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Hi there! Thank you for stopping by!

Welcome! I’m Jennifer. I love drawing playful, expressive characters and environments with strong lighting. If I’m doing that with my dog, Frisket, at my side (and maybe a pastry just out of paw’s reach), even better!

I’ve spent decades building my technical and narrative skills. I often pull from my background in graphic design, film, and comic book illustration to convey the story in the best possible way.

I have so much fun creating rich visuals and helping people tell their stories, and I’m excited to tell some of my own, too!

 

Check out some of my recent commissioned and personal work:

 

See more of my children’s illustration here.

See some of my books here.

See cards and licensing illustration here.

 
 

Awards and Honors

2024 World Illustration Awards Shortlist
2023 American Illustration 42 Chosen Winner
2023 BOit! International Illustration Competition Long List
2023 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Featured Artist, June
2023 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Draw This! Winner, February
2022-23 Nominee, The Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award
2022-2023 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Grades 3-5, Claude
2021 School Library Journal Starred Review, That's Betty!
2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year, Claude
2020 Kirkus Starred Review, Claude
2020 Missouri School Librarians Dogwood Book List for Nonfiction, Claude
2020 North Somerset Teachers Book Award, Short List, Songbird
2020 Washington Post, The Art of Our Pandemic Lives, Juried Selection
2019 Washington Post Best of Illustration
2018 Lilla Rogers Studio Global Talent Search Studio Award
2017 Fjallraven Kånken Art contest, Juried Winner

 

Check out Picture Practice!

It’s like a blog and newsletter rolled into one. I share insights on illustration life and talk a lot about mindset and tackling the particular struggles we illustrators face.

 
 

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🎉 We did it! We made it through another Folktale Week! 🎈🎊🙌 Here's how the whole game came together. “While the Alchemist is Away” is a Mausritter adventure by me and @semitext. You can get it on itch.io for $3. And the core Mausritt
🔮Folktale Week Day 7: Blossom The alchemist has many strange relics. How is it that the crystal ball allows him to breach the physical world and see beyond the veil? From “While the Alchemist is Away,” a Mausritter adventure by me and @
🐭Folktale Week Day ??? Mouse-sized treasure. When you find treasure, you get a token to add to your inventory. Since I already posted my piece for bone, I thought I’d share the various icons in the game. From “While the Alchemist is Aw
🐭Folktale Week Day 5: Depth The alchemist’s cottage. This is is the location map where the gameplay happens. Many challenges, traps, and treasure to discover! I'm really happy with how this image turned out and I think I'm gonna try reworking
🐭Folktale Week Day 4: Trail The alchemist's cottage looms on the horizon. This is the cover illo from “While the Alchemist is Away,” a Mausritter adventure by me and @semitext. Tomorrow I'll post the location map. Can't wait for you all
🐭Folktale Week Day 3: Blight Some of the alchemist's more unorthodox experiments have led to a colony of sentient mushrooms under the stairs. What are those whispers in your head? Why are you suddenly drawn to all things damp and musty? 🍄 Swipe to
🐭Folktale Week Day 2+6: Gate+Bone Something sparkles among the bones in Anaximander's cage. Do you dare?! From “While the Alchemist is Away,” a Mausritter adventure, by me and @semitext This year, I teamed up with my husband to make a
🐭Folktale Week Day 1: Mist The adventurers encounter the alchemist’s familiar. From “While the Alchemist is Away,” a Mausritter adventure, by me and @semitext This year, I teamed up with my husband to make a game! We combined two