'Cuz everybody deserves to feel safe. Here's are some hi-res versions if you need them. #kidslitsafetypins
More Dark Lord Stuff
After a long silence, more stuff! Here's some more imagery from the covers I did for Bloomsbury's Dark Lord series. If you haven't picked it up, it's a really fun maniacally awesome read.I don't have any amazing commentary on this, except that I'm still trying hard to make my final illustrations as lively as the sketches.
Benjamin Turkey
I made a series of illustrations recently for ilearn4fun. This story was about a turkey who eats stuff. That's pretty much the entire plot. Anyway, here are a couple of images from that. I wanted to create a flat, Eric Carle-esque look.Oh, and Benjamin is French. Hence, the awesome bowtie. (I also included a little history and made Benjamin look a tad like Benjamin Franklin.)
Gollum
Here you go, Tyler.
Sneak Peek
Here's a glimpse of a project I'm working on. It's already a completed dummy*. (This is a big deal. The process leading up to the book dummy takes forever.) Here's hoping an editor somewhere likes it...* A 'dummy' is a picture book mockup that helps editors decide whether you will succeed in life.
The Coolest Elf
I was just thinking of all of Santa's elves who made it big after leaving the North Pole. This guy's name came up.
James and the Giant Peach Cover
Working on a series of Roald Dahl covers. This is the first. More to come!Oh, and Happy Halloween, y'all.
Highlights
I made this image for Highlights magazine a couple of years ago but never posted it. There. Now I have. It was a full-page illustration for a poem about making a jack-o-lantern out of the moon.
Master and Man
Leo Tolstoy is one of my favorite authors, as you may know. So I thought I'd make a book cover for one of my favorite stories by him.
Traveling Pigeon
Pigeons sometimes get a bad rap for being dirty and kinda dumb – which I never understood since pigeons and doves are pretty much the same thing except for their size and coloring. Anyway, this pigeon apparently doesn't worry about that. He travels the world without a care. Another few images from an iPad book for ilearn4free.
Girl With Scarf
If my wife shrunk back to a kid again, she might look like this.
Pete the Athlete
Made these a few months ago for a non-profit called ilearn4free.
Pig and Cat
Recently finished a project for ilearn4free.org. Here's the cover from a short 5-page little book I did for them. Kinda fun. More info to come.
Icarus
Graphic Novel Project
Kristin Royer and I are working on a graphic novel! Above are a few images, without any of the accompanying word bubbles. If you want to see the big versions of these images, go to Kristin's site dedicated to pitching the project.Kristin wanted me to desaturate the colors for the beginning of the story, and once we move into the more magical part of the tale, she wanted things to get more vibrant. I went for a very sketchy, loose drawing style that I think works well.Hope you like!
Thriving Family Illustration
I finished this illustration for Thriving Family magazine a few months ago. Now that the issue is out, I can finally post the image.The article is about welcoming adopted children into blended families. The art director wanted vibrant colors and wanted to show a family with diverse ethnicities. Hope you like! And check out the magazine; it has some great articles.
Now What?
I made this after I finished grad school. I'm not sure why I never posted it.
Trees
I made these two years ago for a company that wanted a polygonal tree logo. (Really.) Sadly, the client decided not to use my work. (Actually, I think the mark they decided on is more appropriate; all type.) But this afternoon while looking through my archives, I found the image, put a cool texture (which I made*) on the trees, and now I present them to you!
* (I love parentheses. And asterisks.)
February Friend
Had a picture published in the February edition of The Friend magazine. Below is the pic. And here's the link to the magazine. (It's a pdf.)
