I’ve fallen head over feet for Pippi Longstocking. Will somebody please pay me to make a graphic novel of this girl? Pretty please?!
The Orem Public Library is hosting its annual Author Extravaganza this Saturday morning! Join me (Jess Smart Smiley), Ally Condie (Matched), Camron Wright (The Rent Collector), and Brodi Ashton (Everneath) for a book and author festival, featuring a panel discussion and book signing. Copies of my books Upside Down: A Vampire Tale and Rumpus on the Run will…
“Illustrator and writer Jess Smart Smiley has come up with a special mission for your monster aficionados. The terribly troublesome Rumpus is on the move through each of Jess’s crazily colorful spreads. It’s your young reader’s job to find Rumpus and his eggs, as well as other cleverly hidden objects, before he can cause complete chaos. It’s not an…
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I know that tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the states, but I’m too excited to hold this back any longer. Drumroll, please…br-r-r-r-r-r-r…I now have Christmas cards in the shop! Hooray! You know what you should do? You should buy a whole bunch of these cards and send them to everyone you know. Write a lovely note…
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 IS JESS SMART SMILEY & I MAKE RAD PICTURES. Drawing and writing have always been my biggest passions. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to…
Saturday was nuts! After 200 hours of planning, priming and painting, Provo City celebrated the new murals along the Provo River Trail with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Joined by dozens of good friends and family, we heard a few words from Provo city mayor John Curtis and council members Kay van Buren and Gary Winterton.…
For the last six weeks I’ve been painting a second mural for Provo City. After putting in over 200 hours, I finished just before Halloween and thought I’d take some time to post some process photos and talk a little about making the mural. (You can read more about the project and see photos from…
My newest book is out, just in time for Halloween! Rumpus on the Run: A Monster Look-n-Find Book is filled with spooky-fun and cutesy-quirky monsters in 10 full-color imaginative scenes. (You can think of the book as Where’s Waldo, but with family-friendly monsters.) I’ve had an absolute blast illustrating the book and coming up with critters,…