The book Andromono by G C McGhee is set in the not-so-distant future, in which the Androgynous leaders of society rule over the Mono’s.
I was tasked by the author of the book to draw five of the main characters from the book, three ‘Andro’s’ – Mena, Mix and Biff and two ‘Mono’s’, Ragman and Luther.
The Andro leaders have an assigned gender at birth, but strive towards a gender-neutral middle-ground in looks, whilst also having shaved heads. Which led to a rather unique challenge.
“Elite androgyne Mena is unfulfilled and wants a real baby to love, not biosphere born as she was. But in 2266 in a world where natural reproduction is forbidden this is dangerous. When she is informed that she is to be sterilised, she decides to rebel and gets a mono client to make her pregnant. This propels her into conflict with the powerful Sexurity organisation who are embarking on a genocide of monos. She is compelled to join the mono underground and go literally underground, to support their resistance against the genocide and to protect her illegal andromono baby. Aided by the protection of hordes of vicious, abandoned robocats they hold out until Mena has her baby, but then Sexurity inevitably close in…”