![Going Remote: A Teacher's Journey](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_6196e34b356645ab9489fa7aec5e8051~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1433,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_6196e34b356645ab9489fa7aec5e8051~mv2.jpg)
I illustrated author and teacher Adam Bessie's graphic memoir. This graphic novel explores the effects of the pandemic on public education, while Adam deals with a brain tumor. Originally done as a 15 paged graphic essay for non-profit news organization Truthout, Going Remote: A Teacher's Journey is published by Censored Press and 7 Stories Press.
![Octopus](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_8a0c4cdfc3eb48db8df639f91d476bc8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_480,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_8a0c4cdfc3eb48db8df639f91d476bc8~mv2.jpg)
This was a commission with which I was very pleased. The original idea was to do the whole octopus in ink wash, but I decided that it would be better to have just the ink cloud in wash so it would be easier to see the octopus.
![Negroni Week](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_ce41f2fea09449f6a82b4842d668c18d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_540,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_ce41f2fea09449f6a82b4842d668c18d~mv2.jpg)
"Negroni Week" is an event in which bartenders create variations on their favorite Negroni, a Campari based cocktail. For this auspicious occaision, San Francisco design firm Forthright Design had me illustrate iconic Italian images to accompany a refreshing bottle of Campari.
![Unusual Statues](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_204d3c5a1fcf461782ad7624bae695ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_504,h_851,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_204d3c5a1fcf461782ad7624bae695ec~mv2.jpg)
This piece for The Bold Italic explores the origins of some of the stranger statues and sculptures in San Francisco's financial district.
![Hidden Hikes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_20f8e2414fa2401fa45c94b6ed7c6009~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_540,h_744,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_20f8e2414fa2401fa45c94b6ed7c6009~mv2.jpg)
These are excerpts from an illustrated guide to hidden hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area that I did for The Bold Italic, a fantastic Bay Area lifestyle blog.
![Snail Fear](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_6343b655f60e4cc9a9d75343b42a05b5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_1074,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_6343b655f60e4cc9a9d75343b42a05b5~mv2.png)
Comic done for Birdy magazine about snails eating people
![Godzilla and Friends](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_ce5e4de26122446ab3fd943e681fb9fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_784,h_933,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_ce5e4de26122446ab3fd943e681fb9fe~mv2.jpg)
A pictorial guide to the Kaiju in Godzilla's orbit. Done for Birdy Magazine.
![Waiting for the Next Wave](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_4d573bea2d7444c7909a5d482a8ec08c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_1499,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_4d573bea2d7444c7909a5d482a8ec08c~mv2.png)
A short, poetry comic done for Mutha Magazine.
![Jezuba's Fund A Lunch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_18e6dfa63571482da1f2c21f68229c64~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_490,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_18e6dfa63571482da1f2c21f68229c64~mv2.png)
Jezuba is a non-profit based in Northern California that promotes positive impact through social entrepreneurship. This particular piece was done for their "Fund A Lunch" initiative.
![Phantasm Orb](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_c2b92c9fb31a48d0b64bc2939effab8e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_788,h_625,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_c2b92c9fb31a48d0b64bc2939effab8e~mv2.jpg)
The orb from 70s horror movie, Phantasm.
![The Ultimate Escape Room](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_becb8cd6cce94e49bbda58618a729100~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_770,h_582,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_becb8cd6cce94e49bbda58618a729100~mv2.jpg)
The Bay Area lifestyle blog The Bold Italic hired me to do this illustration for a satirical piece on escape rooms.
![Birdy Magazine](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_e4eaf1f01e5b48ebac61b21a9e677b77~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1522,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_e4eaf1f01e5b48ebac61b21a9e677b77~mv2.jpg)
Robot diagram done for birdy.
![Prehistoric Skulls](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_c493343472db43b5bff516846c65133e~mv2_d_2239_1439_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_630,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_c493343472db43b5bff516846c65133e~mv2_d_2239_1439_s_2.jpg)
It's no secret that I am a fan of prehistory. Also not a secret; I am an animal lover. These two non-secret combined with my fascination with anatomy and taxonomy make my series of prehistoric skeletons an inevitability.
![Eggferno](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_8019bdc289c54e958e335fe339fdf7be~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_848,h_850,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_8019bdc289c54e958e335fe339fdf7be~mv2.jpg)
Under the umbrella of Delicate Adventures, Eggferno  follows the lighthearted adventures of Dante and Virgil in the underworld.
![Metropolis](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_2b65d3e68d2f402ebd7df4950bdcf3bc~mv2_d_5155_6661_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1266,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_2b65d3e68d2f402ebd7df4950bdcf3bc~mv2_d_5155_6661_s_4_2.jpeg)
I stumbled across a photo of the model builders on the 'Metropolis' set and I was instantly enchanted (Metropolis holds a special place in my heart, and I am an amature miniature builder). I wanted to juxtapose the futurist "architecture" with an atmosphere of antiquity. And thus a photoshop layer was applied to an ink wash, which was applied to a line drawing.
![Wine Editorial](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_e13ec2e9c5ff496e9e0c006c927cb774~mv2_d_3460_2343_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_664,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_e13ec2e9c5ff496e9e0c006c927cb774~mv2_d_3460_2343_s_2.jpg)
The folks at Forthright called on me to illustrate this editorial drawing for a wine and spirits magazine. The article addresses the perils of starting your own wine business.
![Jason and the Argonauts](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_013b9a55a0b545c7b3a63689aff3897a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_738,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_013b9a55a0b545c7b3a63689aff3897a~mv2.jpg)
This classic "Sword and Sandal" movie with its stop motion effects by Ray Harryhausen has played a strong role in my development as an artist and storyteller, so much so that I feel the need to make this here illustration of Jason heroically beating back a bunch of reanimated corpses. ​
![Robot March](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_d5cd276f04664a25a38e6f5be3e1f911~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1149,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_d5cd276f04664a25a38e6f5be3e1f911~mv2.jpg)
A robot braves harsh waves and ocean froth to find shore, no doubt to destroy humanity. But why?
![BoardSock Empire](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_f0dc199546fb4693a95e322777da6e80~mv2.gif/v1/fill/w_600,h_1081,al_c,pstr/2982a1_f0dc199546fb4693a95e322777da6e80~mv2.gif)
BoardSock Empire is a series of live action sock puppet shorts that I am making as a tie-in to my webcomic Tomorrow Jerks. In addition to these shorts, I am working on an interactive "sock town". The premise is that a viewer can scroll through SockTown (pronounced "sock-tin") and can click on the many attractions that Socktown has to offer. These are some ofthe GIFs that I am working on.
![Cynar 70](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_8ae722c33955401f9dedb15ab3be0c5f~mv2_d_2208_2171_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_964,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_8ae722c33955401f9dedb15ab3be0c5f~mv2_d_2208_2171_s_2.jpg)
Cynar released a high proof version of their herbal liqueur, for which I designed an artichoke. Forthright design and I collaborated on many designs before they arrived at this combination of our styles.
![Phrenology Trampoline](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2982a1_b2788178429540ffb5c58d505a8b6527.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_842,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/2982a1_b2788178429540ffb5c58d505a8b6527.jpg)
I had the pleasure of working with San Francisco artist Eric Staller on a design for a tampoline shaped like a phrenology head.