Atop a terrific precipice among the mountains of Transylvania stands the formidable Bran Castle. Bram Stoker didn’t specify that Bran was the castle he wrote about in his 1897 novel Dracula. However, due to his description of the castle, its location, and the strange stories about its former blood-thirsty inhabitant Vlad the Impaler, Bran Castle is widely accepted as the home of notorious vampire Count Dracula. (Apologies for the obnoxious watermarks, people keep ripping off my puzzle designs….) *You can reserve your puzzle by backing the Kickstarter* Stoker’s entire novel is told i ..read more

Last year the gorgeous Fable Lounge opened in Nashville, TN. After seeing my mural and design work for Nashville Urban Winery, Fable co-owners Ben and John reached out and commissioned a storybook-inspired map of the city to hang in their lobby (which was a fun excuse to draw in pencil for the first time in years!) The beautiful layout and interior design of the lounge made for a perfect cutaway subject, so we decided to make this playful illustration showcasing the theme and aesthetic. The scene is packed with vignettes of fable characters involved in their own little dramas while enjoying th ..read more

i went through all my original drawings and these are my favorites. they are all now officially for sale and all proceeds will be donated to the Nashville chapters of Gideon's Army and Black Lives Matter. free shipping. if you dont like any of the art, consider making a donation anyway! this was inspired by talented artist and fellow watkins alum David Onri Anderson; he is selling a painting in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. below is a key identifying each picture, PPE for scale. email me to find out if a drawings s ..read more

In December 2018 I was contacted by Blueprint Gaming Concepts about developing a board game with artwork inspired by my H.H. Holmes Murder Castle illustration. I’d never worked on a board game, nor had much experience with tabletop gaming. It was quite an undertaking, but Seth & Brandt—the wonderful fellas at Blueprint—were well prepared & extremely passionate about the project, so I took it on. I gotta say, the project management on this game was absolutely fantastic. With hundreds of elements and tons of revisions over the course of the project, there’s no way it could have been don ..read more

Last year I made the H. H. Holmes Murder Castle cartoon cutaway and Kickstarted the production of jigsaw puzzles featuring the illustration. It was really well received and I loved the challenge of the project, so I decided to make another one. I learned a lot making Murder Castle and applied those lessons to The Edgar Allan Poe Macabre Mansion, which illustrates 20 of the author's short stories in one big, creepy house. (At the bottom of the entry you can find detail shots and a key identifying all of the stories.) Note: Jigsaw puzzles and prints of both the H.H. Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe il ..read more

I've always wanted to make a map for a zoo or theme park and at the end of 2016 I finally got the chance. The Nashville Zoo has been expanding like crazy and they wanted a fun illustrated map featuring all of the latest exhibits. It was a challenging project, different in many ways than previous maps I've drawn, and I learned a ton from the process. The Nashville Zoo map illustration without the labels (pictured with labels below...) Prints of the map illustration are available for purchase here The zoo's Marketing Director, Jim Bartoo, asked for something similar in style to my Austin Peay S ..read more

Who Killed Cock Robin? Who killed Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow, with my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die? I, said the Fly, with my little eye, I saw him die. Who caught his blood? I, said the Fish, with my little dish, I caught his blood. Who'll make the shroud? I, said the Beetle, with my thread and needle, I'll make the shroud. Who'll dig his grave? I, said the Owl, with my little trowel, I'll dig his grave. Who'll be the parson? I, said the Rook, with my little book, I'll be the parson. Who'll be the clerk? I, said the Lark, if it's not in the dark, I'll be the ..read more

I was first introduced to H. H. Holmes a couple of years ago when I read Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, a fascinating account of the serial killer's unbelievable career. Then a few months ago, one of my favorite podcasts, The Last Podcast on the Left, created a great 3-episode series covering the H. H. Holmes killings. It was while listening to these episodes that the thought of drawing the Murder Castle occurred to me.  *NOTE: My new cartoon cutaway, Edgar Allan Poe's Macabre Mansion, is complete! Puzzles and prints for both H.H. Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe are available in th ..read more

I knew my way around Nashville pretty well before, but after spending hours studying, sketching, and then intricately drawing the entire city from the river to West End, I can pretty much get from anywhere to anywhere without thinking twice. No thanks, Siri, I got the nav on this, girl! I should probably host one of those silly segway tours you see zipping around town.  I was asked to create the map during my internship at Anderson Design Group. The shop is on the Nashville Trolley Tour and gets a lot of tourists coming through, so Joel wanted an illustration including all of the most po ..read more

One of my absolute favorite assignments while studying illustration at Watkins College of Art was to create a "dummy book" - a partially finished illustrated book, typically sent to publishers as a sample. This dummy book could illustrate any public domain story of my choice, and since I was feeling pretty introspective and weird at the time I opted for a Franz Kafka story. A Report to an Academy is the tale of an ape who has to decide between a life of captivity and a life spent performing for the entertainment of humans. Yep, real uplifting stuff! Note to reader: If you're interested in ..read more