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Patron mail!

Hello Patrons! As a small token of my appreciation I have sent out my first Patron mail.

Be on the lookout for some stickers, prints, and a little something to help decorate the mail you may be sending this season.

Thank you so much for your support!

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Avosketch

Currently working on this avocet sketch! The bottom right composition is probably very close to the final piece. My process usually consists of working with a few reference photos and then sketching a silhouette. When I feel like the silhouette itself is strong enough to be identifiable on its own I start adding color.

It turns out avocets are not super involved parents! Their chicks are extremely independent after hatching. Instead of the classic "chicks following parent" I decided to...

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Favorite print

If you were to receive a print in the mail- which one would you prefer? 

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Buffleheads sketch!

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Chicago Ornithological Society: the video that got the timberdoodle approved

This may only be interesting to a small niche of people- but I thought I would share anyways! As a graphic designer it can be difficult to get things approved. Very rarely does work "speak for itself" as you wish it would.

The video was shown at a COS board meeting to get a vote on what would become the new logo. I recorded this after 6 months of back-and-forth emails and revisions with no real idea if this work would see the light of day.

Thankfully this very silly video did i...

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Short story sketch (part 2)

Some more sketches for the short story!

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Printing in my new garage studio!

A quick video demo printing each layer of my Barn Owl hex sign design

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Short story sketch

An extremely preliminary sketch for a short illustrated story idea! I have things storyboarded out- now figuring out the general look and feel. (text is Birder Ipsum! https://glitch.com/~birderipsum)

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