What is 24-Hour Comics Day? 24-Hour Comics Day is an event held around the world which challenges writers and artists to create a full 24-page comic in 24 consecutive hours. Thousands of artists take the 24-Hour Comics Day Challenge every year! How can I participate? Find a venue near you who is hosting a 24-Hour…
Meet the newest band member of the band John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles: miss Angela Moore on violin! Check out my drawings of the rest of The Troubles here.
I’ve been watching more than my fair of Parks & Rec lately. This is for all the rest of you that can’t get enough Ron Swanson in your life. Related articles The Making Of A Man: How Ron Swanson Became Ron Swanson (fastcocreate.com) Are The ‘Parks & Rec’ Characters Inspired By Its Stars? (huffingtonpost.com) Ron…
I came across this video of Herge drawing TinTin, and thought it might be fun to put together a compilation of cartoonists drawing their characters on film. While I couldn’t find any videos of Bill Watterson drawing Calvin and Hobbes, or Gary Larson drawing The Far Side, I was able to find some other gems. Charles Schulz drawing…
I just want to take a minute to thank you. You, reading this blog right now, possibly following my other posts, and possibly even following my drawings, comics and stories. I might not know you personally, and I might not even know you online, but you’re here and I’d like to thank you for watching,…
My Monster Pack of limited-edition tattoos is down to just two weeks on Kickstarter and I just can’t stop drawing monsters. That’s why we’ve just opened our $10 reward level: for $10 you get a 5-minute digital monster drawing from illustrators Jess Smart Smiley (that’s me!) and Julia Green. TWEET! $10 monster drawings from @jess_smiley and @juliagreenart! http://kck.st/N60Bfs
I warned my Facebook friends that I would draw all over their faces if they posted a photo of themselves, but they sent me their photos anyway:
Sometimes I have a few minutes in the day where I just want to draw one-minute pictures for people. Yesterday I put a shout-out on Facebook for anyone that wanted a one-minute drawing. Here are a few of the doodles I doodled:
From today’s interview with Gavin’s Underground for City Weekly: “Gavin: What’s the process for you when creating a new comic, from first idea to final product? Jess: One fun way to start is to put three characters you’ve made together, and start an idea map (or idea web) and jot down little ideas about each character.…