Lonely Universe no. 004 (2024)

“Doomed citizens of the robot empire had swarmed the local district thermal vents in false hope that the radiation inside would shield them from the incoming kill signal. Now, solemnly visited by Carmuke and Tobee millennia later, we find these husks frozen in time – their final moments perfectly preserved for all such pilgrims to clearly see.”

Ink fineliners (Sakura Micron 005)
Sakura Graphic 1 & 3 ink markers
Sakura GellyRoll 08 white ink pens
Crappy 5.5″x8.5″ sketchbook paper
Digital cleanup for print in Photoshop

About “Lonely Universe”:

Lonely Universe follows the wanderings of young human Carmuke and their dog Tobee as they explore the rich, varied, ruined remains of a long defunct galaxy-wide robotic empire. Steeped my usual inky details and a hint of retro-futurism for flavor, each new locale is a stop on their solemn pilgrimage through the stars. Despite succumbing to their doom thousands of years prior, the bodies of the robot citizenry still remain. Frozen in place for eternity, they’re preserved in the pose of whatever they were doing when the kill signal spread across the galaxy and eventually reached them. An interstellar Pompeii. Superstition and fear prevents the scattered pockets of humanity from recolonizing the mechanized worlds, but some, like our curious protagonists, inevitably yearn to learn more of what came before…