(via viralnova) This series of photos that Japanese London-based photographer Chino Otsuka created is so nostalgic and heartwarming, it left me breathless. In “Imagine Finding Me,” Chino does something unique that I frankly have never seen before: she digitally inserts herself into old photos, so that she is standing next to her younger self. The concept is…
Happy 2014, everyone! We’re just over a week into the new year and I wanted to celebrate with a calendar for the month. Since 2014 is the year of the horse, I’ve made the calendar horse-themed! Get the printed version here, or download the wallpaper for your computer below: 2560 x 1440 1920 x 1080 1440…
YEAR IN REVIEW 2013 has been quite a year! I’m so grateful for the opportunity I have to work in a field that I love and to put more of my favorite pictures and ideas into the world. Here are a few project highlights from the year: Life, the Universe and Everything This was my…
Check out the making of the cutest lil’ Krampus I’ve ever seen here!
I love the man who enters at 1:15. I need to live life more like this guy!
I’ve fallen head over feet for Pippi Longstocking. Will somebody please pay me to make a graphic novel of this girl? Pretty please?!
The Orem Public Library is hosting its annual Author Extravaganza this Saturday morning! Join me (Jess Smart Smiley), Ally Condie (Matched), Camron Wright (The Rent Collector), and Brodi Ashton (Everneath) for a book and author festival, featuring a panel discussion and book signing. Copies of my books Upside Down: A Vampire Tale and Rumpus on the Run will…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/80495579] Short and personal documentary about Jessica Walsh who is a designer, art director and illustrator working in New York City. She is a partner at design studio Sagmeister & Walsh and teaches at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has won numerous design awards. Recently, Warner Bros. has acquired the film rights…
Created by Yuki Ariga for Japanese paper manufacturer Nepia this lovely animated short features a cavalcade of delicately folded tissue paper animals. If you’re interested, here’s the making of video. (via NOTCOT)