I recently got fed up with my job as a bartender and quit. I worked for that restaurant for over ten years and decided that my personal beliefs and their company vision were too different and that it was time to part ways. I spent a frantic few weeks looking for another bartending job and suddenly realized that I could spend that time and energy getting more illustration work. So far so good! As soon as I diverted my energy into illustration, more illustration came! Woot-woot! On to the book cover.
Through my neighbor Ryan Bryant, I met poet and publisher Derrick Brown. Derrick owns Write Bloody Publishing and also lives 2 blocks from my apartment. We hit it off really well and have lined up a few projects for the near future. I just finished a cover for a book Derrick published for poet Lauren Zuniga. The title of the book is “The Smell of Good Mud”. Can’t to show you what I have for next weeks post!