Cover and Rebus Story, Clubhouse Jr.
I had a ton of fun illustrating this cover and rebus story for the February issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. Here’s how it appeared in the magazine: A few of my working sketches:
I had a ton of fun illustrating this cover and rebus story for the February issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. Here’s how it appeared in the magazine: A few of my working sketches:
Here are a few fun monster character illustrations:
I had a lot of fun illustrating these double page spreads for this bible story in the January issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)
Poster artwork for Scholastic Canada’s Newfoundland Science series on Liquids and Solids. (click image to enlarge) The poster also included some food item spots:
I had the opportunity to illustrate another super fun That’s Silly for the January issue of Highlights High Five. (click on image to enlarge)
Back cover illustration for the November issue of The Friend Magazine. Here are a few of the alternate sketches:
Illustrations for a double page story in the November issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (Click on image to view larger.)
I had the opportunity to illustrate the Flying High paper airplane activity for the November issue of Click Magazine. It was a lot of fun designing the plane, and making sure it folded up correctly on the template was quite a challenge! The assembled airplane: The fold out activity: The original templates (click to view […]
I had a blast illustrating this Double page puzzle illustration for the November issue of ChickaDEE Magazine. Can you find all 4 spider bots? Click on the image to view larger.
I had a great time illustrating this fun little story in the October issue of Highlights Magazine. Click on the image to view larger. Here are a couple of the alternate sketches I did for the first spot:
Illustrations for a 3 page story on Isaac Newton, appearing in the September issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. I had fun sneaking in a little worm character throughout the illustrations. Click on the images to view larger.
Here are a few insect illustrations I’ve been working on lately. More to come!
This is a double page spread I illustrated for the August issue of Highlights High Five. Can you find all of the hidden R’s? (Click on image to view larger).
This is a double page comic I illustrated for the August issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (Click on image to view larger).
This is a recent personal piece I created featuring my boy scout character.
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 […]
(Click image for larger version) Here’s a fun puzzle illustration I did for the back cover of the March 2015 issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. There are 24 items hidden in the scene that begin with the letter “L”. Can you find them all? If you are stuck, the initial sketch is below with a […]
(Click image for larger version) Here’s another fun puzzle illustration I did for the March 2015 issue of ChickaDEE Magazine. Below you can see one of my initial sketches – Note how the pool area was repositioned.
I’m very excited to announce the new Scientifically Correct kids book I made with Zach Weinersmith (SMBC) and Henry Reich (Minutephysics). Astronomically Correct Twinkle Twinkle is an illustrated astronomy lesson written in verse. Learn about black holes, why stars actually twinkle, and more in this fun, educational retelling of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. The book […]
One of my illustrations for the Spot the Differences Puzzle page in the December issue of ChickaDEE Magazine. This was the first image, and the second image had 10 differences Here’s how it appeared in the issue:
These are some illustrations I completed earlier this year for Scholastic Canada’s Literary Place “Explore!” magazine. These illustrations are for a story about the greenhouse effect entitled: “The Case of the Gooey Chocolate”.
This is an illustration I completed earlier this year for Scholastic Canada’s Literary Place book “A Curious Case of Poetry”. The title of this poem was “Bandit”. It’s about a family dog who sneaks around stealing his owners possessions! Here are some of the preliminary sketches:
My new all-ages graphic novel launches on October 6, 2014 at www.zoesparks.ca To give a little bit of insight into my process, I thought I would share some of my sketches and show the stages I go through in creating the artwork. 1. Writing/thumbnailing I start with a story goal in mind, a short written […]
Here is my cover illustration for the September 2014 issue of Clubhouse Jr. I also illustrated the interior Rebus story for this issue: Here are some of my working sketches for the cover and interior:
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 […]
New illustration that I’m using on my next promotional postcard: My working sketch: Initial thumbnail sketch: