Expecting

It appears Leah and I have found our second child. His name is Konstantin (Kostya for short) and he's 13 months old. I doubt we'll keep his name the same... it's so hard to find first names that work with Schwartzrock.



If everything goes well, we'll be traveling to Russia in August. As many of you know, we adopted our first son, Yuri, from Russia three years ago. Here's an early photo of him fascinated with the flames in the stove, wearing his favorite boots. To prove we don't let him run around the house naked all of the time, I've attached a proper photo of the whole family.

Triptych

I was commissioned to create these images for three large banners for a friend's church. Apparently not everyone was excited about these huge banners at first, but in the end, the congregation didn't want them taken down. I can't tell you how nice that is to hear.

ArmorQuest in full color

Even though the art for ArmorQuest has been done for quite some time, the publisher is finally taking volumes 2 and 3 to press. These books should be in stores this fall. It is so nice to see the complete work as it was intended to be. Thanks, Brett.

Bible story series

Here's a series of posters I illustrated over the winter. Hi-Fi Colour Design colored these images and they are available at: www.newstarconcepts.com.

More Images

Here's some more images I've done in the past. Most people stopping by are looking for art so I shant dissappoint.

Christian Graphic Novels

I want everyone who visits this blog to check out a new line of Christian-themed graphic novels from Zondervan. http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/Kidz/Kidz+ZGraphic+Novels.htm?QueryStringSite=Zondervan

My friend from Community Comics (with some help from me) edits the whole bunch of them... and for the most part they are pretty cool. Of course the best ones are written by another Community Comics partner, Ben Avery.

These books will hit stores in August so buy, buy, buy.

Who wants to know?

My wife always says, "why do people think their opinion matters?". It is somewhat arrogant to think that I have something important to say.

Really, truly, I don't. This will primarily be a place to post some work and note some events. I can almost guarantee that this won't be updated frequently but I will do my best.

The comic to the left is a two-pager I drew for Feed My Starving Children here in Minneapolis (www.fmsc.org). I hope to do more of these in the near future.

Thank you for stopping by.