This Broken Moment

Front Cover

Back Cover

Inside Spread

Front and Back of Insert

CD Design

Insert With Lyrics

Jess Smucker, singer and songwriter of 'The Sleeping World' asked me to do her latest album, 'This Broken Moment.' We have worked together many times in the past including her last EP 'Reluctantly Yours.' It is always fun working with Jess and I always feel we create nice work together.

The inspiration for this album comes from several different sources. Jess had some very nice photos taken by Molly Schlachter of Molly S. Photography. Originally, we were going to go with the photo of Jess wearing the cowboy boots and a wedding dress. After several comments that the album looked 'too country' we decided on the pic below.

I picked up an old book from the 1850s titled 'The History of England.' The book is badly damaged with a torn cover and worn pages but has lots of charm. I thought if I emulated this look I might capture some of the same charm. Both Jess and I loved how it turned out. 

The design for the CD and inside cover (same pattern) came from an old Japanese design book that I purchased a few years back. The bird wood-block pattern in an old design found on clothes and paper in old Japan.

EA Character Sheet Progression

sketched EA character sheet

inked EA character sheet

colored EA character sheet

landscape shot of the kingdom of Ballad

Willem Alexander Croix

Here is a character sheet for Endless Adventure. 

Willem is a character that I created to test run with another writer.

Endless Adventure

This is the logo for an online, text based game that I created. Mainly I posted this so I can copy and paste it into the emails I send out to my players.

Market Square

Here is another perspective study of a medieval market square. This one was fun but took a while to finish. Now I'm ready to graduate to 3-point perspective... or learn Google Sketchup ;-)

Figure Drawing

There is a local figure drawing class that meets every Tuesday evening. It had been a while since I have attended a session and had nothing better to do last night. The drawing of the hands was from the last session I attended. I really enjoy the group. There are some very talented people who show up there and it is very inspiring to see their work.

Black Nimbus

This drawing is of a villain by the name of Black Nimbus for a story that I am writing. Again I wanted to show the progress from the very first sketch to the final rendered piece.

Black Nimbus is an ancient and powerful sorcerer from the lost kingdom of Penoplesia. He is big trouble and the kingdom of Ballad has attracted his attention. Watch out!