I am a freelance character artist and writer. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been creating stories and drawing to bring them to life. I’ve always been drawn to dark, realistic fantasies where the line between good and evil is blurred.
Since 2006, I’ve been working on the Being a Monster series — dark, psychological urban fantasy novels written in a raw and explicit style. My work focuses on morally grey characters — fantasy creatures with strange biology — and how they live, the problems and struggles they face, the traumas they endure, and how they cope with them.
To me, these are deeply fascinating topics. I enjoy the challenge of bringing such characters to life, diving into their complexities, and portraying them in a way that stays true to who they are.
Devin is the reincarnation of half the soul of the Dragon of Death, Alden. Over the years, they have both changed — Devin has become a ruthless predator, while Alden became a heart surgeon. But that doesn’t change the fact that they hate each other. However, they have no choice but to tolerate it—because if one of them dies, the other goes with him.
Jev's reaction to Devin's assumption that they are jealous. For Devin, smoking is a way to imitate the sensation of soul-draining - a warm flow around his teeth. That’s why he occasionally lights up a cigarette, either to curb his hunger or simply to give himself pleasure in private moments...
Arguments are frequent in Talia's family, often escalating into violence. She struggles with fear and feelings of inferiority, seeing her future as hopeless. She often feels the urge to escape, but with nowhere to run, so she tries her best to endure.
As an energy vampire, feeding is central to Devin’s existence — draining life energy and souls not only sustains him but also brings him pleasure. He enjoys heightening the experience by seducing women, seeking both pleasure and an escape from his pain, loss, and trauma, as well as the chains of everyday life.
Haunted by the many pains of his past, Devin seeks fleeting pleasures to escape them. Yet in lonely moments, they return to torment him. Though he cannot feel physical pain, the sight of blood drags him back to his most traumatic memories and deepest losses.
Talia thinks herself a human. She is a bit plump, shy, introvert girl who spends her days by daydreaming about boys, reading erotic novels, playing videogames and watching streamers online. Even the graduation is on the doorstep, she finds it hard to focus on her studies. Her grades are poor, and her parents often scold her in a harsh, cruel way.
On top of everything, sometimes someone else looks back at her in the mirror. Perhaps it is a hallucination by anxiety and lack of sleep. But perhaps it is not…
Devin is an energy vampire, who works as an eliminator of Alliance; his task is to liquidate individuals who threaten to expose the supernatural world to humans. But many times, he also seduces others to drain their soul… He buries himself in the pleasures of the moment in an attempt to forget about all his loss and painful memories of the past.
He lives from day to day until he is given the task of executing a girl - who turns out to be his sister. Having grown up in a different world, without parents or relatives, he experiences the concept of family for the first time - and his emotions, his inner world are turn upside down.