ILLUSTRATION WORK PROCESS

This section details my process completing illustration work for a client, using a full-page illustration done for Stout Stoat Press' Carved in Stone.AD Brian Tyrell, Heather Christie

Initial composition sketch completed based on a text description. Here I focus primarily on composition and light, to quickly get across how I imagine the layout looking and make sure we're all on the same page.

As the next part of the process, I incorporate feedback to clean up the page composition and begin to add colors and detailing. This process involved a lot of back-and-forth, as the project focused heavily on historical accuracy. I was provided reference images for period-accurate items such as the forge and pictured tools, and got a chance to ask a blacksmithing consultant some clarifying questions about things like role division and appropriate clothing.

The completed piece, ready to have the final text arranged around it on the page. You can see we went through some more resizing and pose adjustments to better emphasize things like the striker's overhead hammer swing and show off the bellows on the forge in more detail.

Here's how the work comes together on the page. You can also see the spot illustrations I did for Carved in Stone on the first two pages here. These went through the same sketch-feedback-details-adjustments-final process as the full-page illustration.

SELECTED COMICS WORK

INTERREGNUM, selected pages, graphic novel, chapter one ongoing online here.

IMAGO, cover, for Comics Connections 2026, 8 pages

PULMONES, for RZEĆčZIN 3 anthology, selected pages, 2023–2024
script by ZVYRKE. print edition 2024

EVERYTHING STAYS IN THE FAMILY, for RZEĆčZIN 2 anthology, selected pages, 2023
script by TOMXYZ. print edition 2023
nominated for the 11th edition of the ZƂote Kurczaki Independent Comic Book Awards in the short form category

LUSCA, for RZEĆčZIN anthology, 2022
print edition 2022

PEREGRINE REPRISED, personal work, 2022

NUCLEAR SUMMER 1997, selected pages, 2018–2024
webcomic, first print edition 2019

SELECTED OTHER PAGES, published and personal work

SELECTED COVER WORK

FEATHERLIGHT, 2022
written by JAKE A. SCHAEFER. digital edition 2022, print edition 2023

RZEĆčZIN OD KUCHNI, 2024
oil on canvas, graphic design by TOMXYZ. print edition 2024

POROƻA, 2024
single cover for NIGHTRUN87. available for streaming digitally, 2024

SELECTED CHARACTER DESIGN WORK

CHARACTER DESIGN AND CONCEPT WORK FOR UPCOMING GRAPHIC NOVEL, 2023–ongoing

dragon grub concept

statue guardian concept

MORE PRODUCT PHOTOS COMING SOON

hand-painted wooden bookmarks

food-themed sticker designs

"Gummy Wyrm" PVC candy packaging keychain design with acrylic charms

full-sheet acrylic stand designs

candy-themed unicorn acrylic keychains with double-sided epoxy coating

assorted acrylic keychain print proofs with semi-transparent full bleed gradient backgrounds

clear PVC bookmark design with semi-transparent cicada "stained glass" pattern

additional charm designs, personal and client work

This section collects a selection of work sketches and process compilations across various projects. I am also available for contact via email with any questions regarding what working with me looks like!

process .gif of a diploma piece, as well as the canvas print as exhibited at the University of GdaƄsk

selection of process screenshots, from composition to value planning to color illustration

example comic page proccess, from semi-detailed thumbnail sketch through lines and flats to finished page

mural process photos, from initial digital layout to color selection and final painting

selected acrylic sketch demos created as part of job teaching art