Hello world!

I work at a newspaper and am motivated by deadlines. For the past few years, I’ve been talking about creating a children’s book. I’ve made thumbnails, sketches, character studies and story outlines. But without the threat of a deadline, I get distracted.

So last weekend I created a deadline: Produce a children’s book in one week. The goal wasn’t to create the perfect book (and rather than worrying about the story, I just used a nursery rhyme). But in 9 days I’ve taken those thumbnail sketches and transformed them into 12 11 spreads.

I need deadlines. I need accountability.

My hope is that setting deadlines and starting this blog will help motivate me to tackle one of my larger projects.

I’ll try to post examples as I work but for right now, check out my portfolio.

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