Side by Side Collective

Side by Side Collective

Hello bloggers! I am very pleased to announce the launch of a group collective of illustrators called Side by Side Collective! The group consists of myself, Sarah Vandenbrekel, and Michelle Woodward. Please click the link above and take the time to look at our work and follow us!

Prince Auto Sales

A few months back I was asked to design a sign/logo for a used automobile dealership. It was an interesting learning experience overall because I have never worked in such a large format before I learned a lot about how large format printing works. The business is just starting out but so far has been a profitable experience for the owner.

On the actual sign itself there was some information at the bottom that I never did (the phone number and the website) but the actual words Prince Auto Sales along with the tire and crown were illustrated/designed by me.

This was the original rough idea that I pitched back in January:

It was a skeleton to the final design that would ultimately be changed for the better. I have never done graphic design in this way of making notes on a print out but I found it to be very helpful. After many batches of roughs I came out with this:

The owner loved it but was concerned it wouldn't grab a driver's attention enough while driving down the road. So we finally decided to make the PRINCE be a full yellow colour and make a larger space between AUTO and SALES. This is the final:

Below are pictures of the sign being put up. Again, the website and phone number were added on after and were not done by me:

A Hoot and A Half

This is a long-time-coming piece. It was originally inspired by a friend of mine from school years ago and I’ve always wanted to do something with it. I finally was motivated to do it after drawing too many fat owls, I didn’t know what to do with them. The boy in the tree slightly resembles myself in a weird way, it was not intentional.

Happy Belated Birthday Marli

This is an overdue birthday present for my friend Marli. It’s an illustrated version of her little ‘goofball.’ He’s a 1.5 year old quaker parrot!

Editorial Attack!!

I have been trying to revamp my portfolio with some editorial pieces as that tends to be the direction I have always found myself going in the illustration world. These pieces are all inspired by various articles I have found online. Thoughts?


This first piece is based on an article by Zosia Bielski titled: Popping the question in the digital world.


The second is an article by Gordon Hamilton titled: Environment on mind for beer brewers.


This last piece is based on an article about Open marriage: Who does it, how it works and why
it doesn't by Tralee Pearce.

Online Einstein

This piece was actually inspired by an article that I read about how soon Einstein’s personal thoughts and documents will be published online. I thought it was interesting just because he will be ‘alive’ once this is published because everything about him when he was alive will be available to us. I wanted to basically illustrate that his ‘being’ will soon be the internet.

The New Coming of Winter

This is a piece I finished about a month and a half ago for a group project that is soon to be unveiled. I decided to go digital for this I am pleased with the outcome. The inspiration for the image came from this book I own called 'The Old House Book'. I was just flipping through the pages and I saw this shot of a red cabin in the winter. The rest is history.

Thoughts?