The Yellow Spotted Salamander

The Yellow Spotted Salamander is a rather romantic creature. During mating season the male risks everything, crossing major highways, to find a mate.

Concept sketches and final art.

Virginia Living Magazine

The Butterfly Effect

Illustration process for "The Butterfly Effect"

Richmond Magazine

Approved sketch

Final line art of figure

Add final line art of butterfly

Determine color scheme 

Change butterfly line art colors

Paint in complementary colors

Paint back in the final colors

Add butterfly glow

Lighten right wing -- Final Illustration

Paw Paw

Concept sketches and final art for "Paw Paw".

Virginia Living Magazine. 

Little Know Paw Paw facts:

The Paw Paw is the largest edible native fruit in North America and a favorite raccoon snack (much preferred over your garbage), but because bees are not attracted to it, the fruit must rely on common house flies for pollination. Growers have been know to hang road kill in their fields to attract flies. 

I Love You I Get Good Grades

Concept sketches and final art for the feature and spot illustrations for 

I Love You I Get Good Grades.

A story in which a young girl questions her faith.

Richmond Magazine

The Little Dog Laughed

Poster concept sketches, development sketches and final poster for The Little Dog Laughed

Barksdale Theatre

In this satire, a Hollywood agent struggles to transform her budding leading man while at the same time recognizing that the rising star may well be falling for a cute male escort who recently visited his hotel room in New York.

Basic Process

Groundhog

Virginia Living magazine

Approved concept sketch (150 ppi)

Lighten the opacity of the sketch, increase the resolution to 300 ppi. and create a final black line plate 

Eliminate sketch and select a ground color.

Paint in colors behind line art.

Add grass pattern.

Add shadow and highlights. Final Illustration.

Ride the Blinds

Concept, development sketches, and final art for "Ride the Blinds", a CD by Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers.