizard Books | Cover & interior art | 2006 |
| Fantastyka Magazine, Winter Issue | Proszynski Media | Cover art | 2005 |
| Toxic Magazine | Egmont Magazines | Interior art | 2005 |
| Settling Accounts Book 2: Drive To The East | Hodder & Stoughton | Cover art | 2005 |
| The Toxic Toadburger Conspiracy | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2005 |
| Fantastyka Magazine, Summer Issue | Proszynski Media | Cover art | 2005 |
| Worldwar: Homeward Bound | Hodder & Stoughton | Cover art | 2005 |
| Valley of Lights | Telos Publishing | Cover art | 2005 |
| Eye of the Dragon | Wizard Books | Cover & interior art | 2005 |
| Anatomy for Fantasy Artists | Barron's / D&C | Interior art | 2005 |
| Dhampir | Time Warner / Orbit | Cover art | 2005 |
| How to Draw & Sell Digital Cartoons | Ilex Press / Barron's | Interior art | 2004 |
| Sorcery! Book 3: The Seven Serpents RPG | Myriador Ltd | Cover Design | 2004 |
| Forest of Doom RPG | Myriador Ltd | Cover & interior art | 2004 |
| Digital Fantasy Painting Workshop | Ilex Press / Collins | Author & artist | 2004 |
| Settling Accounts Book 1: Return Engagement | Hodder & Stoughton | Cover art | 2004 |
| Legend of Zagor | Wizard Books | Cover & interior art | 2004 |
| Temple of Terror | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2004 |
| Sorcery! Book 2: Khare ? Cityport of Traps RPG | Myriador Ltd | Interior art | 2004 |
| Trial of Champions RPG | Myriador Ltd | Cover & interior art | 2004 |
| .Net magazine | Future Publishing | Cover art | 2004 |
| Drawing & Painting Fantasy Figures | Barron's / D&C | Interior art | 2003 |
| Dragonlance: Age Of Mortals | Sovereign Press | Interior art | 2003 |
| Sovereign Stone: Marauders of the Wolf | Sovereign Press | Interior art | 2003 |
| Journey Into The Void | HarperCollins | Cover art | 2003 |
| King of Foxes | HarperCollins | Cover art | 2003 |
| The Mammoth Book of Stephen Jones | PS Publishing | Interior art | 2003 |
| Island of the Lizard King | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2003 |
| Return to Firetop Mountain | Wizard Books | Cover & interior art | 2003 |
| Sorcery! Book 1: The Shamutanti Hills RPG | Myriador Ltd | Cover design & interior art | 2003 |
| Deathtrap Dungeon RPG | Myriador Ltd | Cover design & interior art | 2003 |
| Armies of Death | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2003 |
| Trial of Champions | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2003 |
| Caverns of the Snow Witch RPG | Myriador Ltd. | Cover design & interior art | 2003 |
| The Warlock of Firetop Mountain RPG | Myriador Ltd. | Cover & interior art | 2003 |
| Forest of Doom | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2003 |
| Thinking Through Religion | Oxford University Press | Interior art | 2003 |
| Hawk Eyes | Oxford University Press | Cover art | 2003 |
| Digital Fantasy Painting | Ilex Press / Watson Guptill | Interior art | 2002 |
| Talon of the Silver Hawk | HarperCollins | Cover art | 2002 |
| City of Thieves | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2002 |
| Doctor Who: Nightdreamers | Telos Publishing | Frontispiece | 2002 |
| The Warlock of Firetop Mountain | Wizard Books | Cover art | 2002 |
| Inferno! issue 30 | GW / The Black Library | Cover art | 2002 |
| Nobilis | Hogshead Publishing | Interior art | 2002 |
| Fire! Fire! | Oxford University Press | Interior art | 2002 |
| Reach for the Stars | Oxford University Press | Interior art | 2002 |
| The Cosmic Clock | Oxford University Press | Interior art | 2002 |
| Guardians of the Lost | HarperCollins | Cover art | 2001 |
| The Dinosaur Planet Omnibus | LittleBrown / Orbit | Cover art | 2001 |
| Oxford Mathswise Posters | Oxford University Press | Poster art | 2001 |
| The Building Site | Oxford University Press | Interior art | 2001 |
| Mummies, Tombs, and the Afterlife | Oxford University Press | Cover & interior art | 2001 |
| The Vikings | Oxford University Press | Cover & interior art | 2001 |
| Arthur Warrior Chief | Oxford University Press | Cover art | 2001 |
| Warhammer Monthly issue 49 | GW / The Black Library | Cover art | 2001 |
| Honour Guard | GW / The Black Library | Cover art | 2001 |
| Pacific Warriors | Interactive Vision | Cover art | 2001 |
| Well of Darkness | HarperCollins | Cover art | 2000 |
| Road Wars | Interactive Vision | Cover art | 2000 |
| Search And Rescue 2 | Interactive Vision | Cover art | 2000 |
| PC Strategy Games magazine issue 3 | Crimson Publishing | Cover art | 2000 |
| The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs | Monkey Puzzle / Parragon | Interior art | 2000 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Oxford University Press | Interior art | 1999 |
| Urban Chaos | Eidos Interactive | Conceptual art | 1999 |
| Deathtrap Dungeon | Eidos Interactive | Cover & interior art | 1998 |
| Games Master magazine issue 61 | Future Publishing | Interior art | 1997 |
| Challenging the Wolf | Squane's Press | Cover & interior art | 1997 |
