LIFELONG ARTIST ON A NEVER-ENDING QUEST FOR FUN.

Once, during a tour of a prestigious design school in the opening days of the 1990’s, a dismissive student liaison scoffed, “Nobody makes a living drawing Conan the Barbarian.”

Man, screw that guy.

I’ve been drawing since I first figured out how to wiggle a crayon against a flat surface. 

For me, creating art has always allowed me to escape into a boundless world, where realities can be formed with a splash of paint, a scribble of pen, or the swipe of a stylus. I have fun making art, and I believe that comes through in the final product. People pick up on that. Fun is a whole vibe. People want to live that story.

Even when I’m trying to tell someone else’s story, I want the exploration to be fun and the experience to be memorable.

EDUCATION

Oak Creek Senior High School

President of the Art Club

Contributing Illustrator & Cartoonist, School Newspaper & Yearbook

Award-Winning Painting & Sculpting

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

BFA with Graphic Design Specialty

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

2025

FOLIO Ozzie Award: Illustration > Association / Nonprofit

APEX Grand Award: Design & Illustration

2024

APEX Award: Design & Illustration > Illustration and Typography

Milwaukee Press Club: Bronze Award; Visual Journalism > Best Illustration, Cartoon or Animation

ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS

AEL

Adams Extract

Archangel Productions
Breaker Press Games

Cantina del Rio

Carol Flemming Mascot Designs

Chaotic Henchman Press

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System

Color Tech Magazine

Communities in Schools

Caffeinated Graphics
Dandy Line Games

Deer Creek High School

Edisto

Electric Media Project, LLC

Gamehole Publishing
Gamewick Games

Gorey Details

Great Lakes Darts

Gruene Cottages

Gruene Mansion Inn

Harley Owners Group

Hipsquito

Hoshizaki/Lancer

Hunt’s End Deer Ranch

J-Bar-B Foods

McAdoo’s Seafood Company

McKenna Children’s Museum

Magical Mishap Games

Mead King Meadery

New Braunfels CVB

New Braunfels Parks & Rec Dept.

New Braunfels Utilities

North Texas RPG Convention

Oberlin College Theatre Dept.

Oak Creek Community Center

Paint Hog

Pied Piper Publishing

Red Curtain Dinner Theatre

Riverwest Radio 104.1

Rockin R River Rides

San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition

Scuba Buddha

SHADIS Magazine

Silver Bullette Games

Sprint

Texas MS 150 Bike Ride

The AMMO Group

U.S. Concealed Carry Association

VB Teaching Tools

Volkswagen

Wayward Studios

Winking Sphinx Clothing Co.

WURSTFEST

INSPIRATIONS, ASPIRATIONS & MENTORS

Aaron Draplin gives Jason an inspirational dressing-down at Adobe MAX 2023.

In No Particular Order:

Aaron Draplin

Don Martin

Dan Lee

Jim Holloway

Edward Gorey

Andrew Loomis

Tim Truman

John Buscema

Mike Jones @ Creative South

Matt Dawson @ Crop

Dolly Parton

Kevin Michalowski

Edward Hopper

Mark Schultz

Lynda Barry

Scotty Russell

Lee Eschendal, Sr.

Alex Toth

Graham Annable

Charles Addams

Mike Lowery

Frederic Remington

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