A Writer's Sketchbook - Story Illustrations

Fraught Encounter
(2009)

It must be inevitable for a love of story and a love of art to end up coming together in actual story art. First I just sketched scenes from within the books for my own amusement. Then I moved on to creating book covers so that I could produce 'pretty' copies of my books for my family to read.

Silver and Marquis
(2007)

Finally I succumbed to the lure of trying to create stories out of pictures. (An intensely time consumming method of story-telling.) This introduced a new challenge to my artwork -- not only did I have to show the characters and the settings, but I needed to also convey continuing action, and emotional subtleties. I'm not sure how well I've succeeded, but it has certainly been an interesting challenge.

Welcome Aboard
(2008)

Now I have a yen to do interior illustrations for everything I write. Such a cool 'bonus' to a book, no? But I keep running out of time!

Pirate Pair
(2007)

Fealty’s Shore

Illustration - Digital Paint 2014

Appears in Fealty’s Shore with the caption “I grabbed his sword hand before he could strike again.”

Individuals: Batiya Latikov, Dachahl Pralahnru,