Born In Flames by Candace Knoebel
February 19th, 2012 by

Latest project: cover for a YA novel called Born in Flames by Candace Knoebel. Check it out here – the synopsis of the book sounds very interesting! This was a fun project to work on.  

Maia, Character Sketch
January 24th, 2012 by

Clockwork Bluebird Covers: Round Two
January 20th, 2012 by

And again, new covers. It is amusing me how difficult this actually is…none of these are right, even now. There is no urgency, of course…just the frustration of wanting to get it right. Some or the artwork is rough/not fully painted, as these are mockups. The initial covers are here. Revised and new versions:  

Clockwork Bluebird: Covers
January 19th, 2012 by

Well, the book seems to be stuck with the working title, as I’ve got absolutely nothing else. Title fail. Below are two covers that I have been thinking about, one more literal and one a bit more simple/abstract. The story is (without giving away what it’s a retelling of) an it-happened-all-in-one-night mad chase through various [...]

Reinventing Old Friends
December 5th, 2011 by

I read a post tonight about Alice in Wonderland by C. M. Rubin, which someone had retweeted. It made an interesting point regarding the reader’s imagination and illustrated books. “The other thing that we have actually focused a lot on in the exhibition is that when the original manuscript was created, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) [...]

Handmade Christmas
December 2nd, 2011 by

Since we don’t have a lot of disposable cash this Christmas, I’ve been trying to think of more “creative” ways to approach gift giving. One of the things that I’ve been playing with are handmade journals for writing, art, scrapbooking, etc. Originally I’d thought of doing these to sell, but after doing the first one [...]

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