The Idea Box Journal

Gung Hay Fat Choy // Happy Chinese New Year \\ Year of the Monkey

“Doing what is really your own, and then fulfilling the needs of the story—that particular story and the voice of that author and that world. And finding the place where those two meet. If you can do both at the same time, then that’s the successful piece.”

 
The fine folks at Ampersand Literary and I spoke over the phone recently about art, illustration, influences, and advice to the aspiring. Read the rest of my ramblings here.

My paintings are in a competition to be included in the next Infected By Art book. If you’re a fan, your votes would be appreciated. Thanks!

If you’re looking for prints, I’ve got brand new ones and lots of old favorites all available right here!

I’ve recently been reading this seminal work by the great observer, Charles Darwin. Decided to give it a design of my own and shared it with the Recovering the Classics campaign from The Creative Action Network.

Receiving copies is when being an artist and a book-lover collide in elation. The Miriam Black hardboiled thriller series, Blackbirds and Mockingbird, out now.

Cover art Tale of Oriel and Blue Lily, Lily Blue showing at The Society of Illustrators’ West Annual Exhibition #SILosAngeles

#TheRavenCycle finale arrives this spring. Here’s my cover. Enter, The Raven King.

Happy Halloween! Have a frightfully fun weekend everybody :)