Book Cover Illustrations

I’ve been working on this cover for The Making of a New Church by Natalie M. McMillan. The work has gone on and off for a couple of weeks (I generally find I’m working several projects due to delays produced when publishers have to look over and approve changes, make suggestions, and so forth). The […]

Here’s somewhat of a departure (pun intended – “All aboard!”). This has more emphasis on a mechanical figure rather than the human figure. The picture was pretty bland without the lighting and atmospheric effects; painting in the headlight and fog proved pretty fast and gives it a rather ominous feel, I think. (Horror book cover, […]

I often get questions from new illustrators for tips on how to get started as a book illustrator, or how to find work as an artist in this or that field. Here are my suggestions.

Nothing is quite as sad as watching a quality book cover illustration be slowly butchered.

Every once in a while I go through my older book illustrations, and it is sometimes amazing how poorly some have aged (due to my lack of skills back when, poor subject choices, or what have you) while others remain work I am proud of, or even an illustration that sparks the words artists often […]

A writer/artist friend of mine recently sent an article written by a psychologist who was browbeating friends, patients, and all people who were perfectionists. Her take (as I read it) was basically that perfectionists all suffered from mental illness and were not fun to be around. Apart from the somewhat odd tact of criticizing patients […]