Self-Publishing Your Children’s Book and Hiring an Illustrator in the Year 2025

Self-Publishing Your Children’s Book and Hiring an Illustrator in the Year 2025

Hey Writers and Illustrators! Can we hit the reset button on our relationship when we’re looking to work together? After a dozen or so years producing books for private clients, and illustrating children’s books as well, I’ve got some opinions. Let’s get grounded in mutual respect and reality so we can make something we’re all proud of. Link to my essay in bio.

The 2025 Superb Owl

The 2025 Superb Owl

While accounts of the Game not authorized by the NFL are strictly prohibited, I will say that I enjoyed having this one on in the background this year, especially since I am always rooting for the Birds, no matter what, so this didn’t disappoint. More and more...
The Wailing Wraith and the Sacred Spring

The Wailing Wraith and the Sacred Spring

A couple of weeks ago, my buddy Garrett reached out and asked if I wanted to work with him on a cover design for a game jam he was entering. Garrett and I have been playing make-believe since we were six years old, and we still play tabletop RPGs when our schedules...
The 2022 Edition Kraken

The 2022 Edition Kraken

I keep comping back to this silly drawing because it never stops amusing me. I have recently been asked over, and over, and over, to make a t-shirt version of the design, so I did a little work on it to improve the pirate ship and extend all the arms so the t-shirt...
2018 Superb Owl Painting

2018 Superb Owl Painting

Per tradition, I spent the Sunday of a large football game painting a bird, and this week I’m auctioning it off for charity! 55% of the sale will benefit the Antelope Valley Conservancy, which works to preserve the Antelope Valley watershed (which borders three...