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Historical Fiction Art and Illustration

A collection of historical fiction art and illustrations, featuring hand‑inked engravings, woodcuts, and oil‑on‑canvas works that bring the past to life.

Image of a historical fiction hand-inked pen illustration separator the fleur-de-lis.

The following is my collection of posts and stories specifically targeting historical fiction art and illustration. I tend to feature hand‑inked engravings, woodcuts, and oil‑on‑canvas works.

Some are my own experiments, and some are modifications of older paintings, tied to ongoing series like Sic Parvis Magna or created as standalone vignettes to support other stories. These works aim to support storytelling with historical authenticity and create an immersive experience for historical fiction readers.

An experiment in creating AI-generated illustrations and art for historical fiction. Pencil sketch image of galleons in a storm.

AI-Generated Illustrations for Historical Fiction: A Visual Experiment

Can AI create compelling images for historical fiction? A visual experiment using 16th-century prompts, pirates, and Francis Drake.

As you might know, I am a technologist by day, and a historical fiction author by night. One of my favorite subscriptions is to the Economist, and last week’s US Edition featured a magazine cover that was “drawn” by an AI Algorithm. That got my technical interest piqued, and I …...

Woodcut-style illustration of a 16th-century carrack at sea, used as cover art for the historical fiction short story Retribution.

The Art in Retribution: Illustrating a Historical Fiction Short Story about Francis Drake

Discover how historical art and illustration bring the short story Retribution—a 16th-century sea raid with Francis Drake—to life.

The historical fiction short story Retribution is a cutlass-slashing, cannon-blasting raid in which young Francis Drake assists his cousin John Hawkins in cutting out a captured ship from an enemy’s port. In the short story, I hope to put the reader into a fictional naval raid on July 1557, at …...


Pen and ink drawing of St. George slaying the dragon
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