Illustration & Design
Since a I was a young kid, I had a passion for drawing. I started drawing airplanes and cars at the age of three, but it wasn’t until college that I delved into natural history and scientific illustration. At the time I worked illustrating reptiles and frogs for a book, then later moved onto birds and even fish. While most of my illustration work is done using traditional techniques on paper using gouache or watercolors, I have done several fully-digital illustrations. Some of these illustrations are later used into bigger projects including posters and interpretive signage. Illustration gives me the freedom I don’t always get from photography. While photography captures everything instantly, there are things that do not reproduce properly or are hard to see in a photograph. In contrast the illustration allows me to highlight the features I want or the clients’ need for their project. It’s a time consuming process that requires skills and organization, especially when working digitally. The workflow needs to be organized to be successful. I usually start most illustrations with a quick pencil sketch, then it’s tranferred to the medium and the paint layering process starts. In the same fashion a digital illustration begins with a sketch directly in Illustrator or Photoshop. Sometimes the illustration starts as a vector file that is later imported into a photo editor where it is colorized for the final rendition.
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Ecosystem Signage
Raptors-Predator of the Sky
Peregrine Falcon Migration
North American Migratory Bird Flyways2
North American Migratory Bird Flyways
Monarch Migrations
Life Cycle of Bluegill
Humpback Whale Migrations
Great Migrations
Birds of the Florida Scrubs
Lake Apopka Signage
Common Raptors
Life Cycle of Butterflies
Reptiles of the Marsh
Butterflies of Circle B
Butterflies Display City of Winter Haven
Birds of the Marsh 2
Bird of Prey are Raptor
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Guppy
Humpback-Whale
Largemouth-Bass
Bluegill
Neon-Tetra
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Aplomado-Final
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American Kestrel
Leafy-Seadragon-Small
Channel-Catfish
Indigo-Snake
Rainbow-Trout
American-Eel
Atlantic-Sturgeon-2
Bluegill
Bluenose-shiner
Blue-Tilapia
Bowfin
Channel-Catfish
Red-Breast-Sunfish
Striped-Bass
Striped-Mullet
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