Last night the Conan O’Brien show featured a montage of some of my Conan portraits, along with my name and project. I know you’re wondering, so: yes, it was pretty cool being able to introduce Anne Hathaway with my pictures. You can see the show here, and check out all 70 of my drawings on…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sRO5sipTKY&feature=channel_video_title] This is a video I made for an IT company that will be launching soon. They wanted something simple and direct that would describe their services in a way that was fun and easy-to-understand. This is the first in a series of several animations I’ll be making for their clients, as well as their…
Watch out—today I am unleashing… THE CHAIN GANGย is a hilarious 1,000-page ultra comic about a group of unwanted and forgotten bicycles led by Poppa Wheelie that band together to wreak havoc on the world, one neighborhood at a time! Instead of waiting years for me to draw all 1,000 pages, I’m going to be releasing…
I’ve been thinking of running a UStream video of an illustration or comics page from start to finish. Would anyone be interested in watching something like that, or would it just be a waste of time? Is there anything you’d like to see? [polldaddy poll=5396614] Also: I came across this quote from Lawrence Pearsall Jacks…
A few friends pointed me toward Chuck Groenink’s post on how he made this beautiful picture: Thought you might dig it.
Hooray—my website, jess-smiley.com is up! Comics, books, drawings, and more! It looks like this: What do you think? Building websites is the bane of my existence, but I finally have something decent to share. I’ll probably put up a post about easy web building in the future, but for now I’m just glad to have…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0YjQ2KN3c] The creator of Habibiย drawing page borders and sharing his workflow for his 12 hour pages (6 hours for panels, 6 hours for page border).
Craig Thompson’s long-awaited Habibi comes out this September from Pantheon. The book has been six years in the making and Craig has been kind enough to take bits of time away from writing and drawing to give us fans a look at what he’s been up to on his blog. Today Craig launched HabibiBook.com, a…