Tag: illustration


  • Winner of the Revelation Prize, Liberation Readersโ€™ Prize, and Poland Prize from the Angoulรชme International Comics Festival and named one of FNACโ€™s โ€œTop 10 Graphic Novels About Illnessโ€! From the publisher (Top Shelf): A triumph of graphic memoir, Parenthesis narrates the author’s experience with tumor-related epilepsy–losing herself, and finding herself again. Judith is barely out of her…

  • GIVEAWAY!

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    Iโ€™m excited to share this Build Your Own Valentine Kit I illustrated for McNeil Printing. The kit comes with 4 blank cards, 4 blank envelopes, and 4 sheets of removable vinyl stickers.ย  Iโ€™m giving away 2 Build Your Own Valentine Kits: 1 on Facebook and 1 on Instagram. ENTER TO WIN by commenting on my…

  • Really, is there any better way to celebrate the winter season than with my free winter wallpaper download “Hot Dogs in Winter”? I don’t think so! Click here to download “Hot Dogs in Winter” for your phone / computer by Jess Smart Smiley. Enjoy! Jess Smart Smiley

  • Are you a creative professional working in the US? Beat my record of 8.5 minutes and complete the ย 2019 Design Census. The information gathered from this survey will allow AIGA and Google to better understand the situation of US designers in 2019, which will be provided at the conclusion of the results. Jess Smart Smiley…

  • Sharpen your egg-hunting skills with my Easter Picture Hunt!

  • 2018: YEAR OF THE COMIC Thank you for being a part of my storytelling journey! For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to write and illustrate my own stories. Thanks to the encouragement and support of family and friends, I’ve been able to create 15 books for young readers over the last…

  • “He was a 32-year-old inmate who bludgeoned his own mother and sister to death. She was a 60-something mom with a successful life on the outside. What could have possibly made her fall for him?” Read Jessica Pishko’sย full story at http://narrative.ly/stories/marrying-a-monster/.

  • New illustration for the Portland Mercury’s article “Pushing for a Pipeline“.