This week’s Illustration Friday submission comes from a children’s book I recently illustrated called Short Pump Bump.
Author: SJD
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Tikin’ Awesome! | Mike’s Harder Passion Fruit
Tikin’ Awesome! | Client: Mike’s HARDER 
Initial pencil drawing 
Inked drawing Illustration proposal I did for Mike’s HARDER for a limited edition drink called Passion Fruit. I really like how this one came out but for some reason, they decided to go in another direction. Happily, the good folks at Mike’s did use my work for another drink of theirs called Tiger’s Blood, which you can check out here if you like.
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Snake
Here’s a little something I did initially for the 21 Day Drawing Challenge by Von Glitschka (Day 6: Get Cubistic). I recently picked up the Megapack set of Photoshop brushes from the awesome Kyle T. Webster, and thought this illustration would be a great opportunity for me to play around with them.
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It Always Snows When I Leave Town
Did this spot illustration for Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal just before going on vacation, and realized I forgot to post it. This was for an article on a ski-lover’s knack for going out of town to do some other outdoor activity (biking, kayaking, etc.) and missing out on fresh snowfall on his hometown mountains where he loves to ski.
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Tales From Cultures Far And Near | Well-Trained Mind
Had the privilege of doing the cover illustration for a children’s storytelling CD called Tales From Cultures Far And Near. As the title suggests, the CD features traditional stories from various cultures around the world. The story I picked to illustrate was from Japan, called Two Monks, so I made my first-ever attempt at emulating the style of Japanese woodprints. The CD is published by Well-Trained Mind, and you can purchase it here: welltrainedmind.com
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The Dog Days Of Summer | DoodyCalls.com
Here’s a little social media illustration I did for DoodyCalls.com. The idea is to get people to share cute pictures of their pets keeping cool in the summer heat.
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Viking
It’s been awhile since I did anything for Illustration Friday, but I’ve been wanting to get back into it. I’ve also been doing Von Glitschka’s 21 Day Drawing Challenge, so I thought of combining the two this week since Day 7 is Draw What You Like. This was a ton of fun to draw. I recently downloaded an awesome set of Photoshop brushes- Kyle T. Webster’s Ultimate Megapack, and they have really opened up a whole new world of exciting possibilities. You can check them out here: https://www.kylebrush.com/
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Short Pump Bump! Coming Soon
I am currently finishing up the last few illustrations for my first picture book! Written by Angie Miles, Short Pump Bump! highlights many of the people and places that make Richmond, Virginia such a great place to live. Preorders are available at www.shortpumpbump.com
More info soon!
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Infographic For DoodyCalls.com
Illustrated a fun little infographic for the good folks over at DoodyCalls.com. They have a great cartoon mascot dog named Doodles, who lends himself really well to a wide variety of advertising, promotional products, and PSA’s, and is fun to draw. Plus, I get to type the word “poop” a lot and get paid for it!
