JESS SMART SMILEY

Tag: drawing

  • PIPPI LONGSTOCKING FAN ART

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    I’ve fallen head over feet for Pippi Longstocking. Will somebodyย please pay me to make a graphic novel of this girl?ย Pretty please?!    

  • MONSTER DRAWING GAME

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    ROLL-A-RUMPUS Grab some paper, some crayons and a die–it’s time to draw! The rules are easy: each number on the die represents a monster part to draw. Roll a 2 and draw the arms. Roll a 4 and draw the eye! A fun game for children ages 4-7. Download the printable game here, and don’t…

  • INKING TECHNIQUES

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI2tro_-JpE Nice video on using more economic lines and creating stronger images with Francis Vallejo, as part of a longer instructional film (which no longer seems to be available. Anyone know where to get it?). Here’s a sample of some of Francis’s comics work. I love how he creates depth with his blacks, not to…

  • TAPPING INNATE CREATIVITY

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    (From npr.org) ย  THE UNTHINKABLE MIND Like most of her work, cartoonist Lynda Barry’s class at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is unorthodox. “No artistic talent required,”ย the course description states.ย The course is described as a “writing and picture-making class with focus on the basic physical structure of the brain.” At the beginning of the semester…

  • HOW TO MAKE A GRAPHIC NOVEL (5/7)

    (Continued from Part 4: Brush and Ink) CHARACTER DESIGN There are countless ways of developing new characters. For this exercise, we’ll be working on faces.ย Ask students to draw a 9-panel grid in their sketchbooks and to draw a different abstract shape in each square. The shapes are not supposed to represent or look like anything…

  • NEW DRAWINGS

    New Drawings A few drawings from a rare night of sketching digitally. I’ve been revisiting Hockney’sย Secret Knowledge in anticipation of my camera lucida and dreaming of the possibilities within drawing. I like the way I think when I am drawing. When I am drawing, I am working to understand both the subject and the medium,…

  • DRAW A PICTURE, WIN A BACKPACK

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    For all of you doodlers out there: the good folks at Doodler’s Anonymous are offering a Tom Bihn designer backpack ($160 value)! Check out the submission guidelines hereย and let me know when you win.

  • HI. MY NAME IS JESS & I MAKE RAD PICTURES

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    Every now and then I like to stop and give an overview for all of our new followers–and there are a lot of you! For those of you who are new to this blog, or are trying to figure out who I am and what I do: this post is for you. HELLO. MY NAME…

  • HALFWAY FINISHED MAKING MY NEW BOOK

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    Hey, guys: remember that time we raised over $3k to make an awesome look-n-find book? Yeah. That was awesome. Thanks again to all of you who have taken the time to check out my project and support it in one way or another. 5 DOWN, 5 TO GO I finished coloring the fifth scene (out…

  • THIS IS REAL

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    What an intimidating thing, to tell people that you’d like to make a new book but that you need their money and support in order for it to happen. What if it doesn’t work out? What if you fail? Everybody will see you trip all over the internet! Thanks to you, I’ve dodged a bullet…

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