FROM ARTIST TO AUTHOR

There’s a saying that we all have a book inside us dying to get out. For artists, this is doubly true. After all, once a book is written, who’s going to illustrate it? Whether it’s James Gurney’s Dinotopia or Tony DeTerlizzi’s The Spiderwick Chronicles, artists are drawn to adding words to their art.

For , a traditional illustrator, it’s about focusing on the classic dilemma of what comes first: words or art? His book, Gnemo – A Novel Tale of Airships, Adventure & Exploration, is still in development. The paint is still wet on many of the illustrations. But Tom has exclusively shared his