Middle Grade Novel
Kat and the Totally Twisty Tunnels by Lesley Downie was published April 2026. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Front and back covers are mixed media paintings. Interior illustrations are digital and were created in both color (for eBook) and black/white (for print). There are 14 interior illustrations plus a graphic treatment of text messages. Artwork created in Procreate and transferred with carbon paper. Digital illustrations created in Procreate and PhotoShop and graphic design layouts in Canva.
Picture Book
P&V and the Ice Pop Bath was funded via Kickstarter in October 2025, offset print hardcover version released in January 2026, and Print on Demand hardcover version released via Ingram Spark in May 2026. 11 x 8.5 inches, 34 pages. Digital illustration in PhotoShop. Two custom fonts.
Storytelling Festival Program and Tote
Mixed media folk art painting on canvas, titled "Gathering." 18 x 24 inches. Digital graphic design overlay for the 2024 Old Federal Road Storytelling Festival booklet and tote. Event sponsored by The Ridge Macon County Archaeology Project.
Kickstarter Campaign
P&V and the Ice Pop Bath was funded via Kickstarter in October 2025. Digital illustration in PhotoShop. Campaign included a video, custom illustrated graphics, banners, and thumbnails. The campaign funded 800% and received the Projects We Love badge.
Author Website Header
Sketched in Procreate and transferred with carbon paper. Watercolor and pencil on watercolor paper. 11 x 8.5 inches.
About Me
From leading the Rockstar Games team that built the engine behind one of the best-selling video games of all time, to building my own character designs into a globally distributed brand, to serving as COO of the AR/VR startup that won Meta's VR competition with a Jimi Hendrix storytelling experience, I have spent my career turning ambitious ideas into real things.If you have a book or a startup inside you, come with me. I know the way.
Commission and Personal Work
Mixed media on paper or canvas.
