This is a sketch from 2001, a drawing of a comet flying over a city. From this sketch grew an entire story about a comet, an ancient legend, and a magic necklace, the foundations of my graphic novel Smoog and the Eye of the Trillagryyn, 2005. Below is the cover art for the finished book […]

     In the summer of 1989, Hudson, Paul, and I drove across the country to explore the American West. I tried to document our playful journey with sketches and illustrations of the places we went. We spent a good deal of time backpacking and camping in the wilderness, and it was usually a refreshing change […]

     Scribbles like these are generally where ideas are born for me, whether it’s new characters, stories, or anything else.  I try to draw, or at least scribble something, every day, but I often have long dry spells. Although many of my sketch books are filled with gradual creations of finished illustrations, the freedom of random […]

     I drew this in 1994, during one of  many emotionally tumultuous days in Seattle. I don’t quite remember the circumstances that evoked this particular drawing, but I imagine that it was during a series of extreme mood swings. I must have been taking a brief break from it all by allowing myself to have some […]

These are a few quick entries from a journal I kept in 1992. I’ll share a couple of my favorites. (Yes, these are all things I worry about.)   The meteorites concern me the most.

     This is from my earliest days in Seattle, or possibly just before I got there.      My guitar was a present from my Dad and my sister on my 20th birthday. I had been learning a few basic chords and a handful of songs on a crappy guitar I found in my parents’ attic, and I sensed […]

      Once again, post your own caption here. I’ll add the captions as I receive them. Have fun! Be creative! Enjoy!        Steve

     Hey All!      If you have an idea about what this guy might be saying in this drawing, then post it here. Be creative! Have fun! We’ll see what comes of this — maybe we could do this every now and again if we get good responses!      Enjoy, share, have fun! Steve