The Unveiling at BCM
Creating a (giant) piece of art for the Boston Children’s Museum
An Update
Due to a reorganization under new leadership, I was recently laid off from my day job, where I was a book designer at an educational publisher for just shy of 5 years. So I’m taking this opportunity to hang out my shingle once again, offering my graphic design services to the world at large…
Harvard Art Museum
Did I get smarter by spending time at Harvard?
Words
For awhile now I’ve been collecting words, phrases, sometimes quotes, and displaying them on the wall next to my desk…
Chowder Rules! ...how the interior was made
When I started thinking about the interior of Chowder Rules! (written by Anna Crowley Redding), I started with post-it notes…
Chowder Rules! ...the characters and the color palette
Chowder Rules!, written by Anna Crowley Redding, is based on real events that happened in 1939, so when I turned my attention to figuring out what the characters in the book would look like, I had to do my homework…
Chowder Rules! ...how the cover was made
Today I’m showing you the process of creating the cover for Chowder Rules!…
Chowder Rules! ...the beginning...
The past year has been QUITE a ride…I illustrated my first traditionally published picture book!
Fake it til you make it
I love middle grade and young adult novels…
What I'm Reading
I recently picked up from the library (oh I love that place) the graphic novel A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova…
Musings…
Something about social media that I don’t like is…
A case of cabin fever calls for figure drawing!
Last night I got myself out of the house (hooray!) and went to the local figure drawing night…
What I’m reading
Summer is insane. The kids are here, there are camps to go to, meals to prep, family to visit, cookouts to attend, beaches to swim in…
Pipistrello
This past year I worked on a fantastic private commission for a lovely couple looking to create a book for their young son.
#NESCBWI17
A couple weekends ago I was at the fun-filled, inspiration-filled annual NESCBWI conference in Springfield, MA.
Goings on at the Children's Museum
I had the pleasure of illustrating the latest newsletter…
Inspiration from WOW
A couple weeks ago I went to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, and became captivated with the WOW World of Wearable Art exhibit.
Blue Night (part two)
In my last post I talked about the beginning stages of creating the music video Blue Night for Elissa Margolin. Today I'd like to show you what things started looking like once I picked up my paintbrush.
Blue Night
In 2016 I had the honor of collaborating on an animated music video called Blue Night. It was released on Valentine's Day, and I am so happy it's out in the world!