Book Cover

A friend of mine runs the Northland Journal magazine, which is a local history newsletter that covers the Northeast Kingdom here in Vermont.  He is currently writing a book that will explore the history of Jay Peak the ski mountain.  He asked me to help with the book cover, and here is the first draft that we have so far.  The first was done as a landscape, but I think the book will end up in portrait form.  The idea was to show a melding of the old and new, he has a lot of great old pictures from the early days when the mountain was first being built.  

Baruch & Balthamos

Two new drawings, continuing working on drawing the human body, which is no easy task. I named them Baruch and Balthamos after the two angels from the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman. Most people would recognize the first book, The Golden Compass from the movie that was done in 2007. While the movie wasn't successful, the books are really outstanding, and I encourage everyone to give them a try!

Legend of the Seeker

Legend of the Seeker is a television show based off the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind. I have not read the books, but after watching the show I think I will. Legend of the Seeker is produced by Sam Raimi, the same guy who did the Hercules and Xena shows back in the 90's. If you were a fan of them I highly recommend checking this show out. It is syndicated so air times will differ depending on where you live, but the great thing is that the website has all of the episodes online to watch for free. That is what I do since it doesn't air up here in northern Vermont. So I figured I would give a shout out for the show, and if anyone checks it out let me know how you like it.

Dancing in the Desert

Hello, I've been watching the inauguration celebrations and it was very exciting. Though I didn't like Michele Obama's dress, lol. This is something I did in my Digital Illustration class, we had to select a short story and create three spot illustrations to go along with it. I choose a story called Desert Wind by the fabulous Neil Gaiman, from his book, Smoke and Mirrors. If you didn't know I am a big fan of Neil Gaiman, he has a lot of great books out there and I highly reccomend reading any of them. I did the illustrations in Illustrator, and think I captured some of the imagery in the story well. Let me know what you think!