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Original artwork inspired by books from Leigh Bardugo, Jay Kristoff and Laini Taylor, as well as from the bands, Ruelle & Veridia.
Gouache, acrylic ink, india ink, and pen on bristol paper. (2019-2024)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/73a68050-83f3-43b0-bb48-7ae6735d49c9_rw_3840.jpg?h=d4936a096c4fcb8da53a7ec88ea48c18)
"Call me Death" (2019) - Nina Zenik, King of Scars (Leigh Bardugo)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/c76e7330-9b66-422e-a1bd-f4b1e3657880_rw_3840.jpg?h=e0a4eea553651f6514b039d99726cf4e)
"FOR MATTHIAS" (2019) - Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/0913d592-4c34-40f4-a786-357a516dae5a_rw_1920.png?h=ae2df4cbaf0b14ec38dab48e713834af)
"hope abides" (2019) - Byern, Godsgrave (Jay Kristoff)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/3e79424f-4c1f-4bd0-a44e-452f99a24cdf_rw_3840.jpg?h=c3f12c08853613a8fb01b4117ba28728)
"death blooms" (2019) - Illuminae (by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/786251ec-770e-4b84-a979-612b0929e234_rw_1920.jpg?h=54341aa231c5325abe55e0f976bc8a22)
"Still Breathing" (2019) - Based on album art by Veridia
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/9644031f-caa4-47e1-8c10-facb5df78e48_rw_1920.jpg?h=219c078078594577b257cacb729f240f)
"the world remade" (2020) - Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/2b782b2a-34d7-4e95-82e0-953f956b6662_rw_1200.jpg?h=c9462412660e985e23bc47ab8f31e9ef)
"I WILL CARRY YOU" (2024) - BASED ON 'CARRY YOU' BY RUELLE
Book Cover Art & Design for the YA Fantasy novel, "Blood of three" by V. R. Berry
2022
![Original Cover Art Illustration (gouache, pen & acrylic ink on bristol paper)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/c43e19f8-cc41-44a4-aed2-2a64b4acaaf5_rw_1920.png?h=6c829f6d30f4b431eb7e9ff67978ffe0)
Original Cover Art Illustration (gouache, pen & acrylic ink on bristol paper)
![Final Cover Art](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/5852b1df-4ae3-42d8-8feb-7fbb61818b9d_rw_1920.png?h=19045cf4a91c4cf06f72e1f207bcf749)
Final Cover Art
![Final Cover Art Mock Up](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/4920cd3b-750b-4f7c-aa06-c0b124f8a5a5_rw_1200.png?h=d6257c54918d6d194131cfa46dd110aa)
Final Cover Art Mock Up
TYPOGRAPHY
(2022)
![Original Typography (This piece was a commission for a real estate company in Houston, TX. - 2022)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/37aef285-7b8e-4ea1-a926-57f82ec7499d_rw_1920.jpg?h=2299f87d3f57e832325b3581d01447c9)
Original Typography (This piece was a commission for a real estate company in Houston, TX. - 2022)
Original Watercolor Paintings & Illustrations
(2020)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/8d559eb5-f179-448e-a94e-a12ba42eae93_rw_1920.jpg?h=614ad5eee31ba94e7807f9b91357ae4f)
"I am the one thing I can control. I am inimitable. I am an original." (2020) - Aaron Burr, 'Wait For It' from Hamilton the Musical
![(2020)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/848ce09d-ef92-47d1-9269-7aeb097e25d1_rw_1920.jpg?h=e460d62e7bb4bb60230f8acb10f11e7a)
(2020)
![(2020)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/ac7be306-7d3a-4937-8e99-0a352ce179c1_rw_1920.jpg?h=adf4dafef3bc6bd3a8ae1ffe4d0cedc0)
(2020)
![(2020)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/f2a8d0ba-4276-43ca-b866-9de644066ab0_rw_1920.jpg?h=122172dbe7fe7ba4c0fd62893504d5ba)
(2020)
Original Illustrations
Hand Painted illustrations converted into digital art using procreate
(2021)
![CSCE-111 Hand Painted Roadmap (watercolor) (**the beaver logo is the property of Buc-ee's.**)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/164e1131-ba06-4586-8531-e186a36b0470_rw_1920.jpg?h=6ab50d472089ceaf01a5d9ef3fff552c)
CSCE-111 Hand Painted Roadmap (watercolor) (**the beaver logo is the property of Buc-ee's.**)
![CSCE-111 Digitized Roadmap (**the beaver logo is the property of Buc-ee's.**)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/40dc35b6-5dc1-4a71-acbd-af8623061bab_rw_3840.png?h=a9161d30da5025a1d1d78b64c00a4684)
CSCE-111 Digitized Roadmap (**the beaver logo is the property of Buc-ee's.**)
2019 Typography Challenge
Designs by various artists
(see my instagram @confessionsbetweenpages for original references)
Original artwork with quotes from books by
Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J. Maas, V.E. Schwab & Kelly St. Clare.
(2017-2018)
![(2017) "When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing." - Kaz Brekker, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/0f04ef4f-dae0-47ff-910a-cee6f21aaf41_rw_1920.jpg?h=4f2d8436cd0eb8102598bc78eedd842e)
(2017) "When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing." - Kaz Brekker, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
![(2018) "Only you can decide what breaks you." - The Bone Carver, A Court of Mist & Fury (Sarah J. Maas)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/728c4b31-b71e-4f4d-98bd-840a80fb3831_rw_600.jpg?h=4460dd1981e8a7e24df9e4f317016ad8)
(2018) "Only you can decide what breaks you." - The Bone Carver, A Court of Mist & Fury (Sarah J. Maas)
![(2017) "What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men." - The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/2dbd2976-55e5-4fe7-80ff-49f1b890f623_rw_3840.jpg?h=d25e762c8dbbc7bf3e16692db19523a1)
(2017) "What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men." - The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
![(2018) A study of hair in graphite pencil.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/90482a8e-f038-4fcc-b16c-584724e9288c_rw_1200.jpg?h=c911503e561a9919ac7f41fdfd65dd6a)
(2018) A study of hair in graphite pencil.
