The Snowman Parade has begun! I’ve spent the last several days drawing, drawing, drawing snowmen (and women), penguins, snow bears, and more for “The Snowman Parade”–one of the scenes in my upcoming Monster Look-N-Find book. I work full-time as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, so it’s been fun taking breaks from my paying jobs…
Aside from making my own Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter, I’ll be making a special community look-n-find with YOUR monster drawings! Email your colored monster drawing to jess.smiley@gmail.com by April 15, so that I can include your monster in the picture. Files should be a 300ppi jpg in rgb. (If this frightens you, then get…
Yesterday I posted a pretty audacious challenge for the weekend: to rally 100 backers for my Monster Look-N-Find book on kickstarter. I asked you to share the news by tweeting about the project and by sharing it with your friends on Facebook. The results are in. Not only did we bring 100 backers into our…
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME! Last September, I entered DisneyPixar’s t-shirt contest on Threadless to design their new line of Toy Story shirts. Six months and hundreds of votes later, I’m proud to announce that my design was included in the handful of new Toy Story t-shirts! Thanks a ton to all of you…
THE BOOK Did you know that I’m making a Monster Look-N-Find book? It’s Kickstarter’s first Look-N-Find book, packed with exciting full-color imaginative scenes, characters and surprises! Watch this video to learn more and find the book on Kickstarter. WEEK ONE It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full week since I launched my book…
MAKING PORTRAITS Some of my favorite pictures to make have been portraits–specifically portraits for couples and families. I love being able to create something meaningful for a specific person, or group of people. Knowing that my picture was created for and given to a single person for a special occasion makes the picture a very…
THIS WEEKEND I thought that I’d take a break from talking about my Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter to get you excited for the weekend! For those of you who have been following this blog, you’re probably familiar with the band John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles. The Utah-based Gutter/Country band has been getting a lot…
WE LOVE MONSTERS! Yesterday was absolutely nuts! I launched my Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter and the response has been nothing less than incredible. Not only have 53 people picked up a copy of the book, grabbed some original artwork and had themselves drawn into the book, but we’ve managed to raise $1,276 in only…