SIP: 100 Gin Cocktails by Sipsmith
Book Cover Illustration

I was asked to illustrate the cover and interior spot illustrations for a new book by Sipsmith. The book, titled SIP: 100 Gin Cocktails with Only 3 Ingredients is filled with recipes for simple, gorgeous cocktails that can be made at home.

I created a tonal pattern of gin botanicals, glassware and cocktails in Sipsmith’s signature green, utilizing inverse line + fill colors to highlight specific areas of the artwork. As a gin fan, this one was a dream.

For the 20th anniversary of Twilight, I was commissioned to completely reimagine one of the world’s most recognizable book covers as a vintage coming-of-age novel, the very genre that Bella Swan cherishes within the story. For the Deluxe Collector's Edition, Twilight is reinterpreted through her eyes: with passion and gothic tension informing the direction of my cover illustration. 

Knowing the illustrative focus would be on botanicals, apple blossom flowers lent themselves perfectly to the brief - a nod to the original cover - but with a vintage twist. We chose a color palette that interpreted the apple’s symbolism anew: danger wrapped in beauty, light + dark, innocence + danger.