JESS SMART SMILEY

Category: DRAWING

  • SHAPES & SMILES

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    [vimeo http://vimeo.com/33034994] Beautiful preview of some stunning work from Jolby & Friends. Their show “Shapes & Smiles” opens in just 2 weeks at Subtext Gallery in San Diego.

  • MONSTER COLORING BOOK ATTACKS!

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    If you don’t like monsters and can’t stand coloring, then you’re not going to want the Monster Coloring Book. I mean, the thing is 32 pages, packed with spooks, ghouls, haunts and creatures, and is certainly not going to interest you in the least. If you would rather spend your Winter hours bored out of…

  • A PRICELESS SKETCHBOOK

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    (reposted from Doodler’s Anonymous) The ideas, doodles and concepts drawn in sketchbooks can often breed some of the most exceptional and lasting things. It’s the way Doodlers Anonymous was thought up and believe it or not, it’s also the way many of the icons and fonts on the Apple Mac were originally devised. In 1982, Susan Kare, a…

  • QUENTIN BLAKE DRAWING & INTERVIEW

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    I love Quentin Blake’s drawings. Ever since the first grade, I’ve devoured his illustrations and stories. It’s so exciting for me as an adult to be able to pull up interviews with him and watch videos of him drawing nearly any time I’d like. I recently came across these two interviews, that include footage of him…

  • CARTOONING CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

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    “Frank Santoro is start­ing his own Correspondence Course, but it’s small: only ten stu­dents will be accepted.  It is a one-on-one 8-week cor­re­spon­dence course over phone, e-mail and snail mail.  He’s  going to focus specif­i­cally on advanc­ing your under­stand­ing of lay­outs, color, con­tour line draw­ing, and print­mak­ing for pro­duc­ing comic books. Frank is an aston­ish­ingly accom­plished artist, and…

  • WINNER

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    Congratulations to Wm Brian MacLean for being the winner of my mobile game, Skeleton Jump! Message me at jess.smiley@gmail.com to get your free game code. ————————————————————— For everyone else: keep commenting! I’ll be giving away a copy of my recently funded Monster Coloring Book at the end of the month. If you like coloring, original artwork, temporary tattoos…

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    “Students! You have just under a month to get your applications in for the Jay Kennedy cartooning scholarship. This is a great opportunity to not only help pay for your education, but to meet and be celebrated by the NCS at their annual Reuben Awards party weekend.” -Reposted from Drawn

  • MAKING BETTER IDEAS

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    Here’s an interesting video, working with the idea that better ideas take more time: [youtube=http://youtu.be/jgvx9OfZKJw] There’s definitely something to it, but I think it’s part of something bigger. For me, time certainly helps—but only to a point. After I’ve had so much time to develop an idea, and then take more time to play with…

  • TOM DRAWS BIG & TINY

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    Er…maybe I should clarify. Tom Betthauser (www.TomBetthauser.com) draws tiny pictures on a large scale. Take this drawing, for example: This drawing (Untitled Land) is 4 feet by 5 feet. All graphite on paper. What’s just as interesting to me is how Tom works: straight from his imagination, exploring marks on the page. He doesn’t even…

  • MY COLORING BOOK FEATURED ON KICKSTARTER

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    It’s true! My Monster Coloring Book was featured on Kickstarter’s Fascinating Posts section! (Now might be a good time to mention that you can get your own Monster Coloring Book, digital wallpaper, original artwork and coloring gift packs on Kickstarter.)

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