| The Mammoth Book of Dracula | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1997 |
| Through the Glass Darkly (Nightbane World Book 3) | Palladium Books | Interior art | 1997 |
| New West (Rifts World Book 14) | Palladium Books | Interior art | 1997 |
| Lone Star (Rifts World Book 13) | Palladium Books | Interior art | 1997 |
| Psyscape (Rifts World Book 12) | Palladium Books | Interior art | 1997 |
| Magic The Gathering | Wizards of the Coast | Card art | 1996 |
| Coalition War Campaign (Rifts World Book 11) | Palladium Books | Interior art | 1996 |
| Nightlands (Nightbane World Book 2) | Palladium Books | Interior art | 1996 |
| Between the Shadows (Nightbane World Book 1) | Palladium Books | Cover art | 1996 |
| Adventure on the High Seas (Palladium RPG Bk 3) | Palladium Books | Cover & interior art | 1996 |
| Old Ones (Palladium Fantasy RPG Book II) | Palladium Books | Cover & interior art | 1996 |
| Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game | Palladium Books | Cover & interior art | 1996 |
| The Giant Book of Fantasy & The Supernatural | Magpie Books | Interior art | 1996 |
| Silver Rhapsody | BFS | Interior art | 1996 |
| Kimota magazine issue 4 | PSFG | Interior art | 1996 |
| Chills magazine issues 9 & 10 | BFS | Interior art | 1996 |
| Deathrealm magazine issue 30 | Malicious Press | Interior art | 1996 |
| The Scream Factory magazine issue 61 | Deadline Press | Cover art | 1996 |
| The Night of the Green Dragon | Oxford University Press | Cover & interior art | 1996 |
| The Giant Book of Frankenstein | Magpie/The Book Company | Interior art | 1995 |
| The Giant Book of Werewolves | Magpie / Parragon | Interior art | 1995 |
| The Giant Book of Zombies | Magpie / Parragon | Interior art | 1995 |
| Everway | Wizards of the Coast | Interior art | 1995 |
| Curse of the Mummy (Fighting Fantasy 59) | Puffin Books | Cover & interior art | 1995 |
| Revenge of the Vampire (Fighting Fantasy 58) | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1995 |
| Out There In The Darkness | Subterranean Press | Cover art | 1995 |
| Mystique magazine issue 6 | BFS | Interior art | 1995 |
| Kimota magazine issue 3 | PSFG | Interior art | 1995 |
| Kimota magazine issue 2 | PSFG | Cover art | 1995 |
| Beyond magazine issue 2 | Parallel Universe | Interior art | 1995 |
| Beyond magazine issue 1 | Parallel Universe | Cover & interior art | 1995 |
| The Silver Sword | Oxford University Press | Cover & interior art | 1995 |
| Catalogue | Fedogan & Bremer | Cover art | 1995 |
| Catalogue | Cold Tonnage Books | Cover art | 1995 |
| Catalogue | Cold Tonnage Books | Cover art | 1994 |
| Fantasycon XIX programme | BFS | Interior art | 1994 |
| Fantasycon XIX | BFS | Logo art | 1994 |
| Catalogue | DreamHaven Books | Cover art | 1994 |
| The Giant Book of Vampires | Magpie Books | Interior art | 1994 |
| Interzone magazine issue 81 | Interzone | Cover art | 1994 |
| Northern Chills | Kimota Publishing | Cover & interior art | 1994 |
| Shadows Over Innsmouth | Fedogan & Bremer | Cover & interior art | 1994 |
| The Anthology of Fantasy & The Supernatural | Tiger Books | Interior art | 1994 |
| The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1994 |
| The Mammoth Book of Werewolves | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1994 |
| Look & Find Fantasy game | Hasbro UK | Cover & interior art | 1994 |
| Steve Jackson's Battlecards | Merlin Trading Cards | Packaging & card art | 1993 |
| Legend of Zagor (Fighting Fantasy 54) | Puffin Books | Cover & Interior art | 1993 |
| The Legend of Zagor Fighting Fantasy boardgame | Hasbro UK | Interior art | 1993 |
| Mystique magazine issue 5 | BFS | Interior art | 1993 |
| Chills magazine issue 7 | BFS | Cover art | 1993 |
| The Mammoth Book of Zombies | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1993 |
| The Mammoth Book of Vampires | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1992 |
| Interzone magazine issue 59, 62, 65 | Interzone | Interior art | 1992 |
| Interzone magazine issue 55 | Interzone | Cover & interior art | 1992 |
| Far Point magazine issue 3 | Victoria Publications | Interior art | 1992 |
| Kimota magazine issue 1 | PSFG | Cover & interior art | 1992 |
| Mystique magazine issue 4 | BFS | Interior art | 1992 |
| Chills magazine issue 6 | BFS | Interior art | 1992 |
| The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1992 |
| Return to Firetop Mountain (Fighting Fantasy 50) | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1992 |
| Moonrunner (Fighting Fantasy 48) | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1992 |
| Castle Drachenfels (WFRP) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1992 |
| Fantasycon XVI programme | BFS | Interior art | 1991 |
| Fantasycon XVI | BFS | Logo art | 1991 |
| Interzone magazine issues 43, 46, 48, 52 | Interzone | Interior art | 1991 |
| Legend of the Shadow Warriors (FF 44) | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1991 |
