First of Two

BOOK COVERS!

James and the Giant Peach is probably my most favorite "early reader" of all time. When I was younger I LOVED Roald Dahl books. James and the Giant Peach was my absolute favorite, and so I felt it only natural to create a cover for the book.

These are two of the book covers I've been working on. Both stories were written and illustrated by myself. My favorite of the two..."Danny Did It." When I was younger, this phrase was used in almost every situation. My little brother Daniel was....very curious.

Bus Stop Music Cafe

On Tuesday nights I like to go to the Bus Stop Music Cafe in Pitman, NJ to play my guitar and sing. When I'm not on stage, I use the time to sketch the people that are....these are a few of my sketches from the night. Hope you like them, and I apologize if I ruined anyone's face...it was just a quick sketch.

Recent Digital Work

Take a Look.

Here are a few images from the ebook I am close to completing. They are not completely finished at this stage, but I like them at their current state. Tell me what you think.

Halt Frog!

These sketches are some more character studies. I really just like to spend a while, before I embark on illustrations for my stories, drawing the main characters in different poses and interactions. I know that these silhouettes are not super strong, but I do like the drawings. after the first one though, I decided that Stevie here needed a fanny pack to place all the proceeds from his fundraising endeavors. Oh, and "Happy belated Easter" to everybody. I hope you had a great holiday filled with family and friends.

Finally Something New!

Because my first ebook is coming to a close, at least in terms of the illustration part, I felt like I would go ahead and draw out some of the characters from my next ebook. This one I plan on sketching everything by hand, and maintaining a large portion of the line work created by this traditional approach, and then just painting behind the line work. I feel like this will produce a better end result, and save a LOT of time, not having to worry about precisely planning every single edge, and what not. I am really pumped about the sketches, and the story in general, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them.