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 last three years, I’ve had so much fun illustrating art-forward features for Nature Conservancy Magazine, each one pairing scientific storytelling with imaginative full-bleed illustrations.

My pieces include “Moonstruck,” illustrating how the lunar cycle affects plant and animal life; “Tidal Treasures,” a dense wallpaper of shells and sea creatures for a story on the science of shells; and “The Dark Ecology of Predatory Plants,” a vivid exploration of carnivorous species like Venus flytraps and pitcher plants. Across all three, I’m given the freedom to build fantastical scenes while staying rooted in real biology.

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.

As my second contribution to the publication, I was commissioned by the Los Angeles Times to create a dense, full-page cover illustration for The Weekend section.

The illustrations were designed to shocase a botanical exploration of LA-native botanicals alongside a service piece that recommends the best nurseries for shopping for native plants for your home garden.