Story-based design,

hand crafted for selective clients

Recent Work

Promotional poster for the 28th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival presented by Northwest Film Forum, taking place from September 19 to 28, 2025, at 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA. The poster features a stylized monster with a vintage film camera for a head, UFOs in the sky, cluster of film reels, and a deer with an old-fashioned movie camera as its antlers.
Yellow background with black text that reads "MY ANIMAL KINGDOM" and an illustration of a squirrel wearing a crown, holding a scepter.
Colorful enamel pin of a cartoonish horse head with orange, purple, and yellow colors, attached to denim fabric.
Book cover titled "The Drillmaster" with an illustration of a woman in historical military uniform, black tricorn hat, and white hair, with soldiers marching below holding muskets and a pink flag that says "Come Get Drilled."
Book cover titled "The Drillmaster" with an illustration of a woman in historical military uniform, black tricorn hat, and white hair, with soldiers marching below holding muskets and a pink flag that says "Come Get Drilled."
Banner for Children and Screens, Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, featuring images of children using digital devices and graphics of technology and communication symbols.

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A colorful illustration of a woman with long hair and glasses, a man with a beard, and a young boy wearing a baseball cap, depicted in a comic strip style with speech bubbles and handwritten text.
Clients
Book cover titled "Washington GAY General" with an illustration of a man in a military uniform, and additional illustrations including soldiers, fireworks, and symbols of LGBTQ+ pride.
Publishing
A watercolor illustration of a dinosaur with a pink leafy tree growing from its back, surrounded by small plants and flowers.
Commissions
An underwater scene with a shipwreck near coral and sea creatures; a 'Shop' button is visible on the right side.
An underwater scene with a shipwreck near coral and sea creatures; a 'Shop' button is visible on the right side.

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The Ballad of Basilosaurus is a tale as long and winding as its serpentine body. Given the latin name “King Lizard” when the fossils were first described in the 1830s, its true identity was misunderstood for decades. Initially thought to
Are you familiar with World Otter Day? I'm just learning about this myself, (the last Wednesday in May) but I'm happy to add to the calendar of sacred holidays. It was founded by @iosf_otters to raise awareness for global otter conservation and advoc
Big news! @losthiskeysman and I have been invited to present on the main stage at @iconconference in July. We'll be talking queer history, creative collaboration in comics, and the importance of telling queer stories in our current political moment.
Join us for an unforgettable evening where revolutions past and present take center stage. 🌈🇺🇸 🎭 A live reenactment of General Baron von Steuben — the gay Prussian military leader who helped transform the Continental Army during the Americ
This may be little off-season, but I loved creating this winter scene of a feathered Yutyrannus prowling a twilight forest. A commission from @the.bare.dino.affair gave me the excuse I'd been waiting for to paint this Chinese tyrannosaur, the fossil
Resembling a horse mixed with a gorilla and a giant ground sloth, Chalicotherium has to be one of the weirdest and most interesting members of the Perissodactyl family: (herbivorous mammals with three toes). These derpy dudes rocked extended forearms
Wishing you all a happy Mother's Day by way of some favorites from my growing menagerie.
May is for the matriarchs. This Pachyrhinosaurus mother stands guard while her rambunctious youngsters play in a spring meadow. The first edition of the is piece was an original painting commission for a client with a personal connection: As a young
Can't stop thinking about #Chonkers the Sea Lion. I felt compelled to paint some studies of the Stellar Sea Lion taking over the piers of San Francisco.
America sure isn't what it used to be... And by that, I specifically mean the lack of Rhinos wandering the land. Imagine a cross between a rhino and a hippo wandering the grasslands of prehistoric North America, and you’ll have some idea of wha
A few of months back I had the pleasure of illustrating this poster for a short horror/comedy film by a queer writer/director, @trevgeorge. I enjoyed the idea of a dinner date gone horribly wrong, and any excuse to render a bloody human heart...