Off Planet by Aileen Erin

Guys! I’m pretty excited to share this one with you! I’ve had a couple projects in the works recently that I’ve been DYING to talk about. Here’s one them!

I had the honor of collaborating with the mega-talented USA Today Bestselling author Aileen Erin on creating some promo illustrations in support of her new release, OFF PLANET, coming March 19th.

I’m almost done reading it YOU GUYS...you need to read this book. It’s sooooo good! If you love an immersive world and a strong, relatable heroine...this is your jam.

Also, OFF PLANET was picked for Apple Books’ Best Books of March! How rad is that? 

This is one illustration; I’ll share a few others I made for OFF PLANET as we approach the release date. Thank you for letting me a small part in the launch of your book, Aileen! Can’t wait to see this one top the charts soon!

Working on this was such a treat! I can’t wait to share the other illustrations with you guys soon!

You is Kind

You ever have one of those days where you feel like you can’t win? Today was one of those days for me. Things outside of my control really tried to get me down but I managed to shake it off.

It was a good day; I got a lot done with work. finished up an illustration project that I’m excited about (and will share with you guys soon). This quote from The Help kept popping into my head. (Bee tee dubs can you believe that movie is 8 years old?!) .

Here are the individual drawings, if you’re into that sort of thing. :)

The weekend begins tomorrow, loves! I’m all in for that ish. I have a couple posts in the works for this weekend, so I’ll talk to you soon!

Mac and Cheese

Hi friends! How is your week going so far? Mine has been a little nutty! I’ve been working on something that I’m pretty excited about and I hope to share with you soon. When I get excited about a project, I get hyper-focused, so I haven’t done much personal work the past few days.

I did correct that today and made this piece for someone I love.

This one goes out to my mac. We all have that person; someone who gets us, who supports us, who calls us out our BS. Someone who makes our day a little brighter, even when you’re just talking about how much your day sucked. 😆 I’m declaring today the Unofficial Mac Appreciation Day. Do you have a mac (or macs) in your life? Squeeze em tight.

And, because you know I do, here is an animated version of this illo.

Per the norm, I made this in Procreate on my iPad Pro and then animated it in Photoshop.

I’ll be back soon with more info on this fun project I’ve been drawing my booty off for. Guys, it’s been a dream for me! So excited.

Officially Live!

After drawing my butt off and wrangling some code, the site is finally somewhat ready-ish. It’s come a long way. I’m a virgo and I live up to the perfectionist stereotype in spades. My to-do list is still mighty long. But I have a couple exciting opportunities in the pipe that have accelerated things on the creative front.

So, take a look around, kick the wheels, take ‘er for a test drive. I’m excited to share this space with you guys. More to come!

Wiggling Bags

There’s a whole lotta shaking going on round here.

I challenged myself to make an illustration every day that’s a drawing from life. I was stumped on what to draw today. so I went with random bags I found around my house. :) And then i made them wiggle because why not?

And if all that movement is making you queasy, here is the still version of my Various Bags Illo:

Tomorrow is Friday and boy do I need it! Hoping to wrap up another full illustration tomorrow. and not just random smaller things.

Website Illustrations

While I’m working on standing up my new site, I’ve been churning out a lot of small illustrations to use on various pages of the site. I’m saving some of them for the final launch but I thought I’d share a few of them here. Some of these are items or symbols of meaningful things. Others are just for fun.

I’m getting more excited for the site with every passing day! It’s coming together and it feels very me. Can’t wait to share the final version with you guys SOON!