The Bird Book

After 2 months of work, I'm done with my first book!
If anyone wants to buy it, I will love you forever. Createspace made it easy and relatively affordable to do.

Here's the link to my estore on createspace:

https://www.createspace.com/3859915

I'll also have a page on Amazon, but it takes 5-7 business days for them to build.

Also, just as a disclaimer, it has to be around that price to sell in the distribution channels I wanted. Otherwise, I would've made it a lot cheaper.
I'll also have some copies in person by next week, if anyone in Rochester is interested.

P.s. of course as soon as I approve everything for print, I realize the cover bothers me. Please just ignore the bottom (even though I can't and it's driving me crazy).

Fwanch

My main character, Lunch thinks he's French.

Tree Test

I'm at a crossroad. If I continue developing the background like I did with those two detailed trees, I will have to continue and develop the animals and foreground in more detail as well. Does this illustration look better with semi-flat color, or a more thorough rendering?

Chase

This is a work in progress shot of the book I'm working on. It's been a lot of fun so far.

Christmas Book Time!

For Christmas, I went to New York and visited Books of Wonder. Books of Wonder is probably one of my favorite stores of all time; it's a real treat to visit as an illustrator or a fan of children's books. I came back with really cool books (some of them signed). Tove Jansson is one of my favorite children's writers and illustrators, and I lived off of her books as a kid. She is whimsical and very Scandinavian, which is a nice change from some copycat American books. Books of Wonder had two of her children's books, so I had to buy them.

I don't know if you can tell, but I'm wearing a paper Christmas crown

Lunch Colored

Lunch

I'm in the process of writing a story about a rabbit named Lunch. These are some little character sketches.

Prince Preview

Since I'm at work and can only really work on my computer, I end up messing around with Illustrator. This is a preview of a project to come.

Snacktime for Bear

Cartoony stuff isn't really my style, but I'm taking a cartooning class this quarter, so I'm trying it out anyways. There's something kind of fun about doing children's market styling with a dark twist.

Vet Office

I'm still going to make a lot of changes, but I had a lot of fun working on this.

Vet Office in Progress

Can you tell which part I had reference for so far?

Be Brave, Improved

Before

After

Snuffkin Gets Lost

Book cover for imaginary book by Tove Jansson.

Be Brave

Which one?

Deserted

Thumbelina (WIP)

This was my retelling of Thumbelina. It's now more finished than this picture, but I'm not completely satisfied.

Acupuncture Series

Acupuncture

Acupuncture

work in progress

Freak of Nature (Quick Visual Essay Color Study)