For the last month and a half I’ve been working on my own hidden object book (think Where’s Waldo, but with my own characters). The book is called Rumpus on the Run: A Monster Look-N-Find Book and it was successfully funded via Kickstarter on March 30. As part of my Kickstarter project I invited everyone (backer or…
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…
From Doodler’s Anonymous: Oh wow. It’s hard to believe it’s been over two years since we printed our first coloring book. I still remember the day we set the pages loose and the kids went wild coloring them in (view the colorific photos). The look on the kids’ faces were priceless, as they added so much…
2012 Utah Ties Juried Exhibit The Central Utah Art Center is pleased to announce it’s 8th Annual Utah Ties Juried Art Exhibition. Artists with ties to Utah, as well as all Utah residents, are welcome to submit work. The Utah Ties Exhibition, which has become a yearly tradition at the Central Utah Art Center, began…
Here’s how it works: a new letter of the alphabet is given for each week. Cartoonists and illustrators everywhere are invited to create an animal for that letter, and then post the picture to Twitter using #animalalphabet to share. Simple enough. Here are some of my favorites from the past few weeks: You can check…
Centered City Yoga (Utah) is seeking an artist to execute a work of art for Centered City Yoga, with payment of $250 to cover cost of time and materials. The purpose of this piece is to create two-dimensional signage for the new Centered City Yoga Revolution studio, located downstairs at the 918 south 900 east…
Looking into creating a logo that will be used by a hardware and software design company? Want to win new, cutting-edge technology? Maybe you’d like to enter Raspberry Pi’s logo design competition. They need a new logo by September 30. Follow the link to find all the juicy details and good luck! (Thanks to @TheButterflyMon for…
Cygnus is a journal of speculative fiction headed by writer, editor and epic beard-grower, Casey Winters. The journal (which is listed on Duotrope’s Digest) will feature six to nine short stories, as well as speculative works of art (arguably, anyone could look at my pictures and speculate as to whether or not it is really…
Ben Housley, author of Into the Dark: Escape of the Nomad, is putting together an anthology of moon settlement stories and needs your submission. Submissions are due August 21 and can be sent to wasatchwildman@hotmail.com. Winners will receive 5 cents per words compensation, as well as their story published in The Great Moon Rush, in both e-book…