Trillia is a mermaid character I’ve been developing for younger readers. She is questing for ancient artifacts in order to save her village and her family. These three images were part of an art challenge to tell a simple, self contained story about discovering the “silver lining” to one’s troubles in just three scenes.
Over the course of 77 separate panels, Trillia the mermaid goes on a quest to save her village from a dangerous blight.
This story was created during the Journey Through June Instagram challenge, to create an entire new story out of thumbnail images in one month using prompts based on the classic “Hero’s Journey” structure. The sketches were deliberately kept rough to meet the hectic pace of daily posting, and were accompanied by only brief captions.
This mischievous kitsune, or fox spirit, is on its way to have some harmless fun tricking humans in a nearby village. It probably can’t make too much trouble, since it’s only powerful enough to still have one tail so far.
Illustration from the self-authored children’s picture book “Haley’s Tale.”
Concept art created while developing my self-authored picture book, Haley’s Tale.
Full manuscript and dummy available upon request. Contact me for access.
Ink and watercolor.
Illustration from the self-authored children’s picture book “Haley’s Tale.”
Full manuscript and dummy available upon request. Contact me for access.
Ink and watercolor, with some digital edits.
Illustration from the self-authored children’s picture book “Haley’s Tale”
Full manuscript and dummy available upon request. Contact me for access.
Ink and watercolor.
A series representing the 12 traditional birthstones as unicorns, with character designs displaying the typical characteristics associated with their respective gemstones.
These were originally created for a “Junicorn” challenge on Instagram. They are available on a variety of products in my Redbubble store.
Painting to commemorate 2020, the Year of the Metal Rat. Drawn with ink and painted with watercolors.
