Today, we're shining a spotlight on one of the artists behind our Legacy of Kain collection.

Artyom Trakhanov is an exceptionally talented comic book and video game artist, with a deep love for Legacy of Kain as a franchise. We asked them to give us some insights into their work, what the series means to them, and some examples of their past work.

We've worked with Artyom before on our [lock-on] gaming journal books, and we can't wait to see their work on the Deluxe Edition box of our Scourge of the Sarafan TTRPG!

Please check out some of Artyom's work at the links in this post - remember, the more you support artists, the cooler you are! 😉

Q: Please introduce yourself and let the audience know who you are, where you're from and where they might know your work from.
 
Artyom: Heya! I'm Artyom Trakhanov, a comics artist and illustrator from Russia (but I live in Serbia now, for Pretty Obvious Reasons).

You might know my work from comic books such as The 7 Deadly Sins or First Knife, or videogames with some very cool 2D art in them (Cantata and Dread Delusion).

Q: What does LoK mean to you? What's your relationship with the series?

Artyom: Hoooo, boy - there was a time when it genuinely meant EVERYTHING. Soul Reaver 1 & 2, Blood Omen 2, Defiance - other than Silent Hill games, this was the biggest franchise for me as a kid.

I even started learning my English properly thanks to these games. So a lot of my taste in games and stories in general goes back to LoK.

Q: How does it feel to create official LoK artwork?
 
Artyom: Still feels unreal every time I open my folder of Soul Reaver pictures to pull some WORK reference out of it.

Q: How did you hear about Lost In Cult, or Cook and Becker?
 
Artyom: I've been eyeing Lost In Cult for a year or two first - licking my lips and thinking about possibly doing some work for you guys at some point of time - and then the Elden Ring issue of [lock-on] magazine happened, and me and my friend Sergey Nazarov were lucky enough to contribute a couple of art pieces to it. So, I guess it was all downhill from there!

Q: Who's side are you on, Sarafan warriors or Vampires?
 
Artyom: Oh, Vampires, every day of the week. LoK has one of the best versions of them ever.

Q: Any message for the backers/fans?

Artyom: Hold on there, people - the real-life vampires are not as immortal as they think they are.

Q: And where can they follow your work?

Artyom: I'm @vor-bokor on Bluesky, and if you're interested in seeing some of my artbooks and fanzines - you can find a lot of them on itch.io here.


You can also find Artyom's art prints on Inprint here, support them on Patreon, or commission art via BuyMeACoffee.