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tyson @tysonpease.com · 20/11/2025

I'll be tabling at Arts & Drafts Holiday Market at Chapel + Main brewpub in Dover on Dec 7! I'll be bringing my most recent illustration prints, plus custom printed shirts for kids and adults. And totes! It's looking to be a fun market / hangout hybrid 😎 Flyer by Haley Searcy

Photo of a print of a creepy vignette illustration

Photo of a collection of custom printed shirts and tote bags

Photo of a kids shirt with a custom print of a cartoon fox

Flyer with event info:
"Arts and Drafts Holiday Market
"fine art • ceramics • prints • vintage • handmade gifts • accessories • wine tasting • and more!
"Sunday, Dec. 7th, 2025
"11am-3pm at Chapel + Main"

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 24/07/2025

Did some printing on textiles recently. Small batch stuff to try things out!

photo of a t-shirt printed with a design of a friendly looking controller with the text "beep boop"

photo of a t-shirt printed with a design of a little fox friend sitting and looking out

photo of a tote bag printed with a design of a young fox warrior who's ready for adventure

photo of a tote bag printed with a design of a small boat sailing toward the cloudy horizon and 3 moons

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 22/07/2025

Here's the fifth one. Oh! Also did a fresh run of Ready for Adventure

wow, another photo of me holding up one of the vignette prints

photo of me holding up a cute little fox adventurer print

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 22/07/2025

I've done it! Prints for the whole 5-entry series are now online tysonpease.square.site

photo of me holding up one of the vignette prints

another photo of me holding up one of the vignette prints

yet another photo of me holding up one of the vignette prints

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 15/07/2025

I went back to this image from 5+ years ago (!!) for some light touch-up. A fun little illustration. I like its youthful imperfect vibes. When are you ready for adventure? The moment you set out, of course!

watercolor style illustration of a young fox adventurer standing on a cliff over a valley and distant mountains; the fox holds a sword and shield and faces the viewer; colorful text reads, "Ready for Adventure"

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 08/05/2025

Here's the development material for the concept / vibes series. I'm happy with how the final pieces came out, but I still like these sketches, too!

collection of colored sketches depicting the illustration series; includes images of a dark forest, an open field, a vast ocean, a giant tree, and a deep cave; also depicted is a fox-child featured in several entries in the series

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 06/05/2025

It's been very rainy today. Reminded me of this piece from lockdown

illustration of a bird and anthropomorphic fox waiting out the rain under a grassy embankment, rendered in a pastel style

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 02/05/2025

The final piece in my concept / vibes vignette series! This one was the toughest. I started with the crystalline gash idea but struggled to pin down a composition. I like the cross-section approach here. It offers a unique perspective and differentiates the image from the others in the series.

vignette illustration depicting a small fox-child explorer as they discover an antlered boy trapped inside a crystalline wound in the ground

detail: the antlered boy trapped in crystal

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 29/04/2025

My maybe-favorite entry from the concept / vibes series? Sometimes you begin an image without fully knowing how you’ll resolve it. The tree with sunlight breaking through the canopy was one of those. With some experimenting I settled on something I liked.

vignette illustration depicting a small fox-child explorer as they discover a giant tree nestled in shallow waters; sunlight breaks through the dense foliage; a path leads to the base of the tree, where stands a heart-shaped doorway in the trunk

detail: the tree’s canopy with sunlight breaking through

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 26/04/2025

Overall the in-store experience was so much better than the dumpster fire of online preorders the night before. I'm relieved it worked out and that I had the flexibility to try for Plan B the next day. Phew! 😌 (end thread)

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 24/04/2025

This is the first piece in the series where I got a little more curious about ways to explore the vignette format. The negative space helps form the path into the world of the illustration.

vignette illustration depicting a small fox-child explorer as they discover the heart of a cave illuminated by giant glowing crystals

