About Guest

Austen Mengler is a concept artist, illustrator & graphic novelist from Perth, WA. He loves creating horrific science fiction, fantasy & pop culture parody artworks.

Austen has over 10 years experience working freelance with international clients in the entertainment industry. He has designed & illustrated characters and creatures for comics, graphic novels, feature films, video games, art books, album covers, tabletop games &more!

Working both traditionally and digitally, Austen has been developing his original artwork series for over a decade since graduating Curtin University with a Bachelor of Arts: Design (Major in Illustration). Sharing his artwork online as well in print at conventions, Austen’s unique style of comedic, dark, other worldly and surreal artworks have been celebrated nationally since 2013. His “Pop Horror” parody digital paintings have been seen by celebrities such as George R. R. Martin, Millie Bobby Brown, Elijah Wood, Ricky Gervais, Robert Englund, Nick Frost & Jason Momoa (To name a few!).

His main artwork series are “Pop Horror”, “Execution”, “My Shadows” & “Scary Sketches”. Austen has also performed live demo creature design workshops showing his digital art work process at various events and contributed to panel talks. His YouTube videos and commentary on Photoshop painting process have inspired other artists & fans alike worldwide.

Austen has recently remastered his self published art book “My Shadows: Volume 01”, which has been a best seller at past conventions around Australia. His original self published graphic novel & long running concept art series “Execution” made it’s debut publication this year with: “Execution Volume 01: Awakening” (2022). It recently had preview copies showcased at the Perth Comic Arts Festival 2022, and copies will be available to get signed by Austen at his booth all weekend.

Client work includes designing the title creature for the independent Australian horror film “The Faceless Man” (2019) by Chapter 5 Studios. In 2020 Austen also created & donated his painting “Escape” to be included in the “Australia Burns” graphic novel project and the “From Ashes” charity zine to join other artists in offering support for the bushfires.

Other past clients include: Good Games, Fremantle Arts Centre, Pogo, Posthuman Studios, Within Destruction, Encounter Table Publishing, Fringe Games, Method To Madness Studios, The Australian Water Corp, Winterfold, Ferocious Mind & more. Austen is pumped to bring a lot of new work to his return to Supanova Brisbane & Adelaide2023, and more information and artwork is available at his Official Website, Store, Patreon & social media channels.