Selp promotion piece for KidLitArt Postcard
Personal – Holiday Raccoons
Cover for family holiday card
Comic Art – Marty Milagros
Sample page from “Marty Milagros Downloads and AI” pitch packet
Personal – Snowy Day
Personal – Walk in the Woods
Interior – Snapshots
Comics Art – Edgar’s Memories
Comic Art – Jason & the Argonauts
Self promotion. A short comic where the muse Calliope gives an overview of the story of Jason & the Argonauts.…
Comic Art – Sleepover
Self promotion. A short comic with 2 girls having fun at a sleepover. Pencils, inks and color
Interior – March with Marsha
Interior for “March with Marsha” a picture book written by Katie Hall. Mixed media – watercolor and digital paint
Interior – March with Marsha
Interior for “March with Marsha” a picture book written by Katie Hall. Mixed media – watercolor and digital paint
Interior – March with Marsha
Interior for “March with Marsha” a picture book written by Katie Hall. Mixed media – watercolor and digital paint
March with Marsha bookmark
Bookmark art and design for the picture book “March with Marsha” written by Katie Hall. Inspired by the psychedelic music…
Interior – Baby bear’s Adoption
Interior for Baby Bear’s Adoption, written by Jennifer Keats Curtis. From Arbordale Publishing.
Interior – Baby Bear’s Adoption
Interior for Baby Bear’s Adoption, written by Jennifer Keats Curtis. From Arbordale Publishing.
Cover – Baby Bear’s Adoption
Now in bookstores! Cover artwork for “Baby Bear’s Adoption” by Jennifer Keats Curtis Published by Arbordale Publishing, 2018
Interior – Baby Bear’s Adoption
Interior from Baby Bear’s Adoption written by Jennifer Keats Curtis. Published by Arbordale Publishing 2018
Cover – March with Marsha
Cover for”March with Marsha” written by Katie Hall. The book is about two often overlooked trans activists, Marsha P. Johnson…
Knight
Commission for a friend
Cover – Golem
Client: Bellatrix Press Cover for the novel “Golem” by Jennifer Allis Provost
2018 Outstanding Science Book list!
Very excited to announce that Moonlight Crab Count was one of the books selected by the National Science Teacher’s Association…
Interior – The Lizard Lady
Client: Arbordale Publishing Cover artwork for ‘The Lizard Lady’, a picture book written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and Nicole F.…
Interior – The Lizard Lady
Client: Arbordale Publishing Interior artwork for ‘The Lizard Lady’, a picture book written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and Nicole F.…
Interior – The Lizard lady
Client: Arbordale Publishing Interior artwork for ‘The Lizard Lady’, a picture book written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and Nicole F.…
The House That Wasn’t There
Client: FunSized Games Interior artwork for the RPG “Little Fears” by Jason L. Blair. A boy walks the hallway of…
Pupper Pack
Client: Pink Paw Spa Artwork for marketing material for a local dog grooming company. Shows 6 dogs posing on a…
Storytime
Personal Project Jasmine and Bunita share a good story with their friends Baby tiger, Momma Tiger and Ale Alligator.
The House on Blister Hill
Client: Spencer Hill Press Cover artwork for “The House on Blister Hill” a MG novel by K.T. Gannon A young…
Interior – Moonlight Crab Count
Here is an interior showing Leeta and her dog Bodie testing the water temperature. Moonlight Crab Count by Dr. Neeti…
The Lizard Lady
Client: Arbordale Publishing Cover artwork for ‘The Lizard Lady’, a picture book written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and Nicole F.…
Sunrise
Client: Arbordale Publishing Interior artwork for ‘Moonlight Crab Count’, a picture book written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and Dr. Neeti…
Moonlight Crab Count book interior
Client: Arbordale Publishing Interior artwork for ‘Moonlight Crab Count’, a picture book written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and Dr. Neeti…
New ARC!
