Tower and Device

Ferbin and Holse approach the D'Neng-Oal Tower on caudeback.

The Machine

The final images for my third year final project, intended to book-end the main story of Matter by Iain M. Banks.

Wish me luck, I'll be handing this in tomorrow.

With thanks to Ellie, for being very patient while I waffle on about aliens and composition, and for helping with the strenuous task of tearing paper in two.

and also, of course, Iain M. Banks, for writing such good books with plenty of imaginative visual material in the first place.

Holse's Notebook

Xinthia

(Tensile Aeronathaur) an Airworlder; giant airships (smaller than dirigible behemothaurs); semi-adapted for high-pressure gaseous/liquid environments and space-capable. Now rare and generally Developmentally/Inherently/Pervasively Senile; see WorldGod, the

Nariscene

Sarl mentors; insectile MLI

Aultridia

upstart species that evolved from parasites living under carapaces of Xinthia; mat-like/pelliform (also “Squirmiform”, term of abuse); LLI

Morthanveld

Nariscene mentors; spiniform waterworlers, HLI

From the "Culture" final major project, for the appendix of Matter by Iain M. Banks.

Work not affiliated to Banks or his publisher.

Marain script with attribution to Daniel Solis danielsolisblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/free-font-marain-scr...

Oct

Oct/Inheritors

claim descent Involucra; control (most) travel within Towers of Sursamen and many other Shellworlds; octal Waterworlders; LLI

For my final project at uni. For the appendix of my fictional ‘Illustrated Edition’ of Matter, by Iain M. Banks. Here's some shite cameraphone pictures, taken today just after the books were finally printed and completed!

Not affiliated to Banks or his publisher.

Matter

Cover image for Matter, detailing Level Eight of the Shellworld Sursamen, and its supporting Towers.

For the ongoing speculative book cover project, working with Iain M. Banks' 'Culture' series of novels.