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 22/04/2025

The second piece from my concept / vibes vignette series. It was fun figuring out how to depict the waves and playing around with using waves to frame the bottom half of the piece.

vignette illustration depicting a small red sailboat navigating a purple ocean before a sky with many moons

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 17/04/2025

The first in my concept / vibes illustration series for a personal project in development. I’ve spent loads of time iterating on designs in the past. For this series I wanted to explore a range of gut-feeling aesthetics relevant to the project. (I'll make this a 🧵 for the series, more soon)

vignette illustration depicting creepy nightmare beings in an old forest, featuring lots of blue

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 22/02/2025

A movie you've watched more than six times, using only GIFs

Goblins from the film Labyrinth gasping in unison

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 12/12/2024

Over the years I've done a number of close studies of artists whose work I really enjoy, to see what I can learn from their work. I've compiled the studies into "sketchbooks" on my website tysonpease.com/sketchbooks/

close watercolor and pen & ink study of a 6-panel comics page based on one originally made by Shotaro Ishinomori for the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic. the page depicts the hero Link narrowly avoiding an attack from pig demon Ganon and making a counter attack that serves as a critical blow.

close pen & ink study of Calvin's treehouse from Calvin & Hobbes, based on work originally by Bill Watterson. this study of the treehouse is empty of Calvin or Hobbes but still contains its classic skull and crossbones flag

a close pen & ink study of a full-page panel from the comic Bone, based on one originally made by Jeff Smith. in an empty forest, tall trees reach upward among ferns and grass, and a lone moss stone sits waiting. in the original composition, the character Thorn experienced a revelation; in this study she is absent

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 12/12/2024

Around the release of Smash Bros Ultimate, I did an October series of Smash Bros digital inkwash character illos with my 32 top picks for fighters. It was my first time depicting a lot of these characters – a fun challenge! tysonpease.com/portfolio/sm...

inkwash vignette character art of horned pig demon Ganon from the Legend of Zelda series, as depicted at the end of the game Ocarina of Time. Ganon's upper torso is shown as he faces the viewer; he roars and wields large swords while lightning strikes in the background

inkwash illustration of the character Zero from the Mega Man X series. in a side-facing pose, Zero holds his energy sword while leaping upward; in the background, the pitch black is broken by gritty shaft of diagonal light

inkwash illustration of the crocodile-like character King K Rool from the Donkey Kong Country series. K Rool faces the viewer with one hand on his hip and the other holding his blunderbuss as it rests on his shoulders. loose silhouettes of tropical trees fill the background

inkwash vignette illustration of the character Geno from the video game Super Mario RPG. Geno faces the viewer while floating in space before a sky filled with stars; he holds up one smoking finger as if it were a pistol that was recently fired. above him is a glowing five-pointed star and wisps of Northern Lights. far below him in the distance is a planet, on which Peach's castle can be seen

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 12/12/2024

A few years back I did a series of digital inkwash poetry comics called Haiku What I Can. A haiku comic has a unique ability to capture a moment. Of all the comics I've published, this one has resonated with folks the most tysonpease.com/portfolio/ha...

an inkwash 3-panel haiku comic depicting a mushroom and small ferns. the text reads: "Standing, red cap tipped, | as if waiting just for you— | chipper young mushroom."

an inkwash 3-panel haiku comic depicting a large boulder sitting in a forest, with moss and a small sapling growing out of its top. the text reads: "Rests on mountain throne | with crown of moss and samplings: | lord of the boulders."

an inkwash 3-panel haiku comic depicting a lilac branch with withering flowers. the text reads: "Summer's frail herald | wilting in mid-season heat— | fairweather lilac."

an inkwash 2-panel extended haiku comic depicting a crumpled piece of paper and an open walking path that runs alongside a river. the text reads: "My first suggestion | for finding a solution: | go out for a walk. | Impossible knots | loosen with footsteps."

