Hi there!

I’m a professional illustrator and author who loves all things weird, interesting, and whimsical.In my personal work, I’m all about weird creatures, hidden themes, and childhood adventures. I get a lot of inspiration from nature and animals, but I’m also kind of a history buff; I love to look at old books, architecture, and historical sights for unique inspiration. When I’m not painting or writing you can find me gardening, cooking, eating fancy cheese, going on walks, making specialized playlists, or looking for cool new restaurants to try. I grew up in San Antonio, Texas but I recently moved to Syracuse, New York with my partner and three cats.

Professionally, I work on picture books, covers, advertising, product design, and book design. I also enjoy sharing and teaching the fun of creativity with others when I get the chance and geeking out about art supplies. You can see some of my tutorials on Tik Tok and Instagram. I’ve had some experience teaching art to kids and adults and I hope to organize workshops, school visits, and other stuff like that soon. I’m @creekkidart on instagram, tiktok, and twitter.

I’m represented by Janna Co.

I’d love to hear from you!

For publishing inquiries contact my literary agent, Janna Morishima: janna@jannaco.co

For commercial illustration, personal commissions, or just to say hi:

creekkidcommissions@gmail.com

Or use the form below!


clients

Faygo

Armed Forces Entertainment

Literati

Stick Figure

Inspirations

  • Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli - favorite movies are Totoro, Kiki, and Spirited Away

  • Tove Jansson, Moomin

  • Background paintings in classical animations such as The Land Before Time, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, to name a few

  • Jim Henson

  • Brian Fraud

  • Beatrice Blue

  • Nicole Gustafsson

  • Jon Klasson

Dream Projects

  • Fairy tale adaptations

  • Fantasy middle grade

  • Historical Middle grade

  • Classic graphic novel adaptions, such as the works of L.M. Montgomery (I wanna do Emily of New Moon)

  • “weird” middle grade, similar in tone to A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • something like the Borrowers or The Doll People

  • Anything about Fairys, gnomes, goblins, etc, especially if it’s funny

  • books about trees or plants

  • books with a design-based “twist” a la Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

  • If Chris Grine needs help doing Animorphs…


Find me on social media:

@creekkidart