New Book: Two By Two

Hi Everyone, I am proud to say I am in the process of illustrating a new children’s book. It will include over 30 hand painted full page illustrations of animals, so if you or your child enjoy going to the zoo this is the book for you. Below is a short preview of what is…

New Book: Sammy & Friends Coloring and Activity Book

Hi Everyone, Over the past few months I have had the pleasure to have worked with Power of One LLC to create a coloring book companion to their Children’s Book Sammy’s New Look ( a project I also illustrated). Sammy & Friends Coloring and Activity Book has over 100 pages of coloring pages and activities for…

New Illustration Process Video

“Justin, you make painting look easy” That’s what people who have seen me do artwork either in person or in a video say.  In reality it is a lot of work, from the planning to the final artwork, Recently I recorded this video of my illustration process. In the video I shows the basic process…

New Work: Large Painting for Frontier International Academy

Earlier this year I had the privilege to do second piece for Frontier International Academy in Warren, MI. The first piece I did a small mural in the lobby area of the school. The principal of the school wanted artwork that showed the character traits the school aims to develop in the students. I also used…

NEW WORK: Sketchbook Paintings and Videos

Hi Everyone, I haven’t been posting on this blog a lot lately but I have been busy making new work but, most of it I can’t show yet. In the mean time, I have recorded the process of many of my other projects and sketches and below are some of my videos of painted sketches…

Octo-Samurai Flashback 2 (and process video)

A new chapter of my web comic Octo-Samurai is out now. This is the last part of the 2 part flashback showing the origin story of King Squid and the main character Octo-Samurai. Read the series here. Below is a video of the inking and coloring process of this chapter.  

Mini Mural for Frontier International Academy

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to paint a small mural for Frontier International Academy in Warren , MI. This small elementary school had just opened up their doors and was accepting students in their newly renovated building. During the process of decorating the school I was called in to add some color to the…

New Youtube Channel

Over the past few months I have been recording the process of how I create my work. Now I’m sharing my paintings and illustrations via Youtube. Here is a preview trailer of what I’m going to be on the channel.  You can subscribe now to be notified when I upload new videos.