Manalive : book version

Click for a bigger view. I previously designed an audio book version of this.

I wanted the lettering to look hand lettered, but also wanted more precision than I had on the audio book. I laid out the type, printed it, and traced over with pen by hand to get the look I wanted.

Belgian Abbey Tripel

This is the second year that I've brewed a Christmas beer to share with friends and family. This is the label for this year's brew.

The Inklings, Tolkien, Williams, and Lewis

Sketches created for the Looking for the King website and trailer.

Recent DVD covers

Puttin' on the Ritz

My cover for the Ignatius Critical Edition of Frankenstein gets a nice review at Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog. Just in time for Halloween!

Looking for the King

Another cover that was worked, reworked, etc.



The initial draft was based on poster designs from the 1930's. I did a rough version (incomplete faces and hands on the figures, illustrated in Adobe Illustrator with textures added in Photoshop), but it was thought that it looked a bit too cartoonish.


After a few more drafts, we ended up with the final, which brings together several scenes and themes from the book. I used several photo elements, including one photo I took myself (the figure with the spear). The end result looks a bit more "Narnia" and less retro. The author was a great help in identifying things that needed to be on the cover.

Illustrations for Gilbert magazine

These two are for the "Summer Film Fest" that Gilbert magazine does every year.