Sabriel cover

Starting to work on book covers as self promotion to send to local book publishers. This cover is for Sabriel by Garth Nix. I was trying to capture the monster of Kerrigor with rough brayer strokes to create an uneven black shape.

brush lettering

Playing around with brush lettering this week. It's pretty fun and not too difficult to do. I found some tutorials on youtube that I have been watching. I use a portable water brush and watercolors to create my brush lettering. Some of the tutorials I watched use a brush marker pen, but I like the variation in color that you get with the watercolor.

published works

Excited to share my illustrations in print! Above is my illustration for The Progressive. Below is my illustration for Spirituality & Health. It's cool to see them in context with the written articles.

Animal Rights

This is my second illustration I have done for The Progressive. The article was on animal protection rights, and cited several current animal rights events, for example the shooting of Cecil the lion. Another example was circus elephants, and the use of bull hooks to control them. This is what I chose to highlight in this illustration. The art director wanted the fragility of the animals to come through, so I chose to frame the elephant in flowers. The plant climbs up the bull hook, reclaiming it in a nonviolent manner.

This will be my last post of the year, taking a little break for the rest of the month. See you in January!

A few process images.

The plant was done in ink, so I could get more detail into it. I added texture digitally so it would fit in with the rest of the piece.

Me & Monty logo

This is a logo I worked on for a Dog Spa Products company called Me & Monty. It was a lot of fun to work on, I got to draw the client's cute little dog. I enjoyed doing the hand lettering as well, I think it works really well with the brand.

A few process pics.

Winter reading

Excited to share that this self promo image I did a while ago is getting picked up by Spirituality & Health magazine for their Jan/Feb issue! I have other work I will share later on (top secret for now). I did another illustration for The Progressive magazine, and I have been working on a logo as well. November has been busy for me.

blind drawing

Been busy working on client work this week, so don't have too many sketches. Here is a quick blind drawing I did while at a coffee shop this week.