Tom Gauld has been a favorite cartoonist and illustrator of mine for nearly a decade now. His small self-published books and comics in the early 2000s were a healthy part of my balanced visual arts diet and his drawings and storytelling have only improved over the years. You might recognize Tom’s simplistic, minimalistic drawing style…
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…
For nearly three months now I have been drawing a portrait of the late night talk show host Conan O’Brien—one for each and every single episode of his show since May 15. To date I have made 62 pictures of our friend Coco and plan on drawing a new portrait, each episode, until this October…
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…