You can all thank (blame) fellow artist and UMD Alum Jeffrey Desrosiers for spotting this as a sketch defiling a page in my sketchbook and strong-arming me into bringing it to final. Pen & ink and watercolor on cold press.

This is a long overdue commission for my good friend, the Maestro. Pen & Ink and Watercolor on Bristol. Enjoy!

Commission for my friend Maddie. Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline puts the hurt on Dora the Explorer Ni Hao Kai Lan. Ink and Watercolor on bristol.

These are both characters that have cropped up in sketchbooks and doodles for years. Somehow they’ve never been on the same page, and only one of them (the frog) has ever been included in a finished illustration. Ink and watercolor on bristol.