Ladybug Cover, The Jolly Rover, Rocket Trip, & Bubble Band

Lady Bug Cover Sept. 2016,  Digitally Colored Drawing

The Jolly Rover,  Digitally Colored Drawing

 

Rocket Trip, Digitally Colored Drawing

Bubble Band, Digitally Colored Drawing

My First Hidden Pictures: The Patient Turtle

 I love getting hidden pictures assignments.  Especially when I'm given the freedom to interpret the text.  You can see The Patient Turtle, in the August issue of High Five Magazine.
Enjoy!

The Patient Turtle
A big turtle sat
On the end of a log,
Watching a tadpole
Turn into a frog.

Published Version:


















My Portfolio Version (includes two scruffy flies):


















 Original Sketch:

 

My Third Highlights Cover, Feb. Issue!

Highlights Magazine Cover, Issue: February 2012, Digitally Colored Drawing

Odin Nelak

Odin Nelak, Digitally Colored Drawing

This one has been finished for a while now, but better late than never. It's another vampire... enjoy.

More Vampires! Eternal Embrace Cover Art

Eternal Embrace Cover, digitally colored drawing

New Hidden Pictures: October Issue of High FIve

The October Issue of High Five Magazine is out and I had the good fortune of illustrating the hidden picture page. When you receive a hidden pictures assignment from High Five you get a nursery rhyme to illustrate. When I read the nursery rhyme for this I thought this should be easy and fun. Turns out I was over confident... I received some serious revisions. I've included the original sketch that was rejected. The lesson that I learned is that humility is more than a likable attribute, it's an essential skill. Enjoy.

P.S. Sorry about the ice cream cone... apparently it is very tough to find and I've been getting a lot of complaints. It follows a different visual logic than the rest of the items. Happy hunting.

Slightly different version than the one published... can you see the changes?


Original Sketch Submitted to High Five

Stefan Nelak

Stefan Nelak, Digitally Colored Drawing, 2011

Here is something a little different from my usual work. Jennifer Turner, the writer of a series of vampire novels, commissioned this image of Stefan Nelak, and we’re both very excited about it. It’s intended for the character page on her website; darknesswithinnovels.com. Hope you enjoy, she’s asked me to illustrate more characters from her books, as well as the cover of her third novel. So there are more vampires on the way. Maybe a werewolf or two (my all time favorite classic monster).

In case you were wondering, his eyes were gouged out with hot pokers.

Final Sketch

Thumbnail Sketches

Different designs for Stefan's face and scar patterns