ILLUSTRATION LAB / PRINT 006
MHPoole Design Studio / a visual detour

NO RULES.
JUST IDEAS.

DRAWING / DIGITAL / AI-ASSISTED IMAGE-MAKING / A LITTLE TROUBLE

Bright nonsense. Dark surprises.
Things that just needed to exist.

TAKE THE LONG WAY DOWN ↓
OBJECT 006 / INK · PIXELS · IMAGINATION
A SHORT NOTE FROM THE IMAGE-MAKER

MAKE
FIRST.
LABEL
LATER.

I make images that refuse to stay in one lane.

Some begin as drawings. Others begin with a photograph, a fragment, a ridiculous question, or a sentence I can't shake.

I work across illustration, digital composition, and AI-assisted image-making—directing, experimenting, rejecting, rebuilding, and refining until an image feels right.

Sometimes it's playful. Sometimes it's unsettling. Sometimes it refuses to fit a category at all.

That's the point.

Selected artwork incorporates generative AI, digital compositing, drawing and/or photographic elements. Independent experiments unless identified as commissioned work.

THE ILLUSTRATED INDEX ↘

Viewer note. This creative portfolio is intended for adult and professional audiences (18+). Some surreal, fantasy or darker illustrations may not suit every viewer. Viewer discretion is advised.

COLLECTION 001 / NO BAD DAYS, JUST STRANGE ONES

THE
PLAY
GROUND.

Characters with questionable plans. Daydreams in full color. A little sunshine and a lot of mischief.

SOMETHING
FUNNY HAPPENED
ON THE WAY
TO NORMAL.
COLLECTION 002 / TURN THE LIGHTS DOWN

THE
DARK
ROOM.

Strange visitors. Improbable planets. Uninvited thoughts. Not everything needs an explanation.

PLEASE / DO NOT FEED
THE IMAGINATION.
COLLECTION 003 / THE MUSEUM OF THINGS THAT NEVER WERE

THE
ARTIFACTS.

Bone. Metal. Feathers. Machines of uncertain purpose.
A cabinet of curiosities from somewhere that doesn't exist.

SPECIMENS   •   UNPROVEN ORIGIN   •   COMPLETE IMAGINATIONS
PLATE 01 / THE BONE QUILL
IMPOSSIBLE OBJECT, IMPOSSIBLE MUSEUM.
COLLECTION 004 / SIX STUDIES IN ORDER & DISORDER

FORM &
FREQUENCY.

Repetition. Rhythm. Obsession. Geometry with a pulse.

THE HUMAN HAND MEETS THE MACHINE. THE PATTERN KEEPS CHANGING.
The Ash Remnant illustrated world from Dark Star
COLLECTION 005 / ONE IDEA BECOMES A UNIVERSE

SOME
IDEAS
GROW TEETH.

Characters, factions, ruins, strange technologies, impossible worlds—and a story that keeps getting bigger.

Dark Star has its own doorway, because one collection isn't nearly enough.

ENTER DARK STAR ↗INDEPENDENT VISUAL DEVELOPMENT / AN ONGOING UNIVERSE
BACK TO WORK / OR DOWN ANOTHER RABBIT HOLE

GOOD IDEAS
DON'T ASK
PERMISSION.