So, I haven’t posted much lately because I’ve been busy doing this.
A boring, but unfortunately necessary, part of the job. I’ll get back to drawing once I’m done with this chore.
If you’d like to hire me, I am accepting commissions. I’d love the excuse to take a break from self-promotion work. Or if you’d like to join my mailing list, I’d be happy to send you a free postcard. Just contact me with your name and address.
Here’s a caricature portrait of Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The background came from a NASA photo (public domain) of a spiral galaxy. I sort of gave him a cosmic halo because it amused me. 
Since it’s a celebrity portrait, I can only sell rights to it for editorial or limited personal use. Contact me directly for more information.
I received a packing tube from Zazzle today.
Yay! Stuff in the mail!
So, I originally created that monkey image for my daughter, who loves monkeys. I did already print it on just regular photo paper for her on my home printer, but she wanted an actual poster of it too.
Since I had it up for sale on Zazzle as a poster, I decided it was a chance to kill two birds with one stone. So, I ordered a Zazzle poster to make Katie happy, and I also get to use it as a proof print to make sure the image is printing nicely from Zazzle.
So, here it is on the closet door. I think the colors came out pretty much perfect. On the screen I’m on the fence on whether or not the image is too garishly fluorescent-bright. But as a printed poster, it looks excellent.
So, I’m happy. 
Would you like your own poster? It’s here on Zazzle.
Also here on iStock.
Edit: I no longer have iStock and Zazzle accounts, for various reasons revolving mostly around both company’s fees and payments that I won’t get into here. But it is here on Shutterstock.
I have some merchandise with this image on it in my Zazzle store.
I’m working on updating my website and all my social media. Everything’s going to go with this new logo.
What do you think?
My name is using my Big Bottom Cartoon font (Available for free!) and “Illustrator” is using the Amery font.
I’ll be putting it up on everything soon!
Here’s a work in progress for a personal project I’m working on. My daughter wanted a poster of a monkey swinging by its tail from a tree with a banana. I’ve just about got the monkey done, next to tackle the scenery. I’m working in Illustrator because I’m not sure how big she’s going to want me to print it. Vector graphics are infinitely scaleable, unlike raster art. 
Here’s a sketch of my brother being silly.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 