His illustrations have appeared in such publications as Family PC, Highlights High Five, Keyboard Magazine, LA Times, Providence Journal, Providence Phoenix, Publishers Weekly, Rhode Island Monthly, Spider Magazine, Sports Illustrated for Kids, TimeOut Chicago and Weekly Reader. He has worked for many educational publishers, including Celebration Press, Heinemann, Houghton Mifflin, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, National Geographic School Publishing, Scholastic, and SoundPrints (for the Smithsonian). David illustrated a series of trade chapter books for Ladybird Books UK, and JD Publishing produced a children's picture book that he illustrated. He has also taught at the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago. David is married and lives in Chicago.