A Writer's Sketchbook - Story Illustrations

Penzance at Tortuga
(2007)

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.

I order you...
(2008)

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.

Cantata in Coral and Ivory
(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!

Return of the Gryphon
(1995)

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,