Pen and Ink, Cintiq and Vector!
Illustration works for professional work, personal works, threadless and for fun!
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Pen, Ink, and Cintiq!
Rendered Works
I love making personal works that I use as a vehicle to explore to constantly learn the programs I use on my day to day, and push my artistic abilities.
Created: January 27th, 2026 | Role: Illustrator
This little breakfast helper robot was in the toaster just a bit too long! The burnt toast robot, while a bit upset he's overdone, is still here to help!
Created: January 1st, 2026 | Role: Illustrator
Why not be the best looking shark in all of the sea! That's what this shark was thinking with his ascot and top hat. SO FANCY!
Created: September 8th, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
School starts and Fall has too! This little dude is annoyed to have to be all bundled up for the first few weeks of school after a warm Summer!
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Danger Huskie
Vector works that a fun, cute, scary, and a bit dangerous!
Created: October 20th, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
It's the spookiest time of the year and why not reminisce on the juggernauts and figures of Chicago's hockey past! The Mad House! Where hockey reigned.
Created: October 11th, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
Let's go Chicago! Here's a super looking donut rooting for the city and local football team with a sweet little, always iconic, Chicago city flag!
Created: October 6th, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
Hailing from the North Side of Chicago this little dachshund is wearing his super thick glasses to root for the team that is surrounded by the vines. HEY!
Spooky works of unspeakable horror!
Ghost-Eyed Cat
It's my Halloween project of unspeakable horror! The Ghost-Eyed Cat! Tread with caution!
Created: October 20th, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
Something lurks in the mud, vines and the blood moon at full strength! A curious and frightening creature stirs with a jack o'lantern face!
Created: September 21st, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
When out trick or treating on Halloween, you may notice that some of the fellow kids might not even be of this mortal coil anymore! Be careful!
Created: August 18th, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
Apples have fallen from the trees, some have been turned to zombies from evil green worms and have hopped on a skateboard to infect us all!
For personal & professional brands!
Logos
Logo Design! Check out some logo designs for personal and professional brands, built from the grounds up with custom fonts, colors, graphics and more!
“Rapid Engineering: Made in the USA Logo”
Created: 2026 | Role: Designer
Made in the USA! I worked with the founder of Rapid Engineering on a made in the USA brand mark that integrated the stars and stripes!
Created: 2026 | Role: Designer
Logo update for a local 3D printing shop that focuses on grips and magwells for glocks. Updated their old logo with custom type and a beefy brandmark.
Created: 2025 | Role: Designer
Ghost-Eyed Cat with a little logo refresh for my project launch. Wanted to make the character a little more recognizable as a cat and also add some color.
Iconography and spot illustrations
Iconography
Iconography as well as spot illustrations for design systems, interfaces and websites for both clients and for sale! Use my icons in your project!
Created: June, 2025 | Role: Illustrator
Saving! The floppy disc icon, a relic of the past, doesn't work in 2026 and how we needed a new icon for saving, so I came up with these alternates!
“Aries Solutions Home Page Heroes”
Created: 2024 | Role: Illustrator
Updated home page graphic that serves as the hero for the Aries Solutions site incorporating their brand colors and various service icons.
Created: 2024 | Role: Illustrator
Easily my favorite little mini-brand design I've done for Aries so far: Mach Booster. This little rocket dude goes super hard as it launches into space.
Technically Nice
Technical Illustrations
Technical illustrations and line art of products that I created during my time at Grainger, and maybe now for your business?.
Created: 2015 | Role: Illustrator
A selection of line art drawings in grayscale of a group of beverage holders and coolers as a search and browse graphic for Grainger.
Created: 2015 | Role: Illustrator
A selection of technical line art drawings of a variety of interior type light bulbs as a search and browse graphic for Grainger dot com.
Created: 2015 | Role: Illustrator
A selection of technical line art drawings of helmets for a variety of professions in grayscale for search and browse graphic for Grainger dot com.
Let's go on an adventure!
Map Illustrations
Maps to get you where you need to go!
Created: August 2017 | Role:
Learn about the historic Wagner Farm property! Here's the illustration of the Mmap of the Historic Wagner Farm Property, located in Glenview, IL.
“Illustrated Mystic Waters Water Map”
Created: August 2017 | Role:
A vibrant illustrated map Mystic Waters Water Park in Des Plaines, IL by Nick Volkert. Discover slides, pools, and amenities in a fun, visual guide!
Created: August 2009 | Role:
Welcome to the Nation's Capital! Check out this illustrated map of the Potbelly store locations across the Washington, D.C area.
Covered up
Cover Illustrations
Commissioned cover art for The Drummer's Journal!
“The Drummer's Journal: Winter 2017 Issue”
Created: November, 2017 | Role:
Do discarded old drum sticks return to nature after they are too worn to play? Check out the cover art for the Winter 2017 issue of The Drummer's Journal.
“The Drummer's Journal: Winter 2016 Issue”
Created: January, 2016 | Role:
The animals of the forest having a cross species drum clinic? Why not? Check out the cover art for the Winter 2016 issue of The Drummer's Journal.
Illustrated works for clients
Commissioned Works
Hire a professional illustrator to do professional stuff. Hand-drawn, vector graphics, pen and ink, check it out I do it all!
“NY Tee Club Buffalo Wing Tee”
Created: May 2023 | Role: Illustrator
THE originators of the buffalo chicken wing, my pals at the NYTee club commissioned me to make a sweet bison tee to celebrate the wing!
“Skratch Labs Tandem Bike Sticker”
Created: August 2022 | Role: Illustrator
Two fruit buddies on a tandem bike! This is a sticker design commission for Skratch Labs that they sent out with customer orders in 2023.
Created: August 2022 | Role: Illustrator
Drive up, drive in! This is an illustration commission for the fantasy sports initiative Drive Through Picks, with custom type too!
Some sweet jams here
Album Art
Maps to get you where you need to go!
Created: June 2017 | Role: Unknown
Wolves on the loose! Check out the single art for Esther (formerly Audioshock). Esther is a 4 Piece Alt/electro/rock band from S.E. Kent, UK.
Created: April 2012 | Role: Unknown
Synth-y rock goodness! This is the album art for band's 'Closure' EP. Audioshock was a 4 Piece Alt/electro/rock band from S.E. Kent, UK.
“Set In Motion: The Feeling of our time EP”
Created: January 2012 | Role: Unknown
Album art for the young Australian pop band's first EP! Set In Motion was a 3 Piece rock band from Forbes, New South Wales, Australia.
Sprinkles and Frosting
March of the Donuts
A series of some delicious looking donuts, created in vector graphics, pen and ink and digitally during the month of March!
Created: March, 2015 | Role: Illustrator
Donuts make in the month of March weren't built for frigid cold and stiff winds that characterize Midwestern Winters! Gotta get that donut warmed up!
Created: March, 2015 | Role: Illustrator
It very well may be past his bedtime, or he could also be struggling to wake up? In any case just get this donut a cup of coffee and he'll be good!
Created: March, 2015 | Role: Illustrator
A donut perfect for anyone celebrating Halloween! It's a partially eaten, delicious donut that is unfortunately now one of the undead! Oh no!
Assorted Vectors
Vectors for fun!
Adobe Illustrator and vector based artworks!
Created: February 5th, 2016 | Role: Illustrator
The cupid shark has horrible aim, but a wicked bite!
Created: February 5th, 2016 | Role: Illustrator
Commando Cupid is ready to unleash some love!
Created: February 23rd, 2016 | Role: Illustrator
Lucky's luck hasn't been the best.