This piece was made as a submission for the open call to artists for Beasts! Book Two. I didn’t make the cut, but it was fun to have a go at it anyway.

Tailypo was a beast from a ghost story I knew as a kid that turned out to be widely known in North America. The story tells of a hunter who comes accross a strange creature in the woods and takes its tail as a souvenir after nearly killing it. The fierce creature returns to take its revenge and reclaim its tail which it calls it “tailypo”.

Fashion Fauna. 12.5×20″. Graphite on Bristol with digital coloring. 2008.

Little handbag dogs were the inspiration for this illustration about animals as fashion accessories.

Something Fishy! 20×12.5″. Graphite on Bristol with digital coloring. 2008

Clippings. 8×16″. Graphite on Bristol with digital coloring. 2008

This is the latest illustration in a series about hair, mostly inspired by a recent home trimming.

Ika. 8×16″. Graphite on Bristol with digital coloring. 2008.

I’ve always loved Japanese woodblock prints and have been waiting for an opportunity to work their style into one of my illustrations. This piece, which belongs to a series of illustrations about hair, is a tribute to Utamaro’s ukiyo-e.

Bailar Con Los Muertos. 8×16″. Graphite on Bristol with digital coloring. 2008

I visited a Day of the Dead celebration this weekend and couldn’t help but copy some of the sugar skull deigns for this illustration.

Winter Jess. 8×16″. Graphite on Bristol with digital coloring. 2008

I’ve started on a series of illustrations with a “hairdo” theme as a personal project. Here’s the first in the series, inspired by a our first real day of winter here in Toronto.