Just got the advanced reader copy of ‘The Lizard Lady’, my latest picture book from Arbordale Publishing. Really excited for…
Moonlight Crab Count
Client: Arbordale Publishing Cover artwork for ‘Moonlight Crab Count’, a picture book written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and Dr. Neeti…
Happy Dragon
A convention sketch
Flying Purple Burro
Just for fun and for my niece.
Can I Keep It?
Entry for the NESCBWI Illustration Challenge 2017
Dino Rider
Sketch for #Kidlitart28 challenge. Dino based loosely on Ornithomimus and girl based loosely on Mattie from True Grit.
Worm Wrangler
Sketch for #Kidlitart28 challenge.
Pixie
Sketch for #Kidlitart28 challenge.
Black and Blue
Sketch for #Kidlitart28 challenge.
Kidlitart28
I likely spend too much time on Twitter. 🙂 Besides the regular social media mess of following celebrities and very…
Cover – Rise of the Deva’Shi
Client: Bellatrix Press Cover for the novel “Rise of the Deva’Shi” by Jennifer Allis Provost. Published 2017
My first picture book!
I’m very excited to announce that my first picture book, MIDNIGHT CRAB COUNT, will be hitting bookstores February 2017! I…
The Virgin Queen
Client: Jennifer Allis Provost Cover artwork for “The Virgin Queen” a fantasy novel by Jennifer Allis Provost. Asherah, Queen of…
Red Riding Hood
Every year SCBWI sponsors the Tomie dePaola award for illustrators. This years challenge was to focus on characterization, that is,…
My girl
I came across this sketch I did last year of my eldest while we were visiting her grandma in Delaware. …
Marvelous
One of my contribution’s to Studio Zapow’s comic art group show, “Heroes and Villains” Marvel Comic’s Captain Marvel flying in…
Wonderous
One of my contribution’s to Studio Zapow’s comic art group show, “Heroes and Villains” DC Comic’s Wonder Woman holding her…
Heir to the Sun
Client: Bellatrix Press Cover for the novel “Heir to the Sun” by Jennifer Allis Provost.
Cover – Heir to the Sun
Client: Jennifer Allis Provost Cover artwork for ‘Heir to the Sun’, a novel written by Jennifer Allis Provost, published June…
The Wolf Pact
Project: Cover for the upcoming novel: “The Wolf Pact” Author: Jason L. Blair Description: Two children are on the trail…
The Wolf Pact
Cover Reveal! I’m not sure how this one got by me, but my good friend Jason L. Blair, author of…
Mouse and Skull
Alice’s Evidence
Artwork created for the ZaPow! group show “Wonderland”. Based on the book “Alice in Wonderland” Chapter 11 by Lewis Carrol.
Tithe
Artwork created for the ZaPow! group show “Art of the Book”. Based on the book “Tithe” by Holly Black.
Cover – Blessed are the Children
Project: Cover for the tabletop horror game : “Little Fears: Blessed are the Childrent” Author: Jason L. Blair Description: A…
Muddy Madeline!
Over the summer I had the exciting opportunity to work with Amanda Stone Norton creating artwork for her book “Muddy…
Accidental Villain
I love comic books. Read them, watch them in animated and live action movies and TV and I’m working on…
Silent Starsong
Hi everybody! I’ve really been enjoying working with the folks at Spencer Hill Press. I’ve had such fun projects to…
Cover Reveal!
