TODAY'S FEATURED POST
All the Stars in the Sky – Cover
A picture book I illustrated for Simon and Schuster went online for pre-order recently! "All the Stars in the Sky" by Art Coulson is a really sweet story about a young Cherokee boy who learns about community from his grandmother. I used a combination of beadwork and watercolor for all the illustrations. Here's the cover: And the thumbnail (done in graphite) and color sketch (digital): And a timelapse detail from one of the internal pages…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Cut Flowers Chapter 2 Cover
February 10, 2025 - I've been hard at work evenings and days off, getting Chapter 2 of my comic Cut Flowers finished. It's finally complete and off to the printers! One of the great side benefits of a big personal project like this is the opportunity to experiment. Since this isn't for a client or art director, I'm only risking wasting my own time by trying out new mediums and techniques. So I decided to bring beadwork into the cover depicting my Native American point-of-view character, the ghost Jamie, back when she was still alive. The story takes place in 2003 and has a lot of nostalgia for that time and the age I was then. I remember the intensity of lighting some incense and listening to music and writing my thoughts and dreams in a notebook with Gelly…
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Taking a Big Bite Part 2
Friday, May 1, 2015
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Map-Making
Thursday, April 30, 2015
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‘Above The Timberline’ To Be Published
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
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Back to the Silmarillion
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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Walkthrough: How I paint
Monday, April 27, 2015
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Rising Star Award
Saturday, April 25, 2015
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