Illustrations

Elenya’s Saga Covers

I drew and painted all the covers for the Elenya’s Saga series using Sketchbook Pro.

Bondsword's War: Elenya's Saga Part 1 cover design
Summoner's Song: Elenya's Saga Part 2 cover design
Guardian's Peril: Elenya's Saga Part 3 cover design
Fugitive's Flight: Elenya's Saga Part 5 cover design
Successor's Burden: Elenya's Saga Part 8 cover design
Protector's Mandate: Elenya's Saga Part 9 cover design

Other Works

I have drawn for far longer than I have written, and even considered changing my major to illustration while attending BYU. Here are some of my illustrations from years past.

  • Full Cover Spread for Lifeweaver Print Edition
    Full Cover Spread for Lifeweaver Print Edition
  • Aitrox portraits with 5 different moods
    Chapter image illustrations for the print edition of Lifeweaver
  • Lifeweaver cover depicting an enormous phoenix filling the sky as part of a volcanic eruption with a vibrant eagle flying towards the phoenix
  • A depection of the feathered serpent deity Quetzalcoatl
  • A kenpo karate illustration using the Quetzalcoatl and a jaguar instead of the traditional dragon and tiger.
  • Self portrait of me painting myself on my computer. I'm sitting with my stylus on my lap while the painted version of me is bursting out of the monitor, surprised.
  • Large spider chasing little ms muppet away
  • An eyeball monster attached to an even larger eyeball, with smaller eyeballs wriggling off of it, implying an unending cycle.
  • Chimera in front of ancient Greek ruins
  • Gandalf confronting the balrog in Moria
  • close up of the balrog depciting the inverted tiger stripe design with flames for stripes against black, and a glowing furnace in the balrog's mouth.
  • Gandalf pursuing the balrog up a winding staircase cut through a cave with stalactites.
  • Close up of Gandalf showing his robe torn and an injury on his shoulder as he strides with power and purpose up the stairs.
  • An ice elemental leaping to confront a fire elemental, a crystalline woman vs a flaming lion.
  • Glaurung, a large wingless dragon circling around a rock formation and several dwarves equiped with special armor.
  • Sam Gamgee picking up Sting while also wielding his own blade. He is rushing to rescue Frodo from Shelob with Mordor in the distance.
  • Detail of Sam picking up sting.
  • Theoden rasing his sword to rally his men in front of Minas Tirith with the winged Nazgul's bow drawn ready to strike.
  • Bald eagle lifting off from a tree top with colorful sunset clouds in the background.