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I did an interview over the holidays with the great folks at Sidebar. You can listen to it here. Thanks Dwight and Swain.

Tor is rereleasing the Wheel of Time series as ebooks, with a different illustrator creating a cover for each novel. I was lucky enough to be asked to work on The Shadow Rising, book four in the series. I’ve been reading Robert Jordan’s novels since I was about thirteen(many years ago), it was quite an experience to work on something that is so deeply situated in my consciousness and memories of childhood. There’s a nice post on Tor.com about the whole project, along with some process and a short video of me talking about what it was like to work on this picture. If you have the time, take a look at some of the other great covers by the likes of Donato Giancola, Kekai Kotaki, and David Grove.

I’m fortunate to work around a lot of really talented people. Recently some friends and I put together a small promotional paper(my contribution below) with an accompanying website (thanks Jennifer), where you can find out more about our studio, the project, and who contributed. For those interested, you can buy a copy of the paper here.

November has been a busy month. I wanted to offer a quick thank you to John Hendrix and Washington University, for inviting Jillian and I to St. Louis. I also spoke last week at my alma mater, The Alberta College of Art + Design, which was a fun and strange experience. So thanks to all the students who came by, and the teachers who were kind enough to spend time with me, it’s always an honor. In the meantime, a couple of recent projects for Tor.com and Little, Brown and Co.

A new book jacket for The Gaslight Dogs, by Karin Lowachee. As an artist who grew up in Canada, it’s impossible not have a profound admiration for the visual and material culture of Canada’s indigenous people. Traditional Inuit clothing and hair served as a major inspiration for this picture, set in a fantastic world of snow and ice.