| White Dwarf magazine 133, 137, 138, 140, 142 | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1991 |
| Storm Warriors | GW Books | Interior art | 1991 |
| Fantasy Tales vol.10 nos. 6 & 7 | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1991 |
| Fantasy Tales vol.10 nos. 4 & 5 | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1990 |
| Winter Chills magazine issue 4 | BFS | Cover & interior art | 1990 |
| Krokodil Tears | GW Books | Interior art | 1990 |
| Demon Download | GW Books | Interior art | 1990 |
| Warhammer Companion (WFRP) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1990 |
| Waaargh the Orks! (Warhammer 40k) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1990 |
| White Dwarf magazine 121, 124, 125, 126, 130 | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1990 |
| Red Thirst | GW Books | Interior art | 1990 |
| Fantasycon XIV programme | BFS | Cover art | 1989 |
| Skeleton Crew magazine issue 5 | Grim Reaper Design | Cover art | 1989 |
| Wolf Riders | GW Books | Interior art | 1989 |
| Ignorant Armies | GW Books | Interior art | 1989 |
| Zaragoz | GW Books | Interior art | 1989 |
| Drachenfels | GW Books | Interior art | 1989 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Compendium | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1989 |
| Space Marine 3D Roleplay game | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1989 |
| The Restless Dead (WFRP) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1989 |
| Steve Jackson's F.I.S.T | Computerdial Ltd | Advertising art | 1989 |
| Dead of Night (Fighting Fantasy 40) | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1989 |
| Vault of the Vampire (Fighting Fantasy 38) | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1989 |
| White Dwarf magazine 112, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120 | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1989 |
| Dagon magazine issue 26 | Dagon Press | Back cover art | 1989 |
| Mystique magazine issue 2 | BFS | Interior art | 1989 |
| Winter Chills magazine issue 3 | BFS | Interior art | 1989 |
| Fantasy Tales vol.10 nos. 2 & 3 | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1989 |
| Fantasy Tales vol.10 no.1 | Robinson Books | Interior art | 1988 |
| World Fantasy Convention art show programme | British Fantasy Society | Cover art | 1988 |
| Skeleton Crew magazine double issue 3/4 | Grim Reaper Design | Interior art | 1988 |
| Daggers of Darkness (Fighting Fantasy 35) | Puffin Books | Interior art | 1988 |
| White Line Fever (Dark Future) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1988 |
| Something Rotten in Kislev (WFRP) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1988 |
| Warhammer Campaign (WFRP) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1988 |
| Power Behind the Throne (WFRP) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1988 |
| Realm of Chaos | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1988 |
| White Dwarf magazine 97, 98, 104 | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1988 |
| Die Rubezahl magazine issue 5 | Pob Publishing | Cover & interior art | 1988 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1987 |
| The Fury of Dracula boardgame | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1987 |
| Advanced RuneQuest Third Edition | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1987 |
| Warhammer City (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1987 |
| Death on the Reik (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1987 |
| Green and Pleasant Land (Call of Cthulhu) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1987 |
| White Dwarf magazine 85, 86, 88, 93, 94 | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1987 |
| Adventurer magazine issues 6, 7, 8 | Mersey Leisure Publishing | Interior art | 1987 |
| Dagon magazine issue 20 | Dagon Press | Back cover | 1987 |
| Dagon magazine double issue 18/19 | Dagon Press | Interior art | 1987 |
| Dagon magazine issue 17 | Dagon Press | Back cover | 1987 |
| Dagon magazine issue 16 | Dagon Press | Cover art | 1987 |
| Winter Chills magazine issue 2 | BFS | Interior art | 1987 |
| Fantasy Tales vol.9 no.17 | Fantasy Tales | Interior art | 1987 |
| Die Rubezahl issue 4 | Pob Publishing | Interior art | 1987 |
| White Dwarf magazine issue 84 | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1986 |
| The Enemy Within (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay) | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1986 |
| Warlock magazine issue 12 and issue 13 | Games Workshop | Interior art | 1986 |
| Adventurer magazine issue 3 | Mersey Leisure Publishing | Interior art | 1986 |
| Dagon magazine issue 15 | Dagon Press | Cover & interior art | 1986 |
| Dagon magazine issue 14 | Dagon Press | Back cover | 1986 |
| Die Rubezahl magazine issues 1, 2, 3 | Pob Publishing | Covers & interior art | 1986 |
| Monsterous Perversion no.2 | Pob Publishing | Covers & interior art | 1985 |
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