Pachacutiq

The world of My Friend Sebastian

The AerDragon are a race of magical creatures older than time itself - close friends of the Elven people from their beginning, who bore Aeronaughts into battle against the Giants and led the way across the plains of Pangaea when the earth was young. Magic, a natural force like wind or fire, was always to be used with wisdom. But there was, as always, the precarious balance between Dark and light. ""Allira and all the creatures of Pachacutiq were born beneath my hands. AI helped me illuminate the world around them." - Ricardo Merlin Robertson

The characters

Allira, Avatar of the Great Orb of Pachacutiq - The Great Orb is an ancient Gaia, another name for Mother Nature herself, born within the heart of a star. Over time stardust becomes the stone and minerals from which living planets form. Allira is the visible Avatar through whom the Great Orb may walk among, nurture and communicate with the life born upon her world. The Nordann, Survivors of Aruun - A people shaped by fear, conquest and the ruin of their own world, Aruun, the planet that would one day be known as Mars. They enslaved their Gaia and fled among the stars, learning to see living Orbs as sources of power to be harvested. Yet even among the Nordann, darkness was never absolute. Sebastian, the esteemed AI once known as SEB-AI - A being created by the collective intelligence of the people of Pachacutiq, who survived the crisis that destroyed their world. In time Sebastian became Allira's helper, companion and loyal partner - proof of what becomes possible when intelligence is met without fear.

Creatures born from the Cape Cod shore

I sculpt using polymer clay and whatever other materials come readily to hand - particularly the abandoned shells and carapaces of sea life found along the Cape Cod shoreline. Sometimes a piece of driftwood will suggest a limb, a spine or an entirely new creature. Nogget, my first sculpted creature, was created around 2015; his head began with the discarded shell of a blue crab. I have never sold these creatures. They became the physical seeds of the story. Long before the world appeared in finished illustrations, its inhabitants were already emerging beneath my hands. Visit My Friend Sebastian to explore the full world and gallery.