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 12/12/2024

More design work, this time focused on logos. Finding clear, simple, expressive ways to communicate a core idea can be oh so satisfying

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 12/12/2024

A few pieces of design work I've done. I like exploring the ways composition and the arrangement of elements can serve a project's goals tysonpease.com/design/

orange monochromatic illustration for the nonprofit Seacoast Eat Local, for use in promoting their farmers markets. the image depicts two pairs of hands as they exchange a tied bunch of carrots, from the grower (wearing plaid) to the shopper (wearing a solid-color sweatshirt). a simple circular background helps frame the image

cover illustration for Tyson's poetry comicbook, Haiku What I Can. the cover features an inkwash style illustration of Daicey Pond and Mount Katahdin of Baxter State Park in Maine, with light splashes of inkwash scattered elsewhere over the cover. the title, subtitle, and author name are lowercase and handwritten. the background color is salmon pink, the ink work a muted purple

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 12/12/2024

Working on character-focused art puts me in my creative happy place more than any other kind. I've done a good bit of fan art but also original characters, too tysonpease.com/illustration/

dreamlike vignette illustration of a young anthropomorphized fox explorer in a natural setting as he looks upon a large tree rooted in shallow water. sun beams break through the tree's canopy. a path leads from where the fox stands to the base of the tree, where a short staircase leads into a heart-shaped opening in the tree

fan art illustration of the characters John and Sam from the video game Eastward. before a yellow background, John swings his trusty frying pan while Sam, on John's shoulders, prepares a psychic attack

character collage illustration depicting original characters. in the foreground stand an anthropomorphized young fox, adult bear, small bird, and horned imp wearing glasses. in the background are powerful guardians: a robed monkey empress with horned creature-like crown, a lion in a cloak, a masked wolf with throwing blades, an elephant queen, and an ancient tree with a face. in the distant background, a horned shadow being grins menacingly over the rest of the cast

illustration of an anthropomorphized mouse in a red cap, scarf, coat, and corduroys playing a mouse-sized fiddle atop a tree stump in a dark forest. a fallen red maple leaf rests in front of the stump. a few rays of sunlight break through the gloom onto the mouse, while in the background mist rolls between the trees

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 12/12/2024

Hey there! I'm Tyson. I love characters, stories, games, and helping people with their creative projects. Give me a shout if you'd like to work together!

self-portrait illustration of Tyson in a colorful shirt

vignette illustration of a young anthropomorphized fox in a natural setting as he discovers a hole in the ground, within which colorful crystals contain a ghost-like boy with antlers

illustration from the cover art of the game Monochrome Heights, depicting a black-and-white robot running along similarly colored platforms and obstacles in his ascent of a tall colorful tower

inkwash style illustration of the video game character Luigi as he performs an out-of-control flaming uppercut, based on his move from the Super Smash Bros series

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 18/10/2024

It was a creative challenge for sure, but by doing some experimentation and play, I was able to establish a shared expressive eye-based language among the cast that gets the job done. (2/4)

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 18/10/2024

More from the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights. I was tasked with making expressive in-game portraits for the pre-existing robot cast for use during cutscenes. That's right, expressive robots! Robots without eyebrows or mouths! (1/4)

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 03/10/2024

A closeup from my cover art for the video game Monochrome Heights. This is the lead character, Happy, a robot who has to climb a huge tower full of hazards! I didn't design him, but it was up to me to translate his purely pixelated form into a more fully illustrative style. It was a fun challenge!

a close-up of the cover art for Monochrome Heights that focuses on the lead character, the robot Happy, while he's in mid-stride

a screenshot from the in-development game depicting the player character Happy sliding under spikes on a 2d plane in 8-bit style graphics

a screenshot from the in-development game depicting the player character Happy standing on a platform on a 2d plane in 8-bit style graphics

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tyson @tysonpease.com · 13/09/2024

I’ve been contributing art to the in-development video game Monochrome Heights on and off since last year. It's been fun! I’m excited to show my work and discuss a bit about the process on my website.

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