Spade & Heart

Design, illustration, and whatnot. Open to collaborations and commissions. Feed is somewhat stream of consciousness and resets periodically.

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08/25/2026

Day 19. As college football ramps back up, here’s a nod to college athletics in NC. While I was set from the jump that I’d illustrate a women’s basketball player, y’all have no idea how much waffling went into choosing colors for her jersey.

08/24/2026

Day 18. A round of golf in Pinehurst. Sorry for the short caption, fighting a cold today.

07/25/2026

I saw a New York Islanders alt concept on Twitter/x by mcelroy19 that I found very cool. It got my design ans illustration gears turning so I found myself wanting to piggyback on drawing a lighthouse logo. I like the idea of working “NY” into the light beams. The orange on the tower makes a capital I, but seeing the NYI in the design isn’t mission critical. The 4 bands of tape on the teams official logo - a nod to 4 championships - is reflected in the 4 tiers of the lighthouse tower.
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The logo artwork is human (me) made. The jersey mockup was executed via Reve.

07/11/2026

Took the dogs for a walk. This little cloud beast tried to follow us home.

07/03/2026

Halfway through 2026 check-in:
- Sorry I’m not posting very often.
- Life is life-ing.

05/27/2026

Best of luck to and folks’ efforts to bring pro baseball to the Triangle. Have long thought NC should be a Big 4 (pro teams) state with clubs evenly split between Charlotte and Raleigh. As much as I enjoy the Knights, MLB in Raleigh just makes more sense. Looking forward to seeing if their efforts materialize.

05/20/2026

Now that the school year is winding down, here’s hoping for some time to get back into some old pages in the sketchbooks over the summer. Also, I had no clue the NHL had a semifinal round set (still mourning the Pens’ first round exit).

I’m still working on this series of ice-smoothing, tractor-driving monsters for fun. Presently I’m working on draft 2 of illustrating Carolina (pirate skeleton); he’s the first almost-human I’ve decided to tackle in this second rough draft round.

05/13/2026

Have you stuffed your stuff today?

05/06/2026

Meant to post this sooner. A number of vignettes didn’t make the final draft for the NCCF cover, but this homage to Merlefest was in my mind from the jump. Here’s hoping all had a great time, and fingers crossed we can make it over to Wilkes County for the next one.

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