Your Healthcare Team Will See You Now: Pharmacists Could Help with Chronic Conditions, Pitt Med Magazine, 2022 Working from a script written by Michele Dula Baum, I illustrated a four-page comic for Pitt Med Magazine. Michele and the rest of the team at Pitt Med were excellent to work with, and provided all the crucial …
Attention Hijacked: Using Mindfulness to Reclaim Your Brain from Tech, Zest Books, 2022 I drew a series of spot illustrations for this nonfiction book that provides teens and young adults with a roadmap to “protect their physical and mental wellbeing in a world where screens and technology are increasingly becoming necessities rather than just conveniences.”
Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment, Little Red Bird Press, 2020 I designed the cover and contributed a 10-page comic to this 2020 anthology. Using purple and yellow, the original colors of the Women’s Suffrage movement, I created a cover design that communicated both the historic subject matter, and the cartoon medium. …
Magpie Bakehouse, logo design, 2021 Emily Keenan, the phenomenal baker behind Magpie Bakehouse, approached me to create a logo for the brand. Our first step was to trade ideas and reference images, brainstorming the many possible directions we could take. Some of the topics that came up: Clean, simple Scandinavian design Victorian nursery rhymes Spooky, …
Out of Oblivion: How I Left OB-LOM, Birk, 2021 I illustrated and designed the cover for this fascinating first novel by Kristina Birk, a Ukrainian-born writer, producer, and performer. The story’s dystopian setting provided a bounty of intriguing visuals to play with. For the first round of sketches, I sent Kristina eight possibilities: After Kristina …
Not Another Breastfeeding Book, Beaver’s Pond Press, 2019 I knew immediately that Not Another Breastfeeding Book needed a cover to match its cheeky, playful title, and was delighted that the author wanted to go the illustrated route. I came up with three thumbnail concepts, and from there, tried out a variety of color palettes as …
It’s Never Going to Work: A Tale of Art and Nonprofits in the Minneapolis Community, Marjorie Books, 2018 This book was truly a labor of love. The author, Jamie Schumacher, is a prominent author, artist, and community organizer in the Twin Cities arts scene. When she approached me about doing the design and illustration for …
#LookUp: A Parenting Guide to Screen Use, Wise Ink Creative Publishing, 2019 For this nonfiction book about the intersection of parenting and technology, we tried a few different directions. The first round of concepts was very slick, with crisp vector art and bold colors. After reviewing these initial concepts, the author realized that really, a …
Wonder-FULL: Activate Your Inner Superpowers—No Cape Required, Beaver’s Pond Press, 2019 This superhero-themed workbook for women needed to be eye-catching and action-packed inside and out. For the cover, the author envisioned a pantsuited superheroine in bold red boots, and classic “comic book” lettering. As a cartoonist, this was definitely in my wheelhouse. For the interior, …
Warda: My Journey from the Horn of Africa to a College Education, Beaver’s Pond Press, 2020 For this memoir, the author and her team wanted to do an illustrated cover, with art that referenced henna body art. Using the reference materials they provided, I came up with three concepts, all featuring thick inks, dense with …