![(2017) "The blithering, stupid people around me care more about gossip and their hair than they do about each other. They are corrosive." - Fantasy of Frost by Kelly St. Clare](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/717db8d3-542a-4230-817f-22a854d14b3f_rw_1200.jpg?h=636b61675eeb67bae9c2de8cdce013c3)
(2017) "The blithering, stupid people around me care more about gossip and their hair than they do about each other. They are corrosive." - Fantasy of Frost by Kelly St. Clare
![(2017) A study of profiles in pencil, pen, and marker](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/0464ce76-3fc5-4307-9410-0260d7e31a15_rw_1200.jpg?h=0d394e78b5562c8db6286f21bc93a622)
(2017) A study of profiles in pencil, pen, and marker
![(2018) Logo concept for Wine & Books club](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/69a85b71-ddfc-43a4-8a7c-42a68a208c02_rw_1200.jpg?h=d3ff786fc2b73b3e93ea409c6f26f1d6)
(2018) Logo concept for Wine & Books club
![(2018) Lorcan & Elide from Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/87cfe786-ba32-4b51-af52-09a7c940df29_rw_1920.jpg?h=02c666318d3d217d3cc812bb7090be3a)
(2018) Lorcan & Elide from Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
![(2017) Quote by V.E. Schwab](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/d6da73e7-be5d-45ff-8a68-d1220902ec11_rw_3840.jpg?h=14fc4334d9a2a9815579ed73c32f0439)
(2017) Quote by V.E. Schwab
Original Artwork - Acrylic on wood and canvas
(2017-2018)
![(2018) Velaris, the Court of Dreams from A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/a91b142c-ce03-4b43-ad17-4dbaadc06b8f_rw_1920.jpg?h=03faacb1f5ac3a40524afddc125f764d)
(2018) Velaris, the Court of Dreams from A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
![(2018) A study of acrylic paint on canvas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/baa3fead-010d-4e5e-b947-69f6f1444fe3_rw_1200.jpg?h=7543044c2aad8a44721fe843f64b5712)
(2018) A study of acrylic paint on canvas
Original Art Work - pastels on chalkboard
(2019)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/18516445-189d-474a-91ce-1b3b2e8e2d06_rw_1920.jpg?h=b0cd5059fcc4318c94b705fee0970962)
"Eat, your highness."
"Everything tastes like doom..."
"Then add salt."
- King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
(2019)
Original artwork that was digitized with added typography
(2017-2018)
![(2017) "For the lost boys, and the girls who find them." - Mara Dyer, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Michelle Hodkin)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/e658bf19-b9fa-4951-a569-53f52873e8d4_rw_1200.jpg?h=55af13460e215e1d258d8442fea7ff1d)
(2017) "For the lost boys, and the girls who find them." - Mara Dyer, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Michelle Hodkin)
![(2018) "Remember that you are a wolf, and you cannot be caged." - Rhys, A Court of Wings and Ruin (Sarah J. Maas)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/0cedd27d-894b-4406-8c5c-b57a7a8949e8_rw_1200.jpg?h=9ae0da94fa9f976d525d1e2022ff959a)
(2018) "Remember that you are a wolf, and you cannot be caged." - Rhys, A Court of Wings and Ruin (Sarah J. Maas)
![(2018) Between Feyre and Amren in A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/d186a871-7b67-41f1-9a34-d40aef1c1dd7_rw_1200.jpg?h=4f39da59e99c454d6a843080f962184b)
(2018) Between Feyre and Amren in A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas)
Soft Pastels on Black Paper
(2008-2010)
![For the Birds, A Pixar short film (drawn by me, artwork owned by Pixar)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/20e2334a-ed82-4e39-88f2-a8023b312cfc_rw_1200.jpg?h=1591bc4bda5d8c1d6287e5fdfa15a4ec)
For the Birds, A Pixar short film (drawn by me, artwork owned by Pixar)
![Fun with typography in pastels](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/4055c6be-b38b-44a7-b02e-017c4799bfac_rw_1200.jpg?h=ab92938ef23b54d23d16f24d2ebc6932)
Fun with typography in pastels
![Sir Hiss from the animated version of Robin Hood](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/4ddd7343-4294-4f38-8708-72f36a11f4f3_rw_1200.jpg?h=e95adb5be793a924da58fbed74145b43)
Sir Hiss from the animated version of Robin Hood
![Original Artwork - Fun with typography (goes with the following piece)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/ec4b5c79-fdda-4276-8115-2690f6c8531e_rw_1200.jpg?h=b98d457b202c90d4868cff359e2704e3)
Original Artwork - Fun with typography (goes with the following piece)
![Original Artwork - The Green Light Tragedy (commission piece)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/e5beabaf-34d7-4ae7-8496-3b66b875e336_rw_1200.jpg?h=b095ee4fed05714d7d9cabe8e06c365c)
Original Artwork - The Green Light Tragedy (commission piece)
![When Brain finally holds the world in his hands - Pinky and the Brain (characters owned by WB)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/73972338-4b6a-432f-af41-797628a0e78e/801897b7-bf0a-40c6-990c-c88a63308c93_rw_600.jpg?h=ae01b9ab83ac4e166251ac30ddf6b333)