The Lawnmower Man

Editorial Sci-Fi Illustration • Inverse • 2022
Illustration: a silhouetted man with hand outstretched toward a flaming lawnmower.

FOR
Inverse Magazine, 2022. Thanks to Jake Kleinman and Claire Cameron.

WORK
Concepts, illustration

TOOLS
Procreate, Clip Studio Paint

INFO
For an article on Inverse: The Oral History of The Lawnmower Man.

Shocking though this may be, lawnmowers hadn’t been on my wishlist of subjects to illustrate(*). And yet! I came up with a few other concepts sans gardening machinery, but I thought this one would be fun and I'm glad the editor agreed. I love that about commissioned work: getting to learn about topics and developing ideas I wouldn't have reached on my own.

* Though actually I love mechs, robots, spaceships, sci-fi contraptions, steampunk, etc. My comfort zone has long been organic forms, but I’d like to eventually rectify the lack of these things in my portfolio.

Concept sketches for the Lawnmower Man article

Sketches

Screenshot of the Lawnmower Man article on Inverse

Screenshot of the art on Inverse.com in 2022

© Olena Shmahalo