Character Design

Hydra

In honor of friend, Andrew Mitchell's new draw 50 mythical creatures book.

Farm spots

Boas

I'm illustrating the phrase, 'Sometimes I wear them to Lunch' for an SCBWI contest.

As a kid, I would watch after my high school art teacher's house while she was on vacation with her family. I was to water the plants, feed the birds, and look after the snake. Preferring I not have to feed live mice to a snake, the family put two small white rodents in the snake's cage before leaving--one for each week they were gone. They figured the serpent would attack when he got hungry. Unfortunately for the snake, two mice were more than he could handle and I spent the next two weeks feeding mice after burying a snake. I felt horrible, of course, but I secretly rooted for the mice.

As tribute, I've painted an Annie Oakley-esque class pet with complete control over her natural enemies. It's the way to be.

Staying connected

An online charity auction benefiting a penpal program between students in Sierra Leone and inner city New York will soon be going live with this image, painted on a wooden postcard.

http://btorpostcards.blogspot.com/

Nutty Nutcracker

Be sure to download this paper window display on Chronicle's Nutty Nutcracker page. It makes a fun holiday project for mailing! Look for the pdf download from here:

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,8237/

Dr Jones' Wild Ride

This is a piece for the online auction for charity-- Hey You Guys! Check it out, bid, and if you're in the LA area, attend the Ghostbusters screening at the Rialto in South Pasadena this coming Saturday, Dec. 5!

http://www.heyyouguyscharity.com/

Chance & Thierry

Nutty Nutcracker book trailer

Nutty Nutcracker released

A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas is available now!

Whenever I see your smiling face...

The first draft of this image had the wooden cuckoo sweetly in love with the moon on a neighboring clock's dial. In his downtime, and there must be plenty of it, he lyrically wrote love poems. But if he's truly cuckoo, and with a vast knowledge ticking devices' interiors, building bombs seemed so much more interesting. I may change it yet again.

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