Broadway Bird

Broadway Bird

TV Pilot: Character Design

Director Alex Timbers (Broadway’s Moulin Rouge!, Beetlejuice, American Utopia) and writer/producer Rachel Shukert (Netflix’s GLOW and The Baby-sitters Club) teamed up for this all ages animated musical comedy. Characters designed for the tv-pilot pitch.

# illustration # character design #animation #tv pilot

On the Origin of the Thesis

On the Origin of the Thesis

How Charles Darwin Made History in his Garden Shed

A speculative non-fiction book that dives deep into the intimate history of Darwin’s home laboratory at Down House and the scientific process that lead to his writing his theory of evolution On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

Part of a series of portraits of history’s great thinkers: scientists, philosophers, writers, activists, and artists.

Speculative: NYT Book Review

#illustration #portrait #philosphers #personal project #great thinkers

Book of Lives

Book of Lives

A Memoir of Sorts

A speculative cover for Margaret Atwood’s 2025 memoir published by Penguin.

Using an imperfect hand-painted portrait establishes the intimacy of the memoir genre and allows the reader’s imagination to bridge the gap between the author as a person and as a public figure.

# illustration # book cover # portraits # memoir