Cambridge, MA (2023)
Rising Up
“Before dawn, Tom walked past houses whose windows still had stars in them.”
So begins Rising Up, an anti-capitalist children’s book about bread. The story follows a lion baker named Tom as he steers his village through the ethical conundrums brought forth by a magical bread box.
The book was illustrated in watercolor by hand, then digitized using Adobe Illustrator.
Political literature for Children
My 9+ years of work as an educator have instilled a deep belief in children’s ability to understand hard things presented simply. This book was written with deep gratitude to the young people who have inspired me.
It’s a process!
In celebration of the flux behind finished works, I share a few half-baked sketches, inspirations, and generative AI experiments.
