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“these writers just had to direct their own stories.
here's why that works."


client: the los angeles times
art director: jamie sholberg
description: a full page illustration for the los angeles times’ “the envelope” section about how writers for films are also directors.







“bánh mì“ from still here still life

client: personal project
description: an illustration of a photo featured on the “still here still life” instagram page. i was inspired by the brightness of the dish and had fun playing with color in this piece.







“the manager”

client: personal project
description: a personal project based off of a photo of a very dapper cat who works at a liquor store in san francisco. the goal of this piece was to integrate handwritten typographical elements into my work (and also to draw a very handsome cat).







“ruffles”

client: kory l. body
description: 14 pages, plus the front and back cover design for the self-published children’s book “ruffles.” including a mix of both spot illustrations as well as full page spreads.

i had the pleasure of doing the design work/typography for the book as well as the illustrations. 







“mosquito & tick"

client: harper collins
art director: leah carlson-stanisic
description: a spot illustration for the book “the midwest survival guide” highlighting two of the most notorious bugs out in the midwest.

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