Coming in August, 2016 from Stone Arch Books: Jim Nasium is a Strikeout King, and Jim Nasium is a Tennis Mismatch. Covers pictured below. View all titles and interior samples.

I illustrated these fun little bike games for the May issue of ChickaDEE. I had a great time adding in the worm character and creating a little story with him: Here’s how it appeared in the magazine:

I had a blast illustrating these bike tune up monsters for the May issue of ChickaDEE. Here’s how they appeared in the magazine:

I never realized that designing a mini-putt course would be so challenging (and fun)! This is my illustration for the June issue of Highlights High Five. And here is how it appeared in the magazine:

Fun and educational adventures of brother and sister, Max and Kiwi. Please enjoy this small group of samples for this early reader comic.          

I wrote and illustrated a 4 page comic story that appeared in the March issue of ChickaDEE Magazine:   Here’s a sample of my thumbnail/sketch process:

These are two spot illustrations I did for the joke page in the March issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine.

During the month of January I illustrated daily portraits of elderly characters. I collected my favorites into a small poster:

Illustrations for a Thanksgiving story in the November issue of Highlights: Here is how they appeared in print: A few of my working sketches, trying out various compositions:

I had the wonderful opportunity to illustrate another cover for Clubhouse Jr. magazine recently. I also illustrated the 4 page interior story. Here’s the cover as it appeared in print: These are some of my preliminary sketches for the cover, exploring different poses for the main character: A couple illustrations from the interior story: As […]

Double page puzzle illustration for the October issue of Chirp. Final sketch of the spread: As it appeared in print:

Growing up isn’t easy. Especially when you’ve just moved to a new school and you have no friends! Nerdy Birdy follows the adventures of CJ, an introverted eleven year old, as she attempts to find her way in the uncertain world of middle school. The following 13 page preview contains a few short stories meant […]

I had the pleasure of illustrating the covers and interiors for Capstone’s new Jim Nasium book series. Published in their Stone Arch Books imprint, there are four titles in the series. Check them out here! Despite his name, ten-year-old Jim Nasium is no all-star athlete. But he’s determined to find the right sport for him […]

Double page puzzle illustration I did for the September back to school issue of ChickaDEE Magazine. Photo of how it appeared in print:

Illustration I did for the Rebus story in the July issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. Can you find the strawberry thief hidden in the scene? Photo of how it appeared in print: Here is one of my working sketches. I tested out a few locations for the hidden thief. You’ll note he is better concealed […]

I had the fun task of illustrating this spot the differences puzzle for the back cover of the June issue of Clubhouse Jr. Big thanks to Lexie Rhodes for yet another super fun assignment!

I had the pleasure of working on another double page spread for the July issue of Highlights. In the story “Harold’s Hat”, Harold constructs the best 4th of July hat ever! Huge thank you to Patrick Greenish for the opportunity, and the super fun subject matter! Here’s how it appears in the issue: Some of […]

Illustrations for the June issue of Highlights.

Illustration for the June issue of Highlights High Five.

These illustrations were done for a recent SCBWI conference exercise. We were assigned the task of creating an illustration based on the script for “Caterina and the Perfect Party”, published by Dial Books. Here are some of my exploration sketches:

Here is an illustration I did for the May issue of Highlights High Five.

Here’s a recent illustration I did for the joke page in the April issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. Sketch:

This image is from last year, but I like how it turned out so I thought I’d share it. At the SCBWI Canada East Conference back in October 2014 the illustrators in attendance had a pre-conference assignment. Our task was to interpret the characters and produce a page from the Bear and Lolly manuscript (published […]

This is a double page pull out game board I illustrated for the April issue of Click Magazine.

Here’s a 2 page spread I did for Clubhouse Jr. Magazine back in October:

Here’s a few spot illustrations I did for the Clubhouse Jr. Magazine joke page back in February:   What do you call a ship that gets covered in jam? The Jelly Roger. What do you call a kiss from a cow? A moo-ch. What form of martial arts do loaves of bread practice? Tae kwon […]

If you’ve missed any of my posts over at the SCBWI Canada East Illustrator’s Blog, here is a round up of some of my posts that you may find of interest: Streamline Your Workflow With Manga Studio Story Editor How Manga Studio Convinced me to Draw Digitally Illustrating Characters: Personality Goes a Long Way Adventures […]

Recently I’ve been using Manga Studio more and more for my sketches and line work. I did a quick overview of the pen and some of the other related tools over at Over at Once Upon a Sketch.

To start off the new year the Once Upon A Sketch blog is newly relaunched! I will be a contributing regularly to the blog, along with my fellow contributors: Donald Wu Mary Reaves Uhles Norm Grock Jennifer Zivoin Jannie Ho. Here is our first collaborative post, What We Wish We Knew.