Speaking of sunny SoCal islands, on my last book research trip I finally got to cross a big line item off my national parks bucket list: Channel Islands National Park. I made this sketch at Inspiration Point (I really should do a post sometime about all the Inspiron Points in the various national parks…there are a bunch of them, and many of them have inspired me to sketch!) on Anacapa Island, and the finished drawing ended up being, in turn, the inspiration for one of the illustrations in my book.

These days I’m drawing a different kind of inspiration from my national parks sketches: inspiration for future return trips, when travel becomes a thing again. In the meantime, hoping you are safe and well, and finding inspiration in your own travel memories!