The Big Blue Tornado is a story about metamorphisis. It is a story about the human condition and the one thing that is guaranteed to remain constant: change. This project began with a desire to say thank you to all the people who have helped me to learn and grow over the past few years. I wanted to give them something tangible, something that could not exist without their guidance and support. — All of the illustrations were drawn with a digital tablet. Every letter of the book was written by hand. The book was bound with a kettle stitch, the covers were screen printed, and the interior pages were digitally printed.