Meet the Main Characters

I would like to introduce Nola Star and her father.


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I'm going to be posting some of my sketches for the book when ever I have some extra time. My main reason for doing this is to get some feed back from the people who read this blog. In addition to illustrating this book, I'm also designing it. Since I'm not working with anyone other than the author, I think it would be good to hear what other people think. These sketches aren't final so I can still make improvements.

It's official...

I just signed a contract to illustrate my first children's book. It's called Painted Problems by Ann Cooney. It looks like it's going to be a great project with a lot of potential. The deadline is pretty tight and I have a lot of work to do, but I'm excited about it. I think I can make a really cool children's book.

Puss admiring his boots

This drawing goes with the last one I posted.


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An oldie but a goodie

I just started working on a big project - I don't want to say any more about it until the contract has been signed just in case it doesn't go through - but it is now consuming all of my free time. I've had to put all of my other projects on hold for the moment and that's why I've had nothing new to post lately.

This is an image I made a few years ago. It's the same direction that I'm going in with my new project so I thought I'd post it. It's a book cover for the story of Puss in Boots.


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New Work

I did an illustration for FFWD about two and a half months ago but the article got pulled and moved to a different week. So much time has gone by that I didn't think they were ever going to run it, but to my surprise and delight, it appeared in last week's issue.

I also have new work in the current issue of Shameless Magazine.

The lost art of letter writing

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This is an illustration I just finished for the Utne Reader.

self portrait - line drawing

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Illustration Friday - Polar

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A Chicken, Dario, Me

My mom just sent me this picture from when Dario and I were visiting them at Easter. I like it.

Naked Lady

I've been away for a few days - the boy and I went to visit my family out in small town Saskatchewan. Just before we left I went to a drop in figure drawing session. I recently discovered that I couldn't draw a person in a simple pose without using reference and decided that I should get back in to practice. I wasn't trying to draw her realistically or proportionately, I was more interested in figuring out where the bones and muscles were so that I could better exaggerate them. Here are some of my sketches from that session...









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