I’m thrilled to share this 3-sided, 9-foot mural I created for Orem City Center Park! The mural is my celebration of our community and its many cultures—our individual colors rich and vibrant, and playing off each other. One person’s smile becomes another’s hairline, as we are united in our differences and varieties. (You might also…
I’ve spent the last 6 months working in this sketchbook. Scribbling my last page of character designs, story notes, and testing out new drawing tools felt surreal, since I’m still very much in the thick of everything happening on these pages. It’s a conversation I haven’t finished, though the pages they occupy have been filled.…
THIS REVIEW IS REPOSTED FROM PAIGES & LALYPOPS Reading age 7-10 Genre Realistic fiction Publisher First Second Publication date April 11, 2023 1 book, two reviews; Co-review with my little sister Laly (10) Can you survive the talent show? Find out by reading Talent Show Troubles. Megan is your character in this story. Whoever you…
I’m making a poster for my new interactive graphic novel, Talent Show Troubles, and want to know: which of these layouts do you like best? (You don’t have to know the book or characters, and these drawings aren’t final. I just want to know which catches your eye.) P.S. Signed books will soon be available…
Megan Hathaway is in charge of Sunbright Middle School’s talent show and everything is going wrong. Animals are running wild backstage, vice-principal Fisher is hungry for power, and Megan’s friend Olivia might be turning into a zombie. Can YOU help Megan salvage this mess, or will you doom her to an eternity in the school’s…
In this first volume of the What Happens Next? graphic novel series, YOU decide if Megan will run the Sunbright Middle School’s talent show smoothly…or right into the ground! Megan Hathaway is in charge of Sunbright Middle School’s talent show, and everything is going wrong. Animals are running wild backstage, vice-principal Fisher is hungry for power,…
Win a copy of my new interactive graphic novel, TALENT SHOW TROUBLES
SUMMARY It seems my 4-year medical mystery is largely resolved! Hooray! LONGER SUMMARY 4 years ago on November 1, 2017, I caught the family’s stomach flu and threw up. (Pretty exciting, right? EVERYONE knows that ALL good stories include vomit!) In the act of emptying my stomach, I felt an excruciating tearing/pulling sensation in my…
TRICK OR TREAT!🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃Swing by my place on Halloween night to pick up this year’s FREE double-sided print for all ages.🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️These 4×6” mini prints feature MABEL FRUITWATER’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES—a collection of rare and unusual objects. (Use the back of the card to reference objects displayed on the front.)👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻I’m unable to mail cards this year but…
The Seeing-Spectacles of Aberdeen Gray: a Short Story / Zine by Jess Smart Smiley Check out this 8-page mini zine I made out of a single sheet of paper and keep reading to find out how you can print and fold your own copy! What’s Inside The whole story is in this tiny, pocket-size zine…