Spencer Hill Press recently revealed the artwork I created for their upcoming YA urban fantasy, “The Zodiac Collector” by Laura…
Butterfly Knights
Every few months I’ll get a pleasant surprise in my inbox from my colleague Jason. Jason’s assignment descriptions are always…
Infirm Pachyderm
I recently was lucky enough to attend the NESCBWI conference in May. In addition to great workshops, inspiring speakers and…
Rusty
Here’s the cover to the upcoming e-book “Real Girls Don’t Rust”, a YA Steampunk anthology. This image is based on…
Wonder Woman
When I was growing up, one of my heroes was Wonder Woman. I would watch the shows over and over,…
Field Trip
Client: Self Promotion ” There was a rustle in the grass. ‘Do you think..?’ ‘SHHH!’ Emmy hissed in a voice…
Aeronaut
This piece is a companion piece to “Artificer”, and was actually the first piece I did in the series. The…
Artificer
Second in an as yet unnamed series, this piece focuses on an inventor/messenger for the Pony Express. This piece is…
Camp Howling Wolf
Here is my latest contribution to the “LFNE:Campfire Tales” series, the cover and interior for CF#7:Camp Howling Wolf. Girls at…
Gwen
I was working on another project and this little sketch came out. It reminds me a lot of Gwen Stacy…
The Atlantis Revolution
I started working with author Tom Tancin late in 2009. He was working on the manuscript for the first book…
Death By Chocolate
Now available on the cover and interior illustration for Campfire Taqles 4: Death by Chocolate. Enjoy! A girl finds out…
Sketchy
I came across a bunch of sketches i had in my archive. Some of them are years old and some…
DragonCon 2011
This year has been busy busy, mostly on the home front. My hubby and I decided to move this year,…
Little Girl Lost
Client: Jason L. Blair, House of Little Fears Project: Book 2:Among the Missing, Little Fears: Nightmare Edition RPG, 2011 A…
Missy
Client: Self-promotion A quick sketch of my terribly adorable and soulful mutt, Missy.
Rough Night
Client: Jason L. Blair, House of Little Fears Project: Campfire Tales#3, Little Fears,:Nightmare Edition, 2010 A boy sits fighting sleep…
Bobbing for Apples
Client: Jason L. Blair, House of Little Fears Project: Campfire Tales #2, Little Fears:Nightmare Edition, 2010 The harvest is a…
The Winter with No Snow
Client: Jason L. Blair, House of Little Fears Project: Campfire Tales 4, supplement for Little Fears:Nightmare Edition A little boy…
Mischief Night
Client: Jason L. Blair, House of Little Fears Project: Campfire Tales #1, Little Fears:Nightmare Edition, 2010 You never know who…
Little Fears and Campfire Tales
For many years now, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jason Blair, a man who’s talent and ability never…
Nature Attack
Client: White Wolf Publishing A dryad defends herself by causing a tree to grow incredibly quickly to trap a would…
Monsters
Client: “Little Fears: Nightmare Edition” RPG by Jason L. Blair Three children, a warrior with a baseball bat, a wizard…
Levity and the Leviathan
Client: Self-promotion A glimpse into an underwater world, where Levity the mermaid explores a coral reef with her friend the…
READ
Client: Self-promotion Created to accompany a story I have in mind, this piece shows a mother and son at bedtime…
Playdate
Client: Origins Game Fair Created as an interior for the 2010 Program book, this piece for the “Little Dragons” section…
Introducing the new VVJones.com!
For many years I’ve been a freelance illustrator, working in the tabletp gaming market. This included work for collectible card…
Nightlights
Client: Self-promotion On vacation with her family, a little girl looks out the window at sunset to see dancing lights…
Ripple
I like to chat with fellow illustrators on Twitter (my handle is VVJonez btw) and recently an exciting idea was…
Campfire Tales
Interior for the book Little Fears: Nightmare Edition. Who doesn’t like sharing scary stories around a campfire? But sometimes, those…
Waking Dreams
Interior for the book Little Fears: Nightmare Edition, this illustrates a boy sitting on his bed. It’s bedtime and he…
Blackbirds
Interior for the book Little Fears: Nightmare Edition, this illustrates a group of kids approaching the main doors to the…
Wishing you all the Joys of the Season!
I just finished our family holiday card and wanted to share with my friends on the Web. Merry Christmas!
Bright Wings
Client: Child’s birthday cake With the availability of photocakes, it’s fairly easy to create a memorable yet inexpensive cake. This…
Piece of cake!
Last year, my sister asked me to do something special for my niece’s birthday cake. She told me what her…
Koosh
Client: Self-promotion Years ago I had a wonderful little pet African pygmy hedgehog. He was only about the size of…
First steps
Client: APBI A cute baby giraffe having just stood up. I imagine next would be running.
Frighten